This post is translated into the Afro-Seminole Creole language spoken by Seminoles in the region of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
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“Sacred Games,” dat big book Vikram Chandra write, tell ’bout Bombay life — full up crime, politick, spirit, an’ people lookin’ fo’ meanin.
Story follow two man: Sartaj Singh, police man tire an’ full o’ doubt, an’ Ganesh Gaitonde, gangster big an’ loud. One day Sartaj get secret word, he find Gaitonde hide place, an’ from dere story grow wide — bring in terror, spy, love, faith, an’ big history o’ India.
Book show how law an’ crime mix up, how power an’ hunger shape man. Sartaj weak, not no hero; Gaitonde bad, but strong an’ lonely. Bombay show like real big stage — chawl, slum, studio, rich house, underworld — all together.
Sometime book run fast, sometime it slow, but it always full o’ life. Chandra mix many tongue — Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, street talk — inside English, make it sound true. At heart, book ax same question again: what power mean? how much it cost to live? where redemption hide?
“Sacred Games” be gangster tale, police story, politic, an’ spirit journey, all one. Hard read sometime, but deep an’ big like India self.”
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