By Rahil Gangjee

If you’ve ever travelled with Indian golfers on tour, you’ll quickly discover that there are three things they’ll never leave behind: their clubs, their passports, and their masala chai. The first two are obvious, the third is cultural DNA. We’re golfers, yes, but when the suitcase is zipped, it rattles with cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, and a suspicious number of Ziploc bags that would make airport security scratch their heads.

I’ve been around long enough to witness this ritual across generations. The young guys now carry Bluetooth speakers, protein shakers, and iPads loaded with Netflix . But ask them what’s wrapped inside that carefully bubble-wrapped corner of their bag, and more often than not, it’s a stash of chai masala and a half-used strainer their mother s

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