"Don't look back." "Look... over there." "The world prays before the rising Sun,  for it's the source of light for the whole world." "But dad, the Sun gives us light only during the day." "But the nights are lit up in the city, isn't that so, Daddy?" "Do people in the city pray to the lights ofthe night?" "People in the city pray for wealth;" "not for the light ofthe day." "And those who are enamored of wealth live a life of lies  and they oren stray towards the wrong path." "Why so, Daddy?" "Because the path oftruth is difficult to tread upon." "It is a fiey path." "The fiey path...?" "Don't you remember the poem?" "Oh yes..." "I remember." ""O' traveller on the path through fire"" ""Should you ever find a tree on your way"" ""Seek not even the shade of a leaf For the path leads through fire"" ""Tread tirelessly and without rest upon the path of fire"" ""Make unto yourselfthat promise"" " Oh no!" "Promise that!" " All right..." "I promise." ""For traveller, you tread upon the path through fire"" "I forgot the next lines, Daddy." ""Thus he wades   through a sea of tears, sweat and blood"" ""For the traveller, treads upon the path through fire"" "What does that stanza mean, Daddy?" "Man must pass the test of fire  by blood, toil, sweat and tears." "And then, no obstacle can stand in the way ofwhat he seeks." "I won't forget this poem ever." "I promise." "That's good, Son." " Hello there, schoolmaster!" "Electricity is coming to our village." "The engineer is here already." "Shiksha!" "Hey Shiksha!" "How many times have I told you, Vijay, not to run about!" "Watch your step!" "Hey Shiksha!" " What's up, Brother?" "Why!" "You're still sitting beside the lamp!" "Just forget it!" "Vey soon, we'll have the sun brought right into our house." "What do you mean?" " Electricity is coming to our village!" "This is Mr. Mathur, the chief engineer." "Greetings, Sir." " He's here for the electricity project." "Till the project is completed, he'll stay as a guest in our house." "Please come inside, Mr.Mathur." " Thank you." "Electricity will bring about  a renaissance of a new India in our village." "Oh yes." " Please come along." "This is the school for the children." "It's necessay to have electricity in here." "Hey lady!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Is that a garbage dump?" "That must be a hat you're wearing!" " Yes." "You're well-regarded here, school master." "The people not only respect me but also love me." "Bloody swine!" "Have you gotten drunk again?" " Yes, I am drunk!" "Bloody swine!" "You told my wife not to give me money Not to give me money, for a drink!" "is it your money?" "!" "Don't." " Aren't you ashamed, you Iout?" "!" "Ifyou are so enraged,  you may strike me on the other cheek too." "Will you have your wife do menial jobs for a living?" "Must your children berate their fate for having been born to you?" "is that the way you discharge your duty as a father?" "Instead of caring for her,  must you snatch money from her and beat her up?" "I can't live without the booze." "You have been born of this earth, as we all are." "Can't you shoulder the responsibility ofyour family when the earth bears the burden of all life?" "is the soil so weak?" "Will you let yourself be drowned in liquor?" "You must do something, Boss." "These developments aren't good for us." "We'll lose control over the village." "I know!" "The winds of progress are picking up force." "I must get a hold on my fiefs." "Else, I'll be blown away." "The money I've given you, Dinkar Rao  was issued by the government of India." "It's worth far more  than the scrap of paper you're given me in exchange." "You've tried to sell me the lands which belong to the villagers." "You see, Sir..." " Enough of it." "You may keep the money." "I don't take back what I have given." "My principle is profit." "For the sake of profit, I will  even accept a lie as the truth." "And I'll make friends of my enemies." "Get that?" " Forgive me for having told lies." "But you didn't tell me the truth, either." "You didn't tell me that you want to use this place for smuggling and dealing in stuff like opium and hashish." "You're right." "This village ofyours, Mandwa, is nowhere on the map of India." "This place is close to Bombay; and yet it is beyond the reach of Indian laws." "This place is ideally suited for my shady business." "I hear that a schoolmaster in this village  is tying to get electricity in here." "If anything like that happens I'll be sorely disappointed." "And, it'll cost you your life." "Get that?" "The schoolmaster!" "is that the result of my untiring efforts in tying to educate you?" "I had told you about the mother in evey woman." "And here you are... with a prostitute!" "In this hell!" "Get out of here before   your character is destroyed." "Get out!" "You've destroyed many homes." "You've destroyed many young lives." "And now, you're dragging the children into sin." "You should be ashamed ofyourself." "Why must I be ashamed?" "Brothels are the creation of men." "They push helpless women into prostitution." "Stop talking nonsense!" "Only a fool  would step into this world of sin." "It's easy for you to preach, because you aren't involved." "Ifyou're man enough,   you will help me out ofthis world of sin." "Ifyou really are man enough, you'll bring in these books ofyours  and tell me of the good and the evil." ""lfyou're man enough  you will help me out ofthis world of sin."" "Haven't you been able to memorise the alphabet yet!" "Please don't hurt her, Daddy." "It's my fault. I didn't teach her properly." "I've been irresponsible." "Beat me ifyou will." "Do you want to take a punishment for your sister's fault?" "You have told me that I must stand the test of fire." "And that I must pick up someone else's burden too." "Well said, Son." "You have taught me   the vey lesson I taught you." "You want to take your lessons over here, don't you?" "I accept the responsibilities of teaching you, from now onwards." "Drop your airs!" "Your father spent the last night at the brothel." "Eveyone in the village has seen him there." "Understand?" "Did you hit him?" " Yes." "Why?" "Apologise to him." "Go on!" "I won't apologise." " Won't you?" "!" "The schoolmaster must  lose his esteem and social standing tonight." "And, tomorrow morning, he must walk in disgrace." "He must be a broken man by tomorrow." "And he may never raise his head again." "It will be done." "Please don't visit the brothel anymore." "Those who tread upon the path of truth do not care for wagging tongues." "The lamp must be lit  by fire to dispel the darkness." "There goes the schoolmaster.