See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police…

Arundhati Roy
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See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police or military. The problem with these tribals is they don't understand greed. Unless they become greedy there's no hope for us. I have told my boss, remove the force and instead put a TV in every home. Everything will be automatically sorted out. ✨ Gandhi, but with guns: Part One by Arundhati Roy, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.
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