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That’s why our elders always said: read the Vedas, read the piranhas, but don’t try to interpret them.

Cray cray

‘In India, history is decided by those at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University, and not by anyone else. Their knowledge over South Indian historical data is minimal.’

Do read Early Indians before you pick this book up

Realisation that this is nothing like Yellowface and that it treads upon psychological horror

‘Women were like roses, meant to be smelt only by their families, and Home was where they belong,’ one Talib told me.

Goosebumps

My favourite story so far is Black Cobras

I really don’t want to stop reading this book. The author’s experiences are so unique and crazy.

“Vegetarians and their Hezbollah-like factions, the Vegans”

Like what 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Such a hilarious book so far

I understood early in my life, through conflict, that terrorists know they are signing their own death warrants, the minute they choose to pick up a gun.

Very few books of this nature are available in India, especially that coming from a female journalist. It’s a page turner

Again, this is a collection of reports, not a nonfiction book that’s accessible - matter of fact writing, no storytelling, no interesting narration, nothing to make it a page turner.

I love how poetic this book is, and it’s meant for people who are political. Not for the neutrals out there.

My biggest problem with the book is that it is not written with the reader in mind, but with a reporter’s mindset. This could have been edited well and structured in a better manner to reach a wider audience, who does not read non-fiction.