- He isn't as innocent as he seems." "The villagers are casting aspersions upon the schoolmaster." "They say that the schoolmaster is up to some bad deeds." "I told them that the schoolmaster would rather die than commit a sin." "The schoolmaster is at home right now, isn't he?" "He must have gone to Chandabai's brothel." "Where's the schoolmaster?" "!" " Come on..." "let's take a look." "Where's the bloody preacher?" " But I'm telling you... he won't...!" "Look at him, now." " What a shameless fellow!" "Sleeping with a prostitute!" " What a shame!" "We respected him." "And this is what he turns out to be!" "Get up, you hypocrite!" "Drag that shameless fellow out!" "Burn the master's house." "Father..." "Vijay..." "Father..." "This is the path through fire." "No..." "Killed him!" "You have killed him." "You have killed the school master." "He cared for you as long as he lived." "And now you've killed him!" "No one even cares for his corpse." "Swine!" "Cowards!" "Fools!" "Animals!" "There goes schoolmaster Dinanath." "What are you staring at Vijay?" "Don't even look at that village." "Forget that you were born over there." "No!" "I will never forget that village." "Some day, I'll give that village to my mother." "So you've received your pay." " Yes, Sir." "Now get lost." "We're going to ambush Kancha Cheena." "Return to your beat aRer 1 hour." " All right" "Then you can investigate his death." "Now get out of here." "Greetings, Sir." " We'll take care ofyour family." "Nowjust get on with your work." " Take that..... and that." "And make sure you don't foul up." "Now get going." "The dog!" "He escaped." " The swine escaped us!" "How did he find out?" "From now on, this is our home, Mummy." "This is where we are going to live." "Get out!" "Greetings, Sir." "The merchandise arrives tonight." "Take care of it." "Let's move." "(He was) Kancha Cheena." "Come..." "Come..." "Come inside.." "What happened?" "..." "Mother..." "Don't beat him." "Move away.." "I have taken down your complaint, haven't I?" "When are you going to arrest the manager ofthe petrol pump?" "I know vey well what I'm supposed to do!" "I've been in this job for 10 years." "And now, you're tying to teach me!" "Get out of here!" " Bloody cop!" "And you do take bribes." "Did you hear that?" "!" "That boy talks too much!" "Wonder what he'll make when he grows up." "We've found out about the fellow who burnt  Kancha Cheena's petrol pump." " Who is he?" "A melve-year old boy." "A 12-year old!" " A vey smart kid." "He set the petrol pump afire to avenge his insult to his mother." "What a kid!" " Say what Usman..." "Let's bail the kid out and put him to work for us." "You'd rather think it over." "The boy is much too spirited." "He could wipe us out once he grows up." "Wrong, Shem." "Help him out now and he'll remain a faithful dog forever." "Go on, Terence..... take a decision." "Bail the boy out and we're one up on our opponent." "Do you get that Shem?" "Get him offthe hook." " And he'll remain faithful forever." "Fathead Shem won't understand!" " All right... do what you please." "Do you know that it's a crime to set petrol pumps on fire?" "And what was it that had been done to my mother?" "Wasn't that a crime?" "You could've lodged a complaint at the police station." "is that so?" "Well, I did that." "I did report it." "But what did you do about it?" "Nothing." "You did nothing at all." "And that's why I did it." "I burnt it..." "I burnt the petrol pump." "What's your name?" "Vijay Dinanath Chauhan." "That's my full name." "Dinanath Chavan was my father." "My mother is Suhasini Chauhan." "I'm from the village of Mandwa." "I'm 36 years, 9 months and 2 days old  and 16 hours as of now." "Won't you mend you ways?" " And why should I?" "The world is a bad place, Mr Gaitonde." "One must be crooked to survive in this world." "Anyone who mends his ways, is bound to die." "Did you know that?" "Keep the advice for your underlings in your hutments." "Your underlings worship you." "You are the Godfather." "And you're the Boss." "But you're racing towards your death." "That's because your bosses don't like being refused." "You've started refusing them too." " To come up in life, it is  necessay to refuse some things." "This measure of self promotion  could be quite dangerous, Vijay." "You are involved in all their rackets." "But you've refused to get involved with narcotics." "That's because you hate narcotics just as I do." "And I want to help you." " No, thank you." "I don't need your help." "Understand!" "And what exactly are you tying to tell me?" "Are you telling me that they are planning to kill me today?" "But, I know the exact time when they want to kill me." "Let me show you..." "Take a look at this." "Do you see what's written in there?" ""6 o'clock- an appointment with Death"" "This evening at six, I have an appointment with death." "An appointment... hear that?" "I can also speak English, you know." "And now, I must take your leave." "3 more hours to go, Usman." "Think it over again, ifyou may." "All Vijay Chauhan wants, is the top chair." "Let's just give it to him." "Don't bring trouble in here." " Bloody coward!" "Ifyou are so scared, why did you get into this business?" "With Vijay at the helm, we'll have to wash our hands off narcotics." "And, that'd put paid our ambitions to overtake Kancha Cheena." "Why cy over spilt milk?" "I'd warned you." "And you had insisted saying that he'd be a faithful dog forever." "Now your bloody dog refuses!" "We're going to kill him at 6 O'clock today." "Come inside, dear." "Why are you standing outside?" "Now you want a chair, don't you?" "Here... have this chair." "Oh yes... the chair is for you." "We're old men now." "We're simply waiting to die." "Come on.... take over." "The phones keep ringing over here..." "Don't they?" "The telephone is quite a misleading instrument." "People like you use the telephone to say things you don't intend to." "And you end up doing things quite different from what you say." "You're misinformed." " No." "Come over here." " Who ..." "I?" "!" "It's you who is tying to mislead me." "You're plotting to kill me." "And when confronted, you offer me the chair." "Kill me ifyou want to. I'll willingly face your bullets." "Ifyou kill me, the business is yours and the chair is yours too." "And what if I survive?" "The guns won't decide who wins the war bemeen us... fate will." "Why are you shooting at the car?" "Shoot at me." "Go on, shoot!" "Go on..." "let's see some more shooting." "Swine!" "You've stabbed me in the back." "Shoot me when I'm facing you." "Go on!" "Swine!" "Cur!" "Dog!" "Look at what they've done to my stuff!" "Smashed my coconuts!" "Curse you!" "Don't breathe your last yet!" "I'll save you!" "I will!" "Now give me your hand... your hand!" "Wory not. I'll save you!" "I'll take you to a doctor." "Now keep breathing..." "Just keep on breathing." "Down the shutters!" "They dare to shoot at the Don!" "The Don needs blood!" "Come along, folks." "There was a bandit." "Eveyone in the city was fed up of him." "He used to plunder for the sake of money." "Sometimes, he killed people." "Your son has been shot by his rivals." "He's in a hospital right now." "We've imposed a curfew to stop the riots in the city." "You can come to hospital in my jeep." "Thank you for giving me the news, Mr.Gaitonde." "As all evil things meet an evil end, so was it with the evil bandit." "One day, he was shot dead." "We have enough