‘The police are our partners. Without them we cannot carry on our business. The Income Tax people are our partners-in-waiting. They want a piece of the action but we don’t want them in so we keep them happy with a few morsels thrown their way now and then. The municipal authorities are the partners that we want. They can bring us untold riches through land-grabs but we have to woo them to join. The judiciary is the angry partner, the one who is not getting any piece of the action. We need to keep this partner cool so that he doesn’t harm us.’ ‘And God?’ Arbaaz had asked. ‘He’s the senior
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