Her life had all the ingredients of a Bollywood movie except the happy ending. - Shamini Flint

Do you think of yourself as an Indian, Inspector?" "I suppose so. In Singapore, with so many different races living cheek to cheek, it's hard to forget your roots." "Outsiders think that all Indians are one big happy family. But within the country we know better.

In India, Inspector Singh, life is sometimes very cheap.

He knew from his own experience in Singapore that the further up the ladder one got, the more the job was about politics and statistics than actually dealing with crime.