stock of blood in the hospital." "And you may leave now." "What are you raving at?" "Do you take me for a blood donor?" "What else is it?" " l took the trouble to bring him here." "Do you know how many coconuts I have lost in the bargain?" "I've lost 325 rupees in all." "Are you going to compensate me?" "Come in, quickly." "These fellows are savages!" "They're screaming and throwing stones." "I've taken a few stones too." "Bloody savages!" "I'm Krishnan Iyer MA (postgraduate in arts)." "And now, I sell coconuts." "They nearly upturned my cart!" "That's when I saw the Don." "There was lots of blood." "Blood was pouring out of his body." "I brought him to the hospital. I did!" "And now, they throw stones at me!" "I lost a lot of money in the bargain." "I had to throw a lot of coconuts away." "The total loss is something like 325 Rupees." "These fellows are savages..." "but... what brings you here?" "Well,... why have you come here?" " l'm his mother." "His mother?" "!" "What up?" "No night cricket nowadays..." "has a politician won an election?" "And where are our guards?" "None ofthem seem to be around." "Could it be that Vijay has survived?" "I'd warned you not to touch him." "If he survives, all four of us are dead." "No!" "That can't be!" "Let's kill him before he can kill US." "A thousand men are keeping vigil on the hospital." "How will you kill him?" "Inspector Pathan will make it possible." "For my sake, he will." "The Don is out of danger!" "Hurrah!" "Let us celebrate..." "Excuse me..." "I'm Inspector Pathan." "I am assigned to protectyour son." "Will you please ask the people outside to disperse?" "Vijay is safe now." "So the savages have now been sent away!" "They even made me dance!" "They gave me this. I don't know whether it's real gold or artificial!" "I'll be on my way now." " Son... I haven't enough words to thank you  for whatever you've done for Vijay." "You'll come back... won't you, Son?" "I'd stayed back for my 325 rupees." "I thought I'd leave aRer I receive 325 rupees." "And you've given me so much more." " What do you mean?" "I've been living for many years on the sidewalk." "I haven't ever been addressed respectably." "I'm used to hearing abusive language." "But you've addressed me as a son." "I will come. I surely will." "I'll come, even if it is the Iast thing I do before I die." "I will come. I surely will." "A black cat across my path!" "Now I have to take 10 steps backwards (to ward offthe evil)." "Get out of here, you fool!" "Else I'll cut your head for you." "What did you say?" "Will you cut my head off?" "Oh yes." " D'you know what I could do to you?" "Just get out of here.-l'll thrash the daylights out ofyou!" "Hey...!" " Bloody fellows...!" "Will you cut my head off?" "!" "Now, wait and see what I am going to do to you." "Hury!" "The patient could be dying!" "He wants my head!" "Hury!" "They made fun of me out there." "And, I told them, I'd show them up." "The Don isn't here at all." "He's inside the bathroom." "Vijay Chavan survived the second attempt." "And I'm in a fix right now." "Tell him, my life is in danger." "Vijay Chauhan is leaving the hospital tomorrow." "I'm taking the first flight to Mauritius tomorrow." "Tell him that." "Vijay Chavan has survived the second attempt." "ARer a long while, an Indian fish has appeared in my waters." "Invite him to dinner." " But, Vijay Chavan... I'd like to befriend an enemy  who gains a fresh lease of life." "I could gain a fresh lease of life." "Have flowers sent to Vijay Chavan." "Don!" "Please forgive me!" "I've committed a grave error!" "Kancha Cheena has sent me these flowers." "Nice flowers." "Forgive me, Don!" "Please forgive Me." "Why is he weeping?" "His uniform is a symbol of his power." "He can stop anyone he wants to." "He can let anyone in." "He can allow anyone to shoot." "l won't make such a mistake again!" "Tell him not to do such a thing again." "Does he want to die?" "He doesn't want to, does he?" "Ask him to see reason." "And he must do my bidding from now on." "Now get going... take him away." "All right... go on now." " Thank you, Don." "Congratulations on the fresh lease of your life." "Now, you're the uncrowned king ofthis city." "Eveyone in the city is celebrating your recovey... except your 4 bosses." "I think you'd like to make your moves aRer the enemy has exhausted theirs." "But I won't let you succeed in any move." "I'll stop you in evey path you go like a wall." "Because, I'm an honest police officer who can't be bought   who still lives off a meagre salay of Rs.1500." "Demand for a hike!" "You should really hike the salaries ofyour policemen." "The salay isn't enough for a living." "Can it pay for the conscience?" "What's happening here?" "Now, go on eveybody... please leave." "Mummy..." "Your mother still ekes a livelihood out of 500 Rupees a month." "You've been lying unconscious for the last 3 days." "And your mother didn't move for a moment all this while." "She sat all the while, and kept staring at you." "And you..." " What's your name?" "Why do you want to know that?" "You're the first woman aRer my mother who has seen me naked." "I was a child when I played on her lap." "And here I have been lying unconscious for 3 days." "And you've taken care of me." "That's why I ask." "What's your name?" " May Matthews." "And I am Krishnan Iyer, M.A. Nowadays, I sell coconuts." "I've been coming here for the last 3 days." "Your men asked me not to leave." "Oh, I know that they call you a "Don"." "They told me that the Don would give me a reward." "I told them I don't want a reward." "And I'll leave as soon as you reimburse my loss of 325 Rupees." "And will you keep on standing over here?" "What if I don't give you the 325?" "No!" "You can't do something like that." "I picked you up and brought you here." "Had I been 5 minutes late, you could've died?" "Then I would've had to take you to the crematorium." "All right." "I'll let you have your 325." "Now, Krishanan..." "Oh yes, the MA." "But you must promise me something." " What?" "That you'll be there beside me should anything like this happen again." "Nothing's going to happen by God's." "grace." "If something does, go wrong, I'll be there a full five minutes earlier." "And when I get angered, I might do just about anything!" "Those are the bullets which were taken out ofyou." "They're useless now." "Wait!" "Give me those leads." "He'll be discharged from the hospital tomorrow." "And then, he'll kill us." "Nothing ofthe sort will happen." " Get out of my way!" "Hey!" "Shem ran out on us!" "Oh, hello!" "Where are you going?" " To hell!" "Get out of here." "Or will you save us still?" "Hello, Mr. Teylene!" "How do you do?" "Greetings." " Greetings." "How are you, Don Usman?" "Evemhing all right?" "Considering the present circumstances, I conclude that  there's one safe place where you will be in no danger." "Where is it, Mr.Pathan?" " Where?" "!" "The lock up in my police station." "Hello, Don Hasmukh." "How are you, Don Usman?" "I have been faithful to my masters for long." "I always return whatever I take from my masters with interest." "No!" "Don't!" "Please, Don!" "Please don't kill me!" "Please forgive me!" "I'll go back to my village!" "I swear!" "Please don't kill me!" "Take your hand away." "Please take your hand away." "Step aside." "Why?" "What's up?" "Both ofyou seem troubled." "The nurse was worried that you..." "That I have run away!" "No, doctor, I don't run away." "Do I look like I'm about to run away?" "I don't, do I?" "But ifyou don't discharge me tomorrow, I'll surely kill a few people." "Your bodyguards weren't letting me in." "Just as you don't let me go out of here." "Long live, Don Vijay." "Why are you weeping?" "Don't weep. I took 4 bullets." "But I didn't drop a tear." "Do you know why?" "Do you know?" "Because I had all ofyou with me." "You are my power." "Nothing has happened to me." "Look at me." "I'm all right." "Nothing is wrong with me." "What's the matter?" " My husband's body is lying here." "But I can't find anyone to take him to the cemetey." "Don't say that, Mother. I'm here." "We'll take him to the cemetey." "Make all the money you can." "But, don't let these children beg on the streets." "We mustn't let anyone sleep hungy." "Go on... make palatial houses for yourselves." "But do also give the poor a place of shelter." "Else, I'll kill you." "Understand?" "I could've given you a lot of money." "But I know, that people like you will take only what is due to you." "Keep that my friend..." "It's your 325 rupees." "You've taken me for a friend... and your mother has taken me for a son." "I'm grateful." "Just tell me whatever you want. I'll do whatever you want." "I have only one sister..." "Shiksha." "Hey southerner... why are you going inside the college?" "There's a dance going on inside." "Now get out of here." "Did I hearyou call me a southerner?" "Now take a good look at me." "And give me a salute..." "and do it again." "Who are you?" " l am Krishnan Iyer." "M.A." "The Don has sent me here to guard your body." "Looks like a sor one." "Get lost... and come back aRer you've learnt how to dance at a disco." "Dancing in a disco could give you a sprained leg." "Shut up!" "Are you kids tying to make fun of me?" "Let me show you!" "I'll show you the coconut disco dance." "Come on!" "I will show you a southern disco today." "I will show you a southern disco today." "If I am agitated, I will make you all dance to my tunes in turns." "Krishnan, MA, who is a tender coconut vendor has come." "I am a tender coconut vendor" "I will show you a southern disco today." "If I am agitated, I will make you all dance to my tunes in turns." "Krishnan, MA, who is a tender coconut vendor has come." "Wash your hands first." " Hands... oh yes. I'll wash." "What's wrong with washing my hands?" "I'll wash my hands immediately." "Washing is over..." "here take a look my hands are clean." "Spotless." "Washed spotlessly clean." "Your hands won't come clean so easily, Vijay." "Your father's name was tarnished." "It was a lie." "Will you prove it true now?" "Look at yourself, Vijay." "Your hands are dim and your soul is dim." "Are those the principles, your father taught you?" "is this the reward for the principles he stood by even in his death?" "is that what he taught you?" " Mummy... oh Mummy." "The truthful schoolmaster  was beaten to death." "What dirt was there in his hands?" "They tried to rape a poor helpless mother." "How was she dim?" "You don't know, do you?" "... Let me tell you." "What tainted us was weakness!" "And truth can't change that." "Principles can't cure the ills ofweakness." "Neither can God do anything about it." "The only cure for weakness is power." "Can anyone speak ill of my father now?" "Can any scoundrel dare to ogle at my sister or my mother?" "No one will dare to; for fear of getting hacked to pieces." "Well said..." "Your father had told me that man used to be an animal." "It took the animal centuries to become a man." "But you took no time at all to turn into an animal." "Enough!" " Mummy!" "Enough!" "Enough!" "Dinner is over." "I've had so much to eat in my mother's house today." "I won't even feel hungy in another 4 or 5 months." "Let's move." " No!" "Don't!" "Please don't go away!" "Mother didn't mean what she said." " No!" "She said it purposely." "She says all that purposely." "And tell her that her words  hurt me more than the bullets." "But, Brother..." " Move it!" "Congratulations, Mummy." "You've been successful once again  in throwing your son out of the house." "Congratulations." "You?" "!" "What brings you here?" "I was passing by." "May I have something to eat?" "Yes." "Be seated. I'll fetch something." ""Wash your hands, first."" ""Your hands can't be cleaned easily, Vijay!"" "I can't eat that food." "I can't!" "You could buy, beg, rob or steal food." "But that alone can't sate hunger." "It's love that one needs." "Not food alone." "It was aRer months that I went to my mother's place." "And I love to eat what she cooks." "But I couldn't eat." "Do you know why I walked out?" "She says what I do is wrong." "Why mustn't I do what I do?" "Tell me!" "Why must I not retaliate to a wrong?" "I was a child when I saw it happen before my eyes." "I saw my father being killed." "And he hadn't done anything wrong." "I dragged his body all by myselfto the crematorium." "I cremated mo corpses that day." "That of an innocent father and his innocent son." "My mother's innocent son is dead gone." "Searchas shemight  but she won't get her innocent son back." "Never mind." "She might not give me what I seek from her." "And she might force me offthe table." "But I won't ever become  schoolmaster Dinanath. I won't!" "Do you know why I'm telling you all this?" "You don't..." "let me tell you." "You cared for me while I was.." "...in the hospital." "I guess I got used to it." "I lied when I told you that I was passing by." "ARer I leR my mother's house, I thought I'd feel comfortable here." "That's why I've come here." "I'm tired ... vey tired." "Go to sleep now." "Let's talk in the morning." "There lies the village." "Some day, I must give this village back to Mummy." "They threw her out ofthat village." "I must give the village back to her." "It's time now, isn't it, my son?" "Yes, Uncle." "The time has come." "The time has come." "Swines!" "You all took the life ofthe school master by stoning him." "It's my turn now. I'll throw stones at you now." "You brutes!" "I don't let the right hand know the crime done by the leR hand." "That's my policy." "A powerful man loses his strength in an alliance with the weak." "That's why I always seek the friendship ofthe powerful." "Vijay Chavan is coming here on a mission of friendship." "Are you going to get into an alliance with Vijay Chavan?" "Not ifyou can cut him off." "Else, he'll cut your throat." "Get that?" "Yes. I understand." "What calls for the celebration?" "A mighty sword has fallen before a mere thorn." "Teylene has done what 4 people and a hundred bullets couldn't do." "Has Teylene killed Vijay Chauhan?" "I've