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Teji leaned back on the comfortably padded seat as she enjoyed the train ride, her second on a Mumbai local. Whoever said Mumbai trains are always crowded and uncomfortable had obviously got something wrong, Teji...
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Indradeep and his wife lived in Chistye Prudy, an old and prestigious Moscow neighbourhood, which got its name from Chisty Prud, a large pond which saw boats in summer and ice-skaters in winter. Less than...
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On the morning of the big raid, the alarms went off at three thirty a.m. Four days had passed since they had blown up the Garden of Eden and the unnamed building in Kandivali East....
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When Rajesh met the Police Commissioner to hand in his resignation, the latter pretended to be shocked beyond words.
‘You are making a big mistake young man. You did a brilliant job in coming up with...
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When surrounded by the police, Holambe and the three other Maoists put up their hands in the air and surrendered without a fight, an action, which saved their lives. They were whisked away to a...
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When Rajesh reached Avinash’s chawl in Goregaon, he was met by a Deputy Central Intelligence Officer from the Intelligence Bureau, who had three sub-ordinate officers with him. Rajesh was accompanied by an Inspector and two...
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The morning after Ravi’s visit, Swapna packed a small suitcase as per Tarun’s directions and told everyone in the chawl that she was off to Chiplun to visit her maternal grandparents. When she got off...
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‘Not sure when I will return. You take care.’
It was the fourth text message Rajesh had sent to Anjali. He had resorted to keeping his phone switched off to conserve its battery. There were no...
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‘Sir, I think we should ignore this one,’ Felix told the Police Commissioner.
‘Once bitten, twice shy, eh?’
‘Given a choice, I will never act on a tip off again, Sir.’ The rest of the men looked...
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When Rajesh received the DIG’s summons, he expected to be asked for his views on interrogating Etayya and how best the new prisoner could be used to win the war against Maoism in Gadhchiroli.
‘You...
