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Mahendra Jakhar
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All inspiration and influences lead to plagiarism.
Member Since
March 2014
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The Butcher of Benares
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2014
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3 editions
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The Swastika Killer
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2017
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2 editions
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Chakra Warriors
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The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction, Volumes 1 and 2
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2024
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DIARY OF A PROSTITUTE
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The Wild
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Housewife
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2022
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Diary of A Prostitute
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Art of murdering a writer
Recently I have been pitching one of my film scripts based on the life of Naxals in the forests of Jharkhand to various film studios and film producers. They all seem to love the script but with certain conditions. One of the producers wanted to act as the main protagonist however in my script the protagonist was a female so he told me to turn the female character into a male. Another film studio
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“Eventually everyone dies, but death, in various forms and ways, still comes as a shock. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Or they consign you to flames. The flesh sizzles and the bones crackle. be grateful it happens in that order.”
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“idea of the existence of some religion called Hinduism was created by Western imperialists out of a desire to describe the world according to the system of their own values. It is impossible to estimate the ancient world from the point of view of the modern one. Hinduism is a way of life, not a religion. It was there even before Judaism, Christianity and Islam came into being.”
― THE BUTCHER OF BENARES
― THE BUTCHER OF BENARES
“Policemen are often confronted with situations which baffle them at first. A certain crime scene may seem meaningless, but they have to derive some meaning out of it. They have to connect the dots, find the links, delve into its history, look for evidence, come up with a zillion theories and arrive at truth. The thing is, truth is always stranger than fiction.”
― The Butcher of Benares
― The Butcher of Benares
“Eventually everyone dies, but death, in various forms and ways, still comes as a shock. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Or they consign you to flames. The flesh sizzles and the bones crackle. be grateful it happens in that order.”
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“Policemen are often confronted with situations which baffle them at first. A certain crime scene may seem meaningless, but they have to derive some meaning out of it. They have to connect the dots, find the links, delve into its history, look for evidence, come up with a zillion theories and arrive at truth. The thing is, truth is always stranger than fiction.”
― The Butcher of Benares
― The Butcher of Benares
“He could sense in her the same spirit that ran in his veins. They were people with independent minds. They were not clerks at desks. They preferred to act. Accomplish something. They were rushing to reach the end. Such people need to be left alone. They are used to the darkness, the silence, the waiting. They belong to the same family. That of leopards.”
― The Butcher of Benares
― The Butcher of Benares
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