always been punctual." "But, I'm late today." "I apologise for the delay." "Someone dumped filth on me." "I thought I'd take a wash in the water to get rid ofthe filth." "I'm Vijay Dinanath Chavan." "And I'm..." "Kancha Cheena, who lives in a glass house." "I've met you. I used to clean your car with a piece of cloth when I was a kid." "And now, you want to wear my clothes." "No... not all." "I don't want to wear clothes." "Instead, I want to help someone wear clothes that is this lady." "Go on inside." "Else you'll catch a cold." "Shall we talk business?" " Come..." "let's sit down." "Vey ambitious, are you?" "I'm way of people who are over-ambitious." "Even the most insignificant of men have their ambitions." "And sometimes, we must slaughter even innocents to achieve our goals." "Have you not trampled upon the weak and innocent?" "You have, haven't you?" "Yes!" "What do you want from me?" "Mandwa." "What's in Mandwa for you?" "That which I can find in any place..." "Any place where the laws are lax." "You run a business out of Mandwa." "I want to set up base there." "We can work together." "You could make your buck, and I could make mine." "Else,   innocents will die as we compete with each other." "Isn't that so?" "All right." "But, be warned." "Don't ty to cross my path." "Get that?" "There's only one punishment for evey error... death." "Only death!" "Take a look... over there." "It's a small gir for you  to mark the beginning of our friendship." "He was your enemy..." "Teylene." "What's that mark on your hand?" "I had burnt a petrol pump when I was a kid. I had also burnt my hand." "The petrol pump was mine." "I'll send you the bill." "Do send your tailor's address along too." "I like the way you dress." "Swing, dance and sing..." "Swing, dance and sing, friends" "Alibaba has met all the 40 thieves." "Let the world listen to something said by a poet." "Eveybody who shakes hands with you is not a friend." "Who is there in your heart and whom are you looking at?" "You know it and I am also aware of it." "I don't want to tell anyone else." "Alibaba has met all the 40 thieves." "These secrets are not meant to be shared with eveyone." "Eveybody who shakes hands is not a friend." "Someone has drunk such a thing that the thirst is not quenched but there is fire." "This is the effect of love." "Alibaba has met all the 40 thieves." "All the drinks are not meant for drinking." "Eveybody who shakes hands with you is not a friend." "I won't allow you to go far away." "I won't allow you to go far away." "I will keep you bound with me just with the help ofthe strength of my hair." "Alibaba has met all the 40 thieves." "All the friends do not show love  loyalty." "Eveybody who shakes hands with you is not a friend." "Swing, dance and sing..." "Swing, dance and sing with mery, friends." "Alibaba has met all the 40 thieves." "Out!" "..." "Get out of my way..." "Step aside." "Anna!" "Vijay Chavan has gone abroad." "And his sister is here all alone." "I'll be back in sometime, Mummy." "Don't wory." "She needn't wory." "Krishnan Iyer MA is going to accompany you." "What?" "!" "Are you coming with me?" "Yes." "The guard follows your body." "I don't need a bodyguard." "And, you needn't come with me." "Sory, lady." "Don has ordered this. I can't let you go out alone." "Did you call me a "backward fool"!" "You called me a fool!" "Do I look like a fool!" "And you'rejust out ofschool!" "And you compare yourself with Krishnan Iyer, an M.A.!" "I'm an MA!" "A Master ofArts degree-holder from Kerala University." "Are you tying to ridicule the way I dress?" "The first President of India used to wear this dress." "Nobel Prize winner Dr.C.V.Raman used to anoint his forehead traditionally." "And President Venkataraman was also from the South." "Wearing a pant-suit doesn't make anyone a forward-minded individual." "And I'm not ashamed to wear a traditional dress." "Do you take me for a fool  because I sell coconuts for a living?" "Do you take me for a fool?" "Do you think I'm lying?" "Wait!" "I'll show you my degree." "You wait!" "She calls me a fool!" "Get away!" "Eveyone!" "Else we'll shoot you down." "You're the goose..." "and that's your sauce." "I'd gotten your brother out ofjail." "That swine!" "I'd given him food to eat." "The dog!" "A dog would've been faithful." "But, he tried to bite me." "The cur!" "My brother isn't a dog." "He's a lion!" "And you've made a big mistake by tying to bait the lion." "I didn't." "It was he who has tried to challenge me." "Your brother loves you vey much, doesn't he?" "He'll surely come here to save you." "But, you won't survive." "Do you know why?" "Because I'll cut your fair skin into little pieces." "Listen to me. I haven't come here to enjoy myself." "Nor have I come here to give you lectures on justice." "I have come to this city in search of a livelihood." "I come from a village known well for ruthlessness." "If anyone comes near me, I'll tear him apart." "This fellow is teasing a girl  all you can do is watch and laugh!" "You're an insult to us..." "our culture and our tradition." "I've used my hands to cut coconuts." "Today, I'll cut up an eunuch!" "You!" "Hold it!" "You have called me an eunuch!" "You dare insult me!" "You're the bodyguard, aren't you?" "Let's see who your bodyguard is." "You're one of Shem's men!" "Tell us... where has he taken our sister?" "Which roads lead us to them?" "Which roads?" "I've administered an injection." "Your mother will regain consciousness soon." "Shem is holding her  somewhere within a full square mile of slums." "We must fight our way through a crowd of a 1000 or 2000 people." "That's what these fellows have told us." "Police Commissioner Gaitonde has gone over to get her out." "But, Shem's men aren't letting them in." "Go outside." "Get out of here!" "He has kidnapped Vijay Chavan's sister." "Kidnapped my sister." "Brother..." "Krishnan, take Shiksha away from here." " No." "I won't leave you here." " Get out of here, I said!" "Look at me now and think back." "This boy is much too spirited." "If he wipes us out once he grows up, what'll we do then." "Stop... stop it now, Don." "The police are coming in." "Will anyone dare to touch my sister again?" "!" "Will anyone dare!" "I'll hack him to pieces!" "Pathan..." "What are you doing in here?" "I got news that the slums are on fire." "That's why I'm here." "The slums didn't catch fire." "They were torched." "And you did it." "You did it to destroy the evidence." "Don't you recognise me?" " Krishnan?" "!" "This is the reward for a bodyguard." "Evemhing else is all right." "Not to wory." "It's done my body and her mind a lot of good." "Whose mind?" " The disco-freak's." "Do you see that?" "I've turned the forward backwards." "And I've made an Indian out of a foreigner." "How does she look?" "My hero!" "What do you blabber?" "My love!" " l am scared." "My beloved" " Your brother will beat me. - l salute to you..." "My hero, my love and my beloved, I salute to you.." "So many names for Krishnan Iyer MA." "Why did you save me?" "l