As insets, the reader discovers, among others, the partition tale of Sartaj Singh’s mother and the story of K.D, the former intelligence agent who once trained Gaintonde.

He meets Mary Mascarenas, the sister of Gaitonde’s associate, and falls in love with her, not before discovering her resilience despite being betrayed by her sister and husband. Sartaj Singh is another prominent presence in the novel, who, after being on the scene of Gaitonde’s death, seeks to unearth the mystery of Gaitonde’s presence in Mumbai, and its sinister consequences. The novel follows the fortunes of a gang-lord, Ganesh Gaitonde, who tells his own story till his death. 1961) crime novel Sacred Games (2006) deals with the complexities of crime. Even a lawgiver in one scenario can be a criminal in another. Here, survival becomes paramount, and moral categories of good and bad, just and unjust are blurred and everyone becomes culpable.

Along with the omnipresent nature of crime, the gradual rise in crime rate reflects the state of the world, which is a sphere of conflict. Especially in the modern era, when there seems to be no centre, and nothing seems as it is, crime is not restricted to a section of society – it is ubiquitous. A criminal can be nothing but bad, a victim by definition is innocent, and the law strives to scour the society of criminals.īut this is seldom the case. These three categories are assumed to be watertight, with no possibility of overlapping. Society generally perceives the criminal as evil, the victim as innocent, and the law as the saviour. Nanditha Rajaram Shastry, JNTU, Hyderabad

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