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Why an IPS officer decided not to charge a woman who killed her kids
The following has been excerpted with permission from the book Tuticorin: Adventures in Tamil Nadu’s Crime Capital by V Sudarshan, published by Juggernaut. The book is based on the author’s, a journalist, recollections of retired DGP Anoop Jaiswal’s posting in Thoothukudi in the 1980s. The stories a…
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Excerpt: Tuticorin: Adventures in Tamil Nadu’s Crime Capital by V Sudarshan
A fine example of what’s been labelled ‘Malgudi Noir’, this book recounts police officer Anoop Jaiswal’s experiences in Toothukudi district in Tamil Nadu in the 1980s. This extract, a chapter titled The Liquor Sellers of Narikinaru, provides an insight into policing and a picture of the hardscrabble…
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Book Review of Tuticorin by V. Sudarshan at The Indian Express
Tuticorin is a gripping account of IPS officer Anoop Jaiswal’s journey of discovery through one of the most crime-prone districts of Tamil Nadu
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Book Review of Tuticorin by V. Sudarshan at The Tribune
Tuticorin: Adventures in Tamil Nadu’s Crime Capital
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A touch of wit to realism
Indian police stories are often narratives of cheats, frauds, murders, thefts, extortions, rapes, flesh trade, bootlegging, etc., which tell the sorry tale of the socio-economic and political quagmire of this country. The stories always read like suspense thrillers. Though ‘Tuticorin’ appears to be…
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