just did my duty." "You would've done anything for it" "Yes." "Say, you will do it." "Ok" "You would have also died" "Yes" " Oh my God!" "Who knew that we are made for each other?" "Who knew and was aware that we are made for each other?" "I knew it-Not feminine gender but say in masculine gender." "I knew and was aware that we are made for each other." "My heart was like a closed envelope." "And there was a love letter in this envelope." "Today I opened it and read that "We are made for each other"" "But what should I do?" "I am a vey poor man." "But what should I do?" "I am a vey poor man." "That is the reason why I am so close to you." "That is the reason why I am so close to you." "Don't fear anyone!" "Don't fear anyone and love openly." "We are made for each other." "Who knew and was aware that "We are made for each other"" "I knew and was aware that we are made for each other." "Who knew and was aware that "We are made for each other"" "Who knew and was aware that we are made for each other." "What are you up to?" "What have you been doing?" "What's going on?" "Have I done anything wrong?" "Have I not brought you up decently?" "Have I leR anything undone to educate you?" "Go on tell me." "Have you lacked anything as far as education is concerned?" "And I see you walking shamelessly holding his hands." "No.. please tell me whatever you want." "No!" " She's not at fault." "You are not to interfere in this." "This is a family matter." "And you are not to interfere!" "Why?" "!" "Did you know why I sent you to a good school?" "So you could learn the difference bemeen what's good and what's bad." "And what's right and what's wrong!" "Do you know the difference, Vijay?" "You don't know what Shiksha is doing!" "I fully concede to Shiksha's wishes." "What are you saying?" "!" "He goes around with her holding hands!" "Thank God that there is at least one like Krishnan in this world who is willing to mary Shiksha despite evemhing." "Else, she would have remained tainted all her life for your misdeeds." "What are you saying?" "!" "No..." "you mustn't say such a thing." "And why mustn't I?" "Krishna is the good son I had always dreamt of." "What is she saying?" "What are you saying!" "I can never be a son to you as he is." "He's your own son." "Please don't mind her." "She's just a bit angy." "You're her son..." "I'm the problem in this family  I'm leaving." "No." "You won't go an_here." "You can't go, because you're the good son." "It's I, who is the rotten apple. I'd rather leave." "Stop him!" "Please stop him!" "From now on, I have no one in this world." "I have severed all relations with my family." "You are the only one ler." "Will you mary me?" "Right now!" "..." "Will you mary me?" "The girl who screamed at me in the hospital." "Don't you remember?" "She's the girl who used to change his clothes in the hospital." "She isn't from your community." "But you mustn't be angy for that." "What is there is religion?" "I swear upon you..." "Someday, I'll bring him and his wife to this house." "You must welcome them and give them your blessings." "Now, please don't cy." "I'm no less than a son to you and will never take false oaths." "And I promise to bring them here." "Now, please don't cy." "I've treated you to a sweet." "Now it's your turn to treat me." "A drop of honey attracts a fly." "If one fly isn't killed, more flies are attracted to the honey." "And the atmosphere gets spoiled." "Understand?" "I want to hear a cy of pain from Commissioner Gaitonde." "Go over to India." "Take help from Vijay Chavan if need be." "May I ask you why you have come here?" "Please be seated with us." "This husband ofyours  is a man of principles." "He worships the law." "What has he received in his life?" "He has confiscated contraband worth millions." "And what has he received from the government?" "Nothing." "Has the government given him anything?" "And do you have as little as mo hundred quid for painting the house?" "Bring him around." "He's too optimistic  about his principles and the Iaw." "This is a city only in name." "But the laws ofthe jungle prevails here." "The housefly eats microbes." "The frog eats the housefly." "The snake eats the frog." "The mongoose kills the snake." "The fox is aRer the blood ofthe mongoose." "And, the lion eats the fox." "While here..." "The powerful kills the weak." "Have you had your say?" " No. I have lots more to tell you." "But I don't have time." "And neither do you." "Get that?" "You don't have the time!" "But you don't seem to understand!" "Understood..." "I understand ...that you have come here to repay a favour." "I remember having informed you that your people were plotting to kill you." "And now you've come to tell me that someone is going to kill me." "Yes... now he understands." "Do you know what this contains?" "A bit of vermilion." "My wife uses it to mark her marital status." "And she prays that I live long." "And, it is she who has given this to me." "I cary it eveyday, when I leave for work." "If I die, she will never need to use it anymore." "Take a good look at their faces." "They are not afraid of happenstance." "They will be proud should it happen." "Go and tell them   that Commissioner Gaitonde is ready to face death." "The schoolmaster." "Just like the schoolmaster." "You talkjust like Dinanath..." "The schoolmaster Dinanath." "Who is he, Daddy?" "Vijay Chavan?" " Isn't he a hoodlum?" "We can't sit down to eat with such a person." "Hey!" "Where do you think you're going?" "Sit down." "Sit!" "Where do you think you're going?" "Do you find it bloody uncomfortable, just because I am sitting next to you?" "Have I lighted a fire under your arse?" "Don't I look human?" "Am I not human?" "Am I a bloody animal?" "Or, am I not dressed properly?" "Did you buy me these clothes?" "I bought these with my hard-earned money." "What are the rest ofyou staring at?" "Well, what are you watching?" "And why are you so bloody silent?" "Has my presence silenced you?" "I've come here to spend my hard-earned money." "I've even polished shoes." "Have you polished shoes for a living?" "No, you haven't." "And, have you washed cars for a living?" "And you ty to show me up!" "Where do they think they're going?" "No!" "What are they tying to tell me?" "!" "That they're right and I'm wrong!" "These people from high society are gentlemen!" "And I am the hoodlum!" "Excuse me, Sir." " Am I the hood?" "!" "What was that piece you told me in English?" "What's this English about?" "You want money for those glasses, isn't that so?" "Well, here you are." "Here take money...take that and that, How much more do you want?" "Don, even a mosque has been built in our hutments now." "A hoodlum... am I a hoodlum?" "I had gone to tell him that his life is in danger." "And he tells his son that I am a hoodlum." "A hood!" "May the Allah grant you a long life, Don." "I'll show him what a hoodlum is." "Remain here." "The informer wants to meet me alone." "No!" "Please don't hurt him." "So... you've been raiding Kancha Cheena's hideouts!" "Blood