When a boy suddenly vanishes in a slum in India, 9-year-old Jai, who likes to watch police shows on TV, decides to solve the case with the help of his friends Pari and Faiz. While they try to look for clues over the next few weeks, more children go missing which causes the already existing tension between Muslims and Hindus to increase dangerously. A corrupt and indifferent police, extreme poverty, religious and ethnic conflicts, the constant threat of the neighbourhood being demolished, child labour, and […]
“What is a whole life? If you die when you’re still a child, is your life whole or half or zero?”
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara


