Quotes from Tarquin Hall

Sir, with due respect and all, my mummy-ji told me not to speak with strangers," said Puri, conscious that Naga was now standing directly behind him.

These included the top of Mount Everest and up the chief's rear passage.

Handbrake found the drive to Jaipur that morning particularly frustrating. The new tarmac-surfaced toll road, which was part of India's proliferating highway system, had four lanes running in both directions, and although it presented all manner of hazards, including the occasional herd of goats, a few overturned trucks and the odd gaping pothole, it held out an irresistible invitation to speed. Indeed, many of the other cars travelled as fast as 100 miles

agents shall be recruited from orphans. They shall be trained in the following techniques: interpretation of signs and marks, palmistry and similar techniques of interpreting body marks, magic and illusions, the duties of the ashramas, the stages of life, and the science of omens and augury. Alternatively, they can be trained in physiology and sociology, the art of men and society.

Never forget I am old," she said. "What does that mean, Mummy-ji?" "Didn't you know? Old is gold, na.

Those who did that thing were human beings, na. We should ask ourselves why human beings behave in such a way. Otherwise nothing can change. (Mommy-Ji)

Puri found the walls bare, his secretary having put away all his accolades, including his signed and personalized Kenny G album cover

The two men's stomachs pressed together like a couple of beach balls. For a moment, Puri felt like he was going to get stuck.

How can he eat at a time like this?" she asked Tubelight. The operative shrugged. "One time, Boss ate a chicken frankie after watching a hanging

Mummy had then appeared, telling the press that her son needed his daily dose of iron tonic.

Guru-ji, I am the winner of the Super Sleuth World Federation of Detectives award for 1999. Also, I was on the cover of India Today magazine. It's a distinction no other

Since becoming chief minister four years ago, Baba Dhobi had sought to consolidate his cult standing by using state funds to build lavish monuments and statues to the leaders of the Dalit movement, himself included.

The "salla bhangi," as he referred to the Dalit, lived on the other side of the village.

Bollywood's Govinda was gyrating his hips in front of a Swiss Alpine landscape.

Given the Beemer's Brahminical status at the top of India's vehicular caste system (bicyclists being the Dalits of the road), few cars dared to cut in front of it or venture too close lest they contaminate its uncorrupted, venerated bodywork.

The whole place reeked of tharra.

And there was a new notification from Col. PVS Gill (Retd), pointing out the hard shoes were to be worn in the building at all times. RUBBER SOULS CAUSE SQUEEKING AND ANNOYANCE, it stated.