looks nice on your uniform." "Kancha Cheena wants to hear you scream in pain over the phone." "Eh!" "Commissioner!" "You've already passed out!" "You whites will always resort to trickey." "And you will always attack the weak." "You've resorted to deceit to get the police officer here." "Years ago, you had lured an innocent widow into your petrol pump." "You had deceived her." "You tried to rape her." "And why are you silent... speak up!" "Go on." "Speak up, swine!" "A 12-year old changed your face forever." "But, you're incorrigible." "The 3-feet tall Vijay has grown six-and-a-half feet tall." "But you have not yet changed your ways." "Are you the same kid?" "This contains vermilion." "But you aren't aware of it's power." "It's what is beholden to women from India." "Let me show you how powerful this is." "Kancha Cheena on the line for you, Don." "You want to hear the Commissioner scream out in pain, don't you?" "Listen to this..." "Did you hear that?" "That was a lot of noise." "Now, wait for the big bangs." "Those were big bangs indeed, Vijay Chavan." "He hurt kids... the bloody hood." "I've taken you for a brother." "And I respect you as an elder." "You had once taken me for a friend." "Is the friendship over?" "I'm not related to you." "But, aren't your mother and your sister your own?" "It has been 3 months since you have spoken to them." "Your mother is sad, and your sister is sad." "And, I have been sad too." "I can take care ofyour mother and your sister." "But, I won't spare you if anything happens to your wife." "She had come over." "Tell me... did you meet them?" " Yes." "The world knows what you're about to do." "But I don't know a thing!" "What have you told Krishnan?" "What have you told him?" "You want to abort the child..." "you want to kill the child." "If anything happens to my child, I'll ..." "You'll kill me, won't you?" "Go on... kill me..." "Go on..." "You'll be doing me a favour." "At least, I'll be spared the trauma of having killed my own child." "I don't want our child to grow up and call you a hoodlum." "What are you going to do then?" "Will you strangle the child?" "Or, will you kill yourself?" "Take a look at yourself..." "how you have changed!" "ARer the Commissioner's son had called you a goon,  you took me to the slums." "You wanted to show me that you are a God, not a goon." "But, you are no God, Vijay." "God was that child who promised that he'd give a village back to his mother." "Where is the village?" "Where is it?" "I want the village, Vijay." "But, ifyou do anything to my child  I'll kill you." "I'll kill you." "And you've had eveyone addicted n the village" " Get out of here." "Are you going to hit me?" "Swine!" "My house... it's a poor man's house." " Liar!" "Dog!" "Never was born a man poorer than you!" "I'll give you a penny." "Curse your mother!" "There used to be a school over here." "Children used to study in the school." "Education is really of no use... say what?" "Nowadays, I put them to work as soon as they are born." "And that's what the cur makes the children to do." "That's why no child was born to you." " Get lost." "You'll remain a eunuch forever!" "This is the pleasure spot in the village... the red light area." "We used to have only one whore in the village." "Now, all women are whores." "His mother is one ofthem too." "lt's a matter ofwarming the beds." "And some day, your wife will be warming beds too." "Shut up, you miserable thing!" " Swine!" "Why have you stopped here, Don?" "You're seeing this house." "Had I not burnt the house you are seeing, I would've been burnt." "A schoolmaster used to live here." "Dinanath..." "He used to dream of making a heaven out ofthis village." "The fools must be begging for a living somewhere, I guess." "A strong wind is rising." "You might get blown away." "Take care." "You should start praying, Dinkar Rao." "Else you should arrange for 5 million." "Five million?" "!" "My Son!" "Why are you looking at me?" "Come, let me show you the world." "Gora hasn't returned from India." "Dinkar Rao isn't calling up." "And, God knows where Laila is gone." "Kancha Cheena is coming to India." "You have saved my life, Don!" "I shall never forget this in my life." "Are you licking the dust?" "Stop groveling and get up." "Here's the money." "You may take it." "I could give my life for you, Don." "You beg for your life, and then you offer to give it up for me!" "You can't give me anything." "You have nothing!" "What do you have?" "Oh yes, I have. I have these title deeds of all the land in the village." "Are those lands yours?" "Does the land belong to you?" "Those lands belong to the people in the village." "But I hold these lands in lien of mortgages." "You may keep the papers." "They wouldn't know that I've pledged their lands with you." "They trust me." "And I trust you." "In a short while, I'll return your monies." "Ifyou want me to, I'm willing to sign on a blank paper." "Go on." " l've signed the paper now." "I'll give the money to Inspector Pathan." "It'll save my life." "Thank you vey much, Don." "Gone!" "There goes the bloody swine." "He bought his coffin for 5 million!" "The blank paper is now a deed of sale." "He has sold the village lands." "I'll kick the villagers out oftheir homes." "And, the villagers, in turn, will kick the hell out ofyou." "Isn't that what's going to happen, Vijay?" "Here, uncle...." "take the stone and throw it..." "Kancha's glass house." "It'll shatter." "Pimp!" "You've sold the villagers' lands." "Did you own the lands?" "Beat him!" "Beat him!" "You won't even find shelter in the brothels." "They'll help you get warmer, swine!" "Run, you dog!" "So you did get blown away by the wind." "I had warned you about the strong breeze." "Now, you have been blown away." "Why did you deceive me?" "In your drunken fantasies,  you have seen the schoolmaster's family begging." "You were wrong." "Who are you?" "Vijay Dinanath Chavan." "That is my full name." "The bloody dog is dead!" "The swine!" "What have you done?" "!" "In a fight bemeen the snake and the mongoose, the snake dies." "The snake is dead." "It's the mongoose's turn now." "The mongoose tried to betray the snake-charmer." "Didn't you say that you'd even befriend an enemy,  for the sake of business?" "Isn't that your policy?" "You've learnt my policies in business well." "But, you have no inkling ofthe outcome." "The outcome is what you must face." "But, you are a poor listener." "You don't understand;" "and you don't remember." "I told you my name on the first day we met." "That's my full name..." "understand?" "Now you have understood." "A case ofthe right hand not knowing what the leR does." "What you don't know  is that you are about to join the schoolmaster." "Why step back while you hold a gun on me?" "Stepping back cannot take you backwards into time." "Will it return?" "No!" "And, I have you trapped like lesser game." "I've checkmated you." "Look behind you." "Had I wanted to, I would've killed you right away." "But, my enemies aren't given an easy