"In every speck shines His divine light" "Look within yourself, He isn't far from you" "If you have love in you, then embrace everyone" "Because we are all in His form." "That's worship" "What would have happened if the red-headed man hadn't woken up at dawn that day to relieve himself?" "Perhaps life would have carried on in Delhi-6 as it had for centuries" "And my life might not have been turned upside down" "But then again" "When you got to go, you got to go!" "In the Treta Age of the Vedic era" "The evil ten-headed Ravan ruled supreme" "The Sun, Moon, Wind and Fire were enslaved to Ravan" "Who could save the universe from Ravan?" "A divine voice spoke: "I will be born as Ram in Awadh to save you"" "The tumour is close to her area of vision" "Fatima, ask the fool how long I've got?" "Ma, don't say that!" "Allah forbid it" "Who do you have in India?" "Did these five years with us bore you?" "No, child." "But you must merge with the soil on which you are born" "Ma, these are old proverbs" "Son, think of it as my last wish" "Ma, you're like a stubborn child" "You make life difficult" "You know I'll never go back to Delhi." "I couldn't see well in the dark." "He was 8ft. 2" "Covered in black hair" "His nails shone like knives" "Anyone who dares to sleep is dead!" "He'll creep up on you at night" "He'll kill you." "Murder you." "Who is he?" "Yes!" "The murderer is a monkey" "A dark Black Monkey!" "The Black Monkey kills." "The Black Monkey murders" "Beware!" "24/7." "From Delhi, Kumar" "The first one to welcome me to Delhi was the Black Monkey" "Maybe destiny was sending me a sign" "Would you care for a paan?" "Salaam, Mrs. Mehra" "Now I can die in peace" "My love dragged you back, didn't it?" "I forgot all about you" "Recognise him?" "At last!" "Now my eyes can rest forever now." "Let me hug you" "Come on!" "Give me a hug" "I'm Ali Baig!" "A flood of people!" "Delhi is teeming with life" "Everything happening at the same time." "Yet there is a kind of balance" "You can't enter like this" "First sweeten your mouth" "Mamdu!" "How are you?" "You're back at last!" "Salaams, Hina!" "My sister-in-law" "Why the long face?" "Aren't you looking after her?" "Gobar!" "Bless you, son" "Guess who's here!" "My grandson." "Roshan" "He isn't hungry" "Only dogs eat when they're hungry." "Humans eat to bond with each other" "Have one" "Only the lucky few taste Mamdu's sweets" "Or you can't go through" "My beloved has returned home" "People have great faith in this place" "They say if you hang a bell with a pure heart" "God will heed you" "I hung a bell before I left and prayed to return with my whole family" "God heard me." "At least in part" "Home at last!" "Your Paswaan Lane" "It's hasn't changed a bit" "Your phone is ringing" "Not mine" "You must rest." "I'll take your leave" " Have tea with us" " Some other time" "Make sure you drop by" "That's my ball" "Got it!" "Mrs. Mehra is back" " How are you, Rajjo?" " You look lovely" "Welcome to Delhi 6." "How do you do?" "I am Rajjo" "Rama!" "Rama." "Bless you" "A local speciality" "Home at last!" "Roshan!" "Unlock the door" " Which one?" " The small one" "The tulsi plant has dried." "Some water" "No water now" "The tap runs only in the morning" "It's like the government." "Works on a whim" "Nothing like Mother Earth!" "I was just 16" "Your grandfather married me and brought me here" "I'll leave the world from this place now" "Gran..." "This way" "Don't waste water." "It's precious" "Overflowing with emotion." "That's the beauty of India for you" "Love is never given in small doses" "Here, taps may run dry." "But amazingly tear ducts never do" "Your grandfather!" "He never accepted your parents' marriage" "Never listened to anyone" ""How is it possible?"" "It chewed him up till he died" "He'd say: "How can my son marry a Muslim?"" "I wasn't happy