In that story, two agents joke that this event was perpetrated by a "Klingon cell" in various memoranda.
In an essay from Incendiary Circumstances, a resident of "Defense Colony" finds solace in the wake of this event by reading V. S. Naipaul. In a short story, the truth about this event causes one title character to retire and become a businessman, but the other title character's indifference to it leads to his eventual death in 1989. In that story, two agents joke that this event was perpetrated by a "Klingon cell" in various memoranda. The novel The Shadow Lines was written after its author feared for his life in the wake of this event, which is the first title event referenced in the name of a volume of stories set in the town of Kittur. The novel A Fine Balance ends with a taxi driver describing the riots after this event, whose aftermath is depicted in "Chekhov and Zulu" from Salman Rushdie's East, West. For 10 points, name this first title event of Aravind Adiga's Between the Assassinations.
In an essay from Incendiary Circumstances, a resident of "Defense Colony" finds solace in the wake of this event by reading V. S. Naipaul.
assassination of Indira Gandhi [accept equivalents; prompt on Gandhi assassination]