# Quote — Shamini Flint, Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver

> “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.
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> “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!”
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> “And what is that?” asked the inspector.
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> “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.”

- Author: [Shamini Flint](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shamini-flint.md)
- Book: [Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shamini-flint/inspector-singh-investigates-a-curious-indian-cadaver.md)
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> “I’m quite persuasive,” said Singh, his face forbidding. “And,” he amended, “she was willing to be persuaded.”

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> “Text messaging?”
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> “That is main way that trouble-makers are getting flash mobs together for riots,” explained Patel.
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> Singh chewed on his bottom lip thoughtfully. Technology had a lot to answer for. ... It did beg the question though – how had the more tiresome elements of society begun riots before the era of mobile phones – carrier pigeons?

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> The inspector wondered whether ‘those people’ really had immunity or just died at a higher rate than the wealthier denizens of the city. He suspected the latter.

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