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Shamini Flint (born 26 October 1969) is a Malaysia-born former lawyer turned novelist.
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βNo respectable Sikh family would buy art merely for its aesthetic qualities.β
βSometimes, if you want to protect something you care about, you have to take extreme steps.β
βHumanity was doomed, decided Singh, which made his job of hunting down individual murderers particularly pointless.β
ββHowβs the investigation going β any light at the end of the tunnel?β
βOf an oncoming train.ββ
βOf an oncoming train.ββ
ββIβm quite persuasive,β said Singh, his face forbidding. βAnd,β he amended, βshe was willing to be persuaded.ββ
ββFinger prints?β
βWiped.β
Singh sighed. Was there a criminal out there who didnβt know to wipe his prints?β
βWiped.β
Singh sighed. Was there a criminal out there who didnβt know to wipe his prints?β
β"Buried six feet under, buried facing Mecca, burnt to cinders ... it does not matter. He is rotting in hell this very moment."β
βTemples are places of worship, not war. We should never have let separatists hole up in our gurdwaras.β
β"He gives away a lot of money to charity and supports Sikh causes.β
βMaybe we could persuade him that Iβm a Sikh cause.ββ
βMaybe we could persuade him that Iβm a Sikh cause.ββ
βA 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.β
βIt seemed, pondered the inspector, that no sooner did you give a man a car than he wanted to drive somewhere and do something.β
ββIndian police not at all good at keeping secrets.β
βThe press doesnβt seem to know that itβs murder,β said Singh reassuringly.β
βThe press doesnβt seem to know that itβs murder,β said Singh reassuringly.β
βThe inspector wondered whether βthose peopleβ really had immunity or just died at a higher rate than the wealthier denizens of the city. He suspected the latter.β
βSingh was always impressed at his wifeβs ability to draw large conclusions from infinestimal pieces of evidence. Sheβd fit right into the Singapore police murder squad.β
βHe 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.β
ββEveryone needs a hobby,β said [Inspector] Singh.
βTerrorists also.β
βOh, I see,β said [Inspector] Singh, flippancy erased from his voice. βThatβs not good news.ββ
βTerrorists also.β
βOh, I see,β said [Inspector] Singh, flippancy erased from his voice. βThatβs not good news.ββ
β[S]o many languages were spoken in Malaysia that quite often the wheels of justice ground to a standstill for the lack of an interpreter who could restore the tower of babel to a court of law.β
β[T]here was absolutely no possibility of a successful resolution to the case he had just been handed. There never was when religion trumped rational behaviour and politics influenced police work.β
βIf publicity was the lifeblood of terrorists, the week-long siege of the hotel had been a massive transfusion.β
βHis appetite was sharp and the reasons were twofold. One, heβd missed dinner while traipsing around looking at corpses. And two, his wife had elicited the information that breakfast was part of the generous package sponsored by Tara Singh.β
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Shamini Flint on Multiculturalism
β[S]o many languages were spoken in Malaysia that quite often the wheels of justice ground to a standstill for the lack of an interpreter who could restore the tower of babel to a court of law.β
Shamini Flint on Wealth
Shamini Flint on Communism
β"That's Mao." "Do people still respect him?" "The government pays lip service to his memory, but the hero worship of past eras is over." "And what about the ordinary people?" "The so-called proletariat?" "Yup." "They've found another god to follow." "Xi Jinping?" "Money."β
Shamini Flint on Money
β"That's Mao." "Do people still respect him?" "The government pays lip service to his memory, but the hero worship of past eras is over." "And what about the ordinary people?" "The so-called proletariat?" "Yup." "They've found another god to follow." "Xi Jinping?" "Money."β
About Shamini Flint
Shamini Flint (born 26 October 1969) is a Malaysia-born former lawyer turned novelist.