either" "When I got to know your mother I knew I was wrong" "Damn it!" "Must the power go now?" "Your father was just as stubborn" "My husband said: "Get out!" So he left" "And refused to come back" "Except for once." "For your grandpa's funeral" "See God's miracle, Roshan?" "You were born on the same night" ""Everything that happens is God's will"" "Only his moustache sets you apart" "You're still not ready?" "Ravan is on his way to kidnap Sita" "My scarf!" "Hey, mister" "Can't you see?" "Shall I buy you specs?" "Gran!" "Lord Ram was born in Awadh to put an end to all suffering" "Salaams, Mrs. Mehra" "Mamdu?" "Right?" "I can't enter without eating something sweet, right?" "How are you, Madangopal?" "Well." "Thanks to the Goddess" "Bittu!" "Isn't she Bittu?" "How thin you are." "You were once so chubby" "You're a stick now" " Her American grandson" " Must I dance for joy?" "Roshan." "She's Bittu." "Their daughter" " 20 rupees from me" " And a donation of 50 from me" "Why be stingy with the Benevolent One?" "Right?" "Miserly with his sister but loves showing off in public" "You brothers never stop fighting." "Have you no shame?" "You look dashing!" "Young man, not Miss." "Mrs!" "Myself Jaigopal Sharma, proprietor Jaigopal Electrical Works" "I won the contract for all the lighting." "Right?" "Donation, Mrs. Mehra" "Gobar!" "Don't pester her." "Come here." "What will you take?" "One ten-rupee note?" "Or two one-rupee coins?" "One ten-rupee note?" "Or two one-rupee coins?" "One note?" "I'll take two coins" "He's got straw for brains" "Time for a group photo." "Paswaan Lane!" "Stand close together" "Are we in?" "My star of Delhi-6." "When are you heading to Mumbai?" "I can go anytime." "I'm giving the others a chance" "Don't forget the 2500 you owe me!" "Right?" "Jaigopalji, forget about me." "Tell me about your shirt." "By God!" "I had better visit Malayasia too" "Look!" "The moneylender's wife is decked out like his jewellery store" "So our wives nag us to buy the same jewels" "Then pawn them right back to him" "Let me photograph you and your lovely wife" "Greetings, Annapurnaji" "Pay your respects!" "May you both live long!" "Lalaji!" "Meet Rajan's son." "Roshan" "Are you here to stay?" "No." "I came to leave her" "What's your name?" "Roshan Mehra" "Any plans for the house?" "Lalaji, I'm still alive!" " I'll fetch you a good price" " Can family heritage be sold?" "There's no family left" "Money is better than bricks and mortar." "Right, son?" "You burger species!" "With an arrow as sharp as His gaze" "He stuck the golden deer" "The golden deer changed into the demon Marich" "O Brother Laxman!" "Ram is calling for help" "As Laxman leaves, the demon king Ravan appears" "Sita hears his cry for alms!" "The sage implores: "Give alms in the name of God"" ""God keep you well"" "The sage insists: "Sita, step out of the ring of fire." "Hand me the offering"" "As Sita stepped out, the sage turned into the demon Ravan" "You sinner!" "O Lord Ram, save me!" "Ladiesand gentlemen" "We are proud to welcome Maitri Devi, the councillor for Delhi 6" "The honourable lady is here" "On behalf of the Ram Leela committee we'd like to garland her" ""May the rule of Ram reign forever." "I may die but I'll never break a promise!"" "Lord Ram who sacrificed everything in the name of duty at His feet I offer donation money on behalf of my party and me" "Please accept it" "Join me when I say:" ""Long live Ram and Sita!"" "Long live Lord Hanuman!" "Long live Maitri Devi!" "In India, the gods dance to the whims of politicians" "I thoroughly enjoyed the Ram Leela" "But even more fascinating were the people" "I was so exhausted." "But the real drama was yet to unfold" "Hanuman!" "Go and see." "Two men have entered the forest" "Hanuman!" "Where are you?" "Where has Lord Hanuman gone?" "Hanumanji, it's your cue." "They're