Humanity was doomed, decided Singh, which made his job of hunting down individual murderers particularly pointless. - Shamini Flint

A mob is more than the sum of individuals. It is more like a single creature with many arms and legs, hydra-headed but working with one idea.

It's impossible to run a business in this town. Corruption, nepotism, cronyism – you name it, it's here." "So was Ashu Kaur an example of nepotism?" "Because she was Tara Singh's granddaughter? Actually, she was a good worker, smart, knew her stuff. And she didn't mind getting her hands dirty." "What does that mean?" "You're not from India, are you?" "Singapore." The American calmed down immediately. "Now there's a place I like to do business. Clean, organised, honest, efficient and no slums on the doorstep.

It seemed, pondered the inspector, that no sooner did you give a man a car than he wanted to drive somewhere and do something.