Sikhs seem to have done quite well in India," said the inspector provocatively, looking around the gleaming office with its panoramic views of the br… - Shamini Flint
" "Sikhs seem to have done quite well in India," said the inspector provocatively, looking around the gleaming office with its panoramic views of the brown smog hanging over the city. "Don't be fooled," said Tara. "This is just window dressing. There are Sikh figureheads everywhere including that Manmohan Singh. But if you look deeper, you will see the truth!" "And what is that?" asked the inspector. "We're second-class citizens. They deny us our rights in Punjab. What about water rights? What about Chandigarh? What about our language? They attack our places of worship and massacre our citizens ..." Tara Singh was a man who preferred to have the last word. "You foreigners," he said. "You don't understand India.
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Shamini Flint (born 26 October 1969) is a Malaysia-born former lawyer turned novelist.
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