looking for you" "A monkey!" "The Black Monkey!" "The Black Monkey!" "You slow poke" "Manager!" "Come here" " Is he the one?" " No" "Balls of a wimp!" "It's not him either." "Aren't you an expert at grabbing tails?" "Carry on!" "Whose phone is that?" "Whose tail is ringing?" "Yes?" "Hello!" "Inspector sir, the phone belongs to Roshan" "Roshan!" "I've found it What species is he?" "Sir, please let me go" "Did I give you permission to stop?" "Who's this?" "Roshan, let's go" "Shall I slap his left cheek too?" "Know who I am?" "You must be a public servant" "Balls of a wimp!" "Do I look like a servant?" "There maybe few highways, but there's always a way out" "Thank you, Inspector sir" "Mr Baig" "Tell him how the wind blows." "This is India" "You bow to a uniform." "No choice" "What did you do?" "I offered him a paan" "Wrapped in a bank note" "This is Delhi, my friend" "Offering you nothing but love and affection" "Delhi is a place for those who love life" "A place where crazed lovers live" "It holds you in a tight embrace" "It lets you hear its heartbeat" "Hearts to your left" "Hearts to your right" "This is not a city but a gathering of lovers" "This is Delhi, my friend" "Offering you nothing but love and affection" " Specs..." " Do I need them?" "Why the toothpaste grin?" "Sunita, the scene today is:" "Show some flesh, hide some" "You want 4x6?" "5x7?" "Laminated?" "You've wasted my whole day" "I have beauty." "I have heart." "Apretty face and I'm smart" "Apretty face and I'm smart" "I, Bittu Sharma, will be your new Indian Idol" "Loosen up!" "Relax." "Be a little sexy!" "Hey mister, watch your step." "Tread carefully on the path of love" "The path of love is strewn with cheats" "Not bad!" "You forgot your lipstick today" "No, I didn't." "It got rubbed off" "When do my lips try that?" "What?" "Your hair!" "Your hands are too frisky." "Control them" "They have a will of their own." "What a dirty mind!" "Maybe they want something" "Bittu, you never take me seriously" "You'll appreciate me when I make you an Indian Idol" "Not a bad photographer." "You can cover my wedding" "They're in black and white." "No colour" " I see life in black and white" " But rainbows fill the Mumbai sky" "Models!" "Money" "I must make some money" "But to make money you need money" "Suresh!" "Lalaji!" "What a coincidence!" "I was coming to see you" "Your meter is ticking, Suresh" "You owe me 166,000 rupees" "Didn't you get the cheque?" "I'll clear our accounts at Diwali" "You have a week" "Or else..." "I think you get it" "Got it!" "You look smart today." "May I take a photo?" "Say "ah"" "Gran!" "Rama is gifted." "She'll brighten her in-laws' home" "Her brothers' quarrelling is spoiling her chance of marriage" "Damn their bickering!" "Soon she'll be too old to marry" "Age has nothing to do with finding love" "When my beloved teases me, sister-in-law ribs me" "My husband's house is as lovely as a marigold" "When mother-in-law taunts me, brother-in-law consoles me" "My husband's house is as lovely as a marigold" "I left my parents' home so I could belong to my beloved" "My husband isa merchant." "He is leaving for the city" "When I see him go, my heart sinks" "My husband's house is as lovely as a marigold" "I left my parent's home so I could belong to my beloved" "Wearinga bush shirt, he happily chews paan" "There is no one to match him in all of Raipur" "My husband's house is as lovely as a marigold" "I can't swallow a thing" "Eating too many betel nuts!" "Who's there to stop you?" "Aren't you Rama?" "Wow!" "You've never met us." "But you recognize us" "The one and only Rajjo!" "How do you do?" "Is all well with you?" "Your son is a gem" "He's one of us now" "We're keeping him." "Don't say we didn't warn you!" "Keep him!" "He's yours anyway" "You have a Delhi-6 heart." "Tangy and spicy!" "Like a Delhi