was really unfortunate a book is a book something on a shelf which you can read if you want to not read if you dont want to its not a bomb thats killing people so from marijuana in madna to serial killers in mumbai whats been his philosophical takeaway my book ends on the symbol of the lotus life is a lotus because it grows out of crap the serial killer in the book lives in keechar but he still thinks life is worth it despite all the shit twentyfive years and six books later upamanyu chatterjees comic darkness is still enticing