death." "I have waited 25 years to reach you." "Take him away." "Let him rot in prison." "The courts need evidence." "I have all the evidence, Kancha" "I have evey shred of evidence for evey crime ofyours." "You too, Laila!" "I am no Laila..." "I am Shanti." "You took help from Chandabai's mother to kill the schoolmaster." "Vijay used Chandabai's daughter to checkmate you." "Chandabai's daughter?" "!" " Yes." "That's who Shanti is  Chandabai's daughter." "A question must be answered in the same way it is asked." "It's a matter of my business policy." "I had told you when we met for the first time  that the punishment for treachey is death." "Remember?" "Swines!" "Now that he holds the cards, you beg him for pardon." "You should rather beg her pardon." "You had widowed his mother." "Beg her pardon." "Fools!" "Go and beg of her." "Go..." "You must promise to do as I say." "What?" " You must promise me you will!" "No!" "you must promise to do as I say." "All right. I promise to do as you bid." "Now tell what it is." " May you live for 2000 years!" "Do you remember I promised you to bring Vijay and his wife over here?" "Vijay is here." "He has brought his wife and his son along." "Today is a day of festival." "Please don't rebuke Vijay today." "He has nothing more to do with crime." "I swear it." "He has leR it all." "This is notjust the soil from my village." "On this soil had fallen my father's blood." "I have got the village back." "I have cleared my father's name." "My work is done." "Let the blood of innocents not fall on this soil again and spoil it." "Look... all the villagers have come here." "Beg to her for pardon." "Fall at her feet, you fools." "Look at that, Vijay." "They're falling at her feet." "This kid belongs to our family." "You mustn't make your mother cy for you." "You mustn't make your aunt sad." "Nor me." "Ifyou make me sad, I'll... no, I won't beat you. I'll bash your father." "He's the kid in our family." "You may forgive them now" "Who threw them out ofthe village?" "Vijay did." "He kicked them out." "And now they are grovelling." "He said he'd give the village back to you." "He bought the village for you." "Son Vijay bought it." "Let's go back to the village, Mummy." "Yes..." "let's all go back." "Shanti, alias Laila to appear before this court." "Lord Ganpati is coming back to the village to give us peace." "Each one got what they prayed for and eveyone is standing in the streets now." "Lord Ganpati is coming back to the village to give us peace." "Each one got what they prayed for and eveyone is standing in the streets now." "Lord Ganpati is coming back to the village to give us peace." "Due to lack of evidence and witnesses, ... the accused Kancha Cheena is hereby released." "This lovely season  winds have brought happiness here." "Lord Ganpati is going to the other side..." "He is taking eveybody's prayers with Him." "Eveybody's prayers have succeeded." "There is no other day like this." "The clouds are hanging in the skies." "The time to immerse God's idol has come." "Please forgive all our mistakes, as we are all innocent." "Lord Ganpati has returned to the village to give us peace." "Each one got what they prayed for and eveyone is standing in the streets now." "Lord Ganpati has returned to the village to give us peace." "Hold on." "You'll be all right." "Nothing's going to happen to you." "Where's the doctor?" "He's badly wounded, Doctor." "Please attend him immediately." "Nothing's going to happen to you." "I'm here with you." "Come on..." " This is a police case, mister" "We can take up the case aRer you have lodged a report with the police." "He doesn't have time, doctor." "If he isn't taken up immediately, he'll die." "What can I do?" "What did you say?" "!" "What did you say?" "!" "Do you know who you're talking to?" "You're talking to Vijay Chavan. I'll kill you if anything happens to him." "He's more than a friend..." "he's more than a brother to me." "He's my sister's fiance." "Do something, Doctor." "Please do something." "What do you want?" "Want my blood?" "Want money?" "I'll give you whatever you want." "But, if he dies, I'm dead too." "He isn't a goon." "He is my mother's favourite son." "And he's an innocent person." "Please do something, Doctor." "I beg ofyou." "Vijay Chauhan begs ofyou." "Please!" "Please do something, Doctor." "Take him to the operation theater." " Hury." "Flowers for you, Sir." "I promise to use all the power at my disposal." "I'll use all my power to get them released." "He's holding your mother,  sister, wife and son as captives." ""The path through fire."" "You had helped me when I needed it." "I shall not hesitate to help you." " No, Commissioner." "You mustn't interfere." "You must not come in my way." "So, he's the one who takes care ofthe village, does he?" "Yes, I do take care ofthis village." "And, are you going to kill me?" "Don't touch me, swine!" "I'm speaking." "Are you going to wipe out the schoolmaster's family?" "Want to shoot me?" "That's the dust I shall become someday." "So will you." "That's what the schoolmaster told me." "His son will settle the scores with you." "Here comes Vijay." "See my son Vijay has come" "I told you that you've learnt the policies of my business." "But, you haven't seen the outcome." "Now, take a look at the outcome." "Members ofyour family will have to pay for your mistakes." "Step forward, ifyou have guts." "I had promised him that I'd be there with 5 minutes to spare!" "Why have you stopped, Vijay Chavan?" "You love to carve a path through fires, don't you?" "What's stopping you now?" "Come over  save your family." "You've burnt for 25 years." "Come over now, and save your mother." "Come over now, and save your wife." "Come over now, and save your son." "Come over now, and save your sister." "Step forward... move it!" "Leave me.." "Let go!" "Let's go home, Mummy." "I have crossed the fiey path." "I have crossed it." "I towed my dead father's corpse on the hand cart." "It was heavy." "Mother I was so young." "But, I took the cart till burial ground." "It was heavy, but I did it." "The path has passed through a sea oftears, ... sweat and toil." "The path has passed through fire." "I did not understand then, now I have understood." "We have reached home, Mummy." "Come... sit down." "We have reached." "There is much to be done for  May, Krishnan,  Shiksha and my son." "We must get electricity to the village." "Mother... I like the food you cook." "You'll cook for me, won't you, Mummy?" "Look at my hands, Mummy." "My hands are clean now." "I have washed my hands clean." "I am not a bad man." "I am not a hoodlum." "I am not a hood." "No!" "..." "No!" "..." "What have You done!" "Oh what have You done!" "You haven't given me anything." "All I found was a brother." "And now, You've snatched him away too." "What have You done!" "Five minutes!" "I'd promised him that I'd come 5 minutes earlier." "Couldn't You wait for five minutes?" "Only 5 minutes!" "My son isn't a hoodlum." "He isn't a hoodlum." "You aren't a hoodlum, my son."