snack" "Mother!" "Call 911!" "We're going to the hospital" "Irwin Hospital!" "Get out of the way!" "Mamdu!" "She's very unwell" "What's wrong?" "Tie this to her wrist" "Lord Hanuman will cure her" "We won't let her fall sick" "Gobar, clear the way!" "Why have they stopped?" "What's going on?" "Mother Cow is giving birth" "Mother Cow giving baby cow" "Move them out of the way." "Go on!" "Clear the road!" "You're blessed to see Mother Cow giving birth" "Mother Cow is giving birth" "Those who witness the birth are freed of all misfortune" "Here!" "Mother Cow has blessed you" "Can prayer ever be stopped?" "Mother Cow is giving birth." "People have gathered" "How can the police intervene?" "Step back!" "Everyone stand back!" "Gran?" "Move aside." "Let us pass!" "Your Gran is better already" "Mother Cow's miracle!" "Her sugar level had dropped and she fainted" "She's fine now" "Back in America, we thought Gran had no one in Delhi" "But everyone here is family" "Gran is dying, Ali Uncle" "The poet Zauq says:" ""Who can ever wish to leave Delhi's lanes?"" ""Who can ever wish to leave Delhi's lanes?"" "Just stay" "Stay as you are" "You are pain" "You are comfort" "A gentle breeze" "A stormy obsession" "Smooth as silk." "Jagged as rough cloth" "Sometimes you quarrel." "Sometimes you're stubborn" "So full of fragrance" "I don't want to change you an inch" "Without adornment." "Without impurity." "No more." "No less" "I love you just as you are" "All yours" "In your rainfall, I want to dissolve" "In your flame, I want to burn and turn to ash" "If you wound me, soothe me with a balm" "I will soon love the wound you inflict" "You are a river." "Let me drown in you" "Your father and I had a great time when we were young" "No wife and children." "A girl-friend?" "Just the one" "Your father took her away" "My mother?" "25 years ago, if I had told Fatima "I love you"" "I might have a son like you today" "But dreams only blossomed In my heart" "Your father had guts" "He loved her madly." "He fought everyone" "Not caring what they said about Fatima being a Muslim" "He fought for love" "When I look at you, I see that love" "In your eyes and in the way you talk" "But then I know you will leave us too" "Back to America" "My life is there" "All my pleas are written on my face" "What can I ask of You, O Master?" "You already know what is in my heart" "O Master!" "My Master" "Cracks blemish the line of my destiny" "Repair my fate, O Master" "Repair my fate, O Master" "He who comes to Your threshold comes to bow his head" "He came with throat parched." "And found an overflowing river" "He returned bathed in the shower of Your light" "The rich always buy the best urns." "501. 95 paisa." "Just feel it" "Do you have a gold urn?" "With gems and rubies" "Why show off in death?" "Why save if you're going forever?" "A copper urn. 251.95 paisa" "I want a clay urn for my ashes." "Or I'm off" "You're so old-fashioned." "Here you are" "Especially made from sacred Ganges clay" " 151.95 paisa" " This is good" "Roshan, hold it" "Now I can die in peace" "Here you are" "Only 100?" "Be happy" ""The tree said to the leaf:" "Listen to what I say:" ""This is the cycle of life:" "A leaf dies." "Another is born"" "I first thought it odd that Gran was making these arrangements" "A bit morbid" "Who goes shopping for your own funeral?" "Discussing death like this" "I suppose we can't decide the manner in which we are born" "But we can plan our departure" "The rainy season is over." "Autumn is here" "Yet I have had no word of Sita" "It pains Laxman to see His brother suffering" "He longs to take away his pain" "Fresh attacks in Delhi 6" "The dark shadow of the Black Monkey is cast all over Delhi" "My heart stopped when I saw it." "It had bulbs on its chest" "When I touched it, I got a 500 volt shock!" "Oh my God!" "The earth gets