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The Final Lockdown
The Final Lockdown
“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.”
-Unidentified American Army Officer to Peter Arnett, February 7, 1968.
One.
Nikita is stressed. She is harried. She wishes she was back with her unit already and that makes the mother in her feel guilty. Her husband is unhappy about Nikita joining the elite women commando squad. Raman Karthik was raised by a feminist mother, and loves the idea of being married to a woman in uniform as long as it doesn’t get too real. Nikita knows there is not a hope in hell of returning from this vacation without a fight.
They are watching Joshila V in the movie hall. The hero plays a rowdy cop who dances with bar dancers, marries a village belle, and establishes law and order by breaking bones and shooting people in the head. The feminist in Nikita seethes to see the fifty something hero paired opposite an actress in her twenties. Raman is not making an effort to hide his smirk — why don’t women get a joke? Her daughter is pulling her dupatta every two minutes to complain that the coke has no fizz. Nikita is shushing her with growing impatience.
Someone from one of the rows behind her has been coughing non-stop.
“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.”
-Unidentified American Army Officer to Peter Arnett, February 7, 1968.
One.
Nikita is stressed. She is harried. She wishes she was back with her unit already and that makes the mother in her feel guilty. Her husband is unhappy about Nikita joining the elite women commando squad. Raman Karthik was raised by a feminist mother, and loves the idea of being married to a woman in uniform as long as it doesn’t get too real. Nikita knows there is not a hope in hell of returning from this vacation without a fight.
They are watching Joshila V in the movie hall. The hero plays a rowdy cop who dances with bar dancers, marries a village belle, and establishes law and order by breaking bones and shooting people in the head. The feminist in Nikita seethes to see the fifty something hero paired opposite an actress in her twenties. Raman is not making an effort to hide his smirk — why don’t women get a joke? Her daughter is pulling her dupatta every two minutes to complain that the coke has no fizz. Nikita is shushing her with growing impatience.
Someone from one of the rows behind her has been coughing non-stop.
218 pages, ebook
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July 28, 2020
Zilch.
One word that, describes the book.
This book has been written with only one purpose - take advantage of the fear, phobia around these words - pandemic, lockdown.
There is no story, no proper beginning, no proper end.
Sorry to have wasted my time reading the book
One word that, describes the book.
This book has been written with only one purpose - take advantage of the fear, phobia around these words - pandemic, lockdown.
There is no story, no proper beginning, no proper end.
Sorry to have wasted my time reading the book
Displaying 1 of 1 review