(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Sacred Games - pg. 182

Dripping with viscous fluids and sharp edges glinting. Manjeet had shown he this thing in a senior class history book once, this engine of death, and now it came back to Prabhjot Kaur. Khoon. Papa-ji and the brothers came into the house laden with the names of those who were already gone. A sardar named Jasjit Singh Ahluwalia on the corner where Pakmara Street ran into Campbell Road, near Tarapore Bakery, slashed to hanging bits by men with swords. Ramesh Kriplani, aged sixteen, found with his throat expertly cut around, head hanging into the gutter so that Ali Jafar Road was not sullied by a drop of blood. 'They say a butcher from Karasanganj did it.' Alok-veerji said. 'Caught him on the way home from his Chacha's house.' Khoon.

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