its energy from the sun" "But the monster Black Monkey's energy is far greater" "It can attack any time" "They're all fools" "The Black Monkey..." "It tore her saree..." "Do you want to be the next Indian Idol?" "The Indian Idol bus is coming to your town!" "You pierced your navel?" "Sexy, eh?" "I had it done yesterday" " It must have hurt" " Nothing gained without pain" "If the Black Monkey has glowing lights on its chest it means it has a mother board" "An electrical circuit." "Right?" "Leave him alone" "Don't bore him with your theories" "Young man!" "What happens when Water enters an electrical circuit?" "Right!" "Well done!" "Hear that, Rajjo?" "He's smarter than us" "Made in America!" "Right?" "So, if you see the Black Monkey's mother board, pour water on it" "Short circuit!" "Finished!" "The end of the Black Monkey." "Right?" "Brilliant." "It's time to leave" "I'm not blowing my own trumpet." "But no one can touch me in electronics" "Only father's old radio is beyond me" "Until I hear a sound from it, I won't give up" "I'll see you at the prayer meeting" "Good you're arranging a prayer meeting." "The Goddess will bless us" "Hail to the Goddess!" "Sister-in-law!" "I don't know what he was telling Roshan" "Something about the Black Monkey's mother Sitting for a board exam" "Pour water on it" "He said pour water on it and it's dead" "But where do we get so much water?" "This chilli!" " Let Bobby play with me" " Stop it!" " What is it?" " Some sweets" "Why?" "Has Mother Cow given birth?" "No!" "Granny is well again." "So we're organizing a prayer meeting" "I just came out of the toilet." "My handsare unwashed" "Leave it inside" "You're the wife of Madangopal Electrical." "How can you be so dumb?" "You're from America, right?" "Lightning strikes when it rains?" "Yes?" "It does." "Right?" "Does lightning cause the clouds to short-circuit?" " Never heard such a thing" " Neither have I" "Throwing water on the Black Monkey won't help" "Stop that damn racket!" "Do you think the Black Monkey is a son of an ass?" "A big hero!" "Talking rot to the women" "Uncle is right, father" "My science teacher told us about short circuits" "Shut up!" "Son of an ass!" "When you're my age, then talk big!" " Must you shout in front of Roshan?" " Mummy, I'm going out" "Serve some lunch to Mrs. Mehra." "Then go to college" "Pour water on the monkey?" "Ha!" "You Americans think you own everything" "You force your way everywhere." "Into any country" "So shameless." "You Americans never ask for permission" "What's the big deal?" "It's a big deal for us." "We never cross the line" "You burger species!" "You know why the Black Monkey wears shades?" " How would I know?" " It's stylish, boss!" "You're smoking Indian cigarettes when I'm around?" "Try this, sir." "Imported" "Special filter" "Is that so?" "What a waste" "Bobby, come here" "Well, Mr Bobby?" "You'll get 90% in your exams this time." "Right?" "No. 100%" "Bravo!" "Pulling your uncle's leg!" "Right?" "Who started this round?" "Ok!" "There's a beggar sitting round the corner" "Give this to him" "That's my boy!" " What are you doing?" " I'll do what I want" "Shall we go in?" " Those damn ghosts live there" " Go on!" "You come too." "Big mouth!" "Don't be a kid." "We're grown up now" " What if we're caught?" " No one enters Dead Souls' Lane" "They say scary spirits roam here" "Mummy says cigarettes are bad" "But your father smokes" "You coward!" " I'm no coward" " That's more like it!" "In Delhi 6, Jalebi helps boys become men" "Jalebi?" "She's of a lower caste" " So what!" " I'll ask Mummy" "You son of an ass!" "You can't ask Mummy about everything" "Now we're men" "Sister!" "The garbage" "Old letch!" "You girl thief!" "You'll be dancing like a peacock when I shove my broom..." "The garbage!" "Mrs. Mehra, the flowers" "Go in" "Simpleton!" "Turn us into