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A major of the Indian Army known for torturing and murdering many members of the resistance, Major Amrik Singh is an extraordinarily violent man. Even the Indian army, which commits daily atrocities in Kashmir, is shocked by the number of innocent people the major has brutally killed, without the request or even authorization of the army. The major also abuses his wife, Loveleen, with whom he eventually seeks asylum in the United States. The major, however, is not really an asylum seeker; rather, the Indian army has decided that he is too much of a liability to have on the force and sends him away. Tilo and Musa become obsessed with killing the major after he murders their friend, Gulrez. Eventually, there’s no need to kill him—once granted asylum in California, he murders his wife and three children before committing suicide.
Major Amrik Singh Quotes in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The The Ministry of Utmost Happiness quotes below are all either spoken by Major Amrik Singh or refer to Major Amrik Singh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“This was Kashmir; the Separatists spoke in slogans and our men spoke in press releases; their cordon-and-search operations were always ‘massive,’ everybody they picked up was always ‘dreaded,’ seldom less than ‘A-category,’ and the recoveries they made from those they captured were always ‘war-like.’ It wasn’t surprising, because each of those adjectives had a corresponding incentive—a cash reward, an honorable mention in their service dossier, a medal for bravery or a promotion.”
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Chapter 9
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The corrosion in Kashmir ran so deep that Amrik Singh was genuinely unaware of the irony of picking up a man whose wife and child had just been shot and bringing him forcibly, under armed guard, to an interrogation center at four in the morning, only in order to offer his commiseration.”
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Major Amrik Singh Quotes in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The The Ministry of Utmost Happiness quotes below are all either spoken by Major Amrik Singh or refer to Major Amrik Singh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“This was Kashmir; the Separatists spoke in slogans and our men spoke in press releases; their cordon-and-search operations were always ‘massive,’ everybody they picked up was always ‘dreaded,’ seldom less than ‘A-category,’ and the recoveries they made from those they captured were always ‘war-like.’ It wasn’t surprising, because each of those adjectives had a corresponding incentive—a cash reward, an honorable mention in their service dossier, a medal for bravery or a promotion.”
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Chapter 9
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The corrosion in Kashmir ran so deep that Amrik Singh was genuinely unaware of the irony of picking up a man whose wife and child had just been shot and bringing him forcibly, under armed guard, to an interrogation center at four in the morning, only in order to offer his commiseration.”
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