men" "Who told you I could do that?" " Everyone knows" " Sonny, you still wet your pants" "Still drinking milk." "You'll be men?" "We're grown up." "We want to be men" "I'll call your mother" "Be men!" "Damn it!" "Wretched parents!" "Spoiling their children" "The garbage!" "In the name of Lord Ram!" "Disaster!" "What have you done?" "Pure of body." "Pure of spirit" " Take your clothes off" " You wish!" "So what if Jalebi is human!" "She's of a lower caste" "You have to bathe." "Come on" "Roshan, listen to him." "Do as I say, son" "Shabri, why do you hesitate?" "Give me a berry to eat" "She tastes the berries and offers the sweetest to Lord Ram" "Without hesitation, Lord Ram eats berry after berry" "Shabri is of a lower caste." "Why is He eating berries she has tasted?" "To Lord Ram, one is inferior or superior by birth" "Ramji is God." "He is permitted everything" "Rambihari" "I need company." "Bring Jalebi to me" "The boss wants you" "The key is here" "Come on" "You wretch!" "I'll fix you" " Stand up!" " I'm not going with you" "Tell him that!" "The police!" "The Black Monkey?" "Hail to the Black Monkey!" "Where did the balls of the wimp go?" "Who?" "The Black Monkey!" "Who else?" "Not asking about your father" "Pass me the fog horn!" "You Black Monkey" "Your game is up." "We have surrounded the place" "Be reasonable, Or else we will shoot you" " He tore through the roof" " He must have springs for feet" "You saw it?" "What does it look like?" "Who?" " The Black Monkey!" "Who else?" "Why are you winding us up?" "If he's invisible, how can he be seen?" "The moron drives well too!" "Before I knew it I was adding to the Black Monkey's saga" "Because of me, it is now invisible" "In the dark of the night, wearing a dark suit and dark glasses the Black Monkey drives a black Sumo" "Once its dark deeds are done it presses a red button..." "And becomes invisible!" "It's an alien" "It attacked two girls in our area." "They were sleeping" "We gave chase." "But it disappeared" "This monkey is driving us crazy" "The albatross emits many sounds while it is mating" "If you breathe deeply, it'll benefit you in every way" "Great importance is given in Yoga to breathing" "Many Sumo cars were destroyed in Delhi" "But this Sumo belonged to the Black Monkey" " Have you seen the Black Monkey?" " Yes!" "It's invisible" "It is an animal." "Animals aren't in our jurisdiction" "Not a case for us" "A monkey?" "A criminal!" "Hurrah!" "The vehicle has lifted off!" "The monkey is an animal." "Not our jurisdiction!" "So?" "Will you do nothing?" "Pointing fingers at us won't help" "Look at our track record" "We are most capable" "Utter rot!" "This case is for the Animal Ministry." "They must take action" "Move!" "Go home and watch TV" "Have you ever seen an animal with a mother board?" "Springs for feet?" "No!" "So how does it concern the Animal Ministry?" "Talk to the Science and Technology Ministry" "If they stopped lining their pockets, they'd have time for us" "How right you are!" "Madangopalji!" "It's from the shrine" "I'm Jaigopal!" "For once get my name right" "Look!" "Look into the mirror" "In every speck shines His light" "Look within yourself, He isn't far from you" "If you have love in you, then embrace everyone" "That's true worship" "Look into the mirror!" "Salaams to you!" "He's a fine boy" "Haji Mian!" "Roshan slapped the Inspector last night" ""You public servant"" ""Do you know who I am?"" ""You look like a public servant"" ""Servant?" "Do I look like a servant?"" "Then our Roshan, tall as the Qutub Minar, swung his arm..." "Did I give you permission to stop?" "Carry on!" "I explained. "Roshan is new in town... "" "The Inspector can fix anyone" "Masakali!" "Come" "Come here, my child" "Flap your wings." "Fly away, Masakali!" "Spread your wings and set the dust free." "Fly high!" "And higher still" "Fly over cities, lanes and towns" "Fly with grace on your wings." "Follow your heart's every desire" "Blend with the wind." "Stylish and swift." "Fly away, you gem" "A colony of clouds is your lovely abode" "Turn your head away from those who can't fly" "Fly!" "Do not be afraid" "Do as you please." "As you please" "Fly away." "Don't look back." "Smile as you spread your wings" "Flap your wings." "Fly away, Masakali!" "What do you care about sorrow?" "All you hear is the flute in the sky" "The wind talking" "The sun shining" "Fly away!" "Never fear" "Do as you please." "As you please" "Fly away." "Don't look back" "Smile as you spread your wings, Masakali" "What's it to you?" "Bittu!" "My child" "I'll pour it in his tea." "Then swallow some myself" "End of story" " Whose tea?" " That bloated haystack!" "He wants to check me out." "Marry me" "Check you out?" "You find us so amusing" "What's wrong?" "I don't want to get married." "But I don't have a choice" "I'll have to walk a little." "Sing a little." "Pretend I cooked the samosas Aunt Rama made." "The perfect wife!" "Hurry!" "Papa is about to have a fit" "Yuck!" "If you don't want to get married, tell them your point of view" "Who can dare talk to father?" "They're made for each other." "Like Ram and Sita!" "The princess arrives!" "May I have a word?" "It's urgent" "Not now." "We have guests" "I said later!" "Do have something" "Bittu doesn't want to marry him" "You insolent boy!" "Remember your place" "She can't tell you." "Because she's scared of you" "I said get out!" "Bittu was going to drink rat poison." "And mix it in the tea" "I am Sameer Abbas." "You're watching IBN-7" "Breaking news from Delhi 6" "This is what the Black Monkey looks like" "The Delhi police offer a reward of 50.000" "The Black Monkey is the latest rage" "No doubt about it." "That's what it looks like" "Delhi is gripped by fear" "People are so scared" "Breaking news from Old Delhi!" "In Delhi 6, pregnant woman fell to her death as she ran down the stairs" "She panicked when she heard people say the Black Monkey was back" "Fear of the Black Monkey has caused another death" "What is the Black Monkey?" "Everyone in Delhi fears it" "Is it some sort of plot?" "Hey!" "The Black Monkey!" "Is it inside?" "Or is it out?" " How are you, Gobar?" " Very well" "Long live the Goddess!" "Don't worry." "I won't come in" "Offer flowers to the Goddess from me." "My wishes will come true" "No Hell for me" "Sita was born to destroy Ravan's arrogance" "Praise the Goddess." "Long live!" "When we light the lamp in Your temple our sins are washed away" "You shower us with happiness" "Hail to Goddess Durga!" "Oh God!" "It's 8 o'clock" "The power cut is always on time." "That's for sure" "You deserve a thank you" "So you're thanking me" "Something like that" "Did you really mean to swallow rat poison?" "You're a bit slow." "It was an act." "To scare mother" "When we light the lamp in Your temple our sins are washed away" "You shower us with happiness" "That's why I'll be the next Indian Idol" "The only way a middle-class girl can become somebody from nobody" "I want to do something." "Be someone" "Find myself" "I don't want to be the Mrs. of Daddy's chosen boy" "Understand?" "Enough talking!" "You burger species!" "My heart..." "My heart was lost to me" "Without warning" "But my eyes are all-seeing" "In the deep silence of your flowing dark hair" "Is the place where my heart found itself confused, lost" "Mesmerized... how unaware you are" "Unsuspectingly, unknowing" "Why does my heart quicken?" "But my eyes are all-seeing" "Pearls over brimming from the lips of oysters" "Prose laced with poetry" "Sheltered under a sheet of waves the ocean slumbers" "My eyes have been opened wide by a flood of drunkenness" "How unaware you are" "Look!" "The Taj Mahal!" "The Taj Mahal is a symbol to love." "Making mockery of the love of the poor" ""Beloved, let us meet in some other place"" "Nice!" "Let's go in" "Roshan!" "Bittu!" "Ripping us off." "Taking us for tourists?" "I am a local" "We buy them for 95." "I sell for 100" "I have to earn at least 5 rupees" "I can buy it for 20 in Chandni Chowk" "Then buy it there, sister" "Ok." "Let's go" "Come back!" "Last price. 75." "Because you're a local" "Take it." "And be quiet" "What colour?" "For you" "I said 75!" "And you give me 50." "Pay at least 60!" "Madam, don't rob a poor shopkeeper" "That's more like it" "Roshan's photos of America" "Let me see too!" "Roshan!" "In America, you'll soon be Looking at photos of us" "The dawn has broken." "I wait for you" "My eyes are heavy." "Where did you spend the night?" "How fortunate is the other woman" "The dawn has broken." "I wait for you" "Your words are all I have" "Ok" "Just ok?" "Bittu." "Life is full of highs and lows" "I've been selected" "I don't know" "You got what you always wanted." "Right?" "Her wingsare tied" "She can't fly" "Masakali is father's favourite." "That's why" "Shall I free her?" "Wasn't one slap from father enough for you?" "How dare you question your father!" "I don't want to marry" "Then what do you want?" "I want to be an Indian Idol" "What?" "Indian..." "Sister wants to be on TV." "The song and dance show" "That blasted TV!" "They sent me a ticket." "I'm going to Mumbai" " Have you lost your mind?" " Get her married at once!" "Nothing but bad luck" "The girls in this family of ours are so ill-fated" "You only think of yourself" "Oh God!" "Why?" "What else can I do?" "Spend my life stuck here like you?" "I'm sorry, Aunt Rama" "The stock market has opened robustly" "Sharesare up." "There's brisk trading" "Their horoscopes don't match" "Your shares are up." "Do we sell?" "She has bad planets" "A token of good will" "We're giving the boy a Honda" "My boy can't be bought for a bike" "What are you saying?" "You thought I meant a motorbike?" "I meant a Honda car." "You choose the colour" "Sell or wait?" "And a Singapore honeymoon on us." "Sell!" "What?" "I am Priyanka Sambhav and you're watching "The Last Deal"" "Panditji." "Name an auspicious day" "Joy abounds!" "A match made in heaven." "No better day then Diwali" "Is it a done deal?" "Done" "Congratulations!" "Order sweets to celebrate" "Bittu's wedding is fixed" " Rajjo, see how lovely she looks" " A tip-top princess!" "How time flies." "Now she's of age to marry and leave home" "Keep your father's honour" "The Black Monkey has struck again" "It has taken 20 kgs. of milk." "12 kgs. of sweets" " How much cottage cheese?" " 15 kgs" "Move it!" "What are you doing?" "It took Hina, the poor goat" " Where were the police?" " At the police station!" "How did we know it will attack?" "What will you do now?" "Everything is under control." "See for yourself." "Talk to Mamdu" "Let's talk to the shopkeeper whose shop was attacked" "Mamdu, how do you feel?" "Let him talk to Mamdu!" "The damn Black Monkey is in our area" "And the police claim they're controlling the situation" "Today it's Hina, the goat." "Tomorrow it might our women." "There's no telling" "Lalaji!" "Do you think we're twiddling our thumbs?" "We'll take action too." "Right?" "Long live Shani Baba!" "Shani Baba will fix everything." "Ok?" "Side by side?" "Bad omen" "Really?" "When?" "Then?" "I get it!" "Shani Baba will fix everything." "Ok!" "How is it ok?" "Look!" "Lmages" "Listen!" "Like songs on the radio." "Images on TV" "They float in the air" "Only one antenna can capture them" "In the same way, monkeys' souls float about in the universe" "Only Shani Baba can communicate with them" "Lord Hanuman has granted this power to Shani Baba!" " Lord Hanuman!" " May He live long!" "I get it!" "What?" "Is that the truth?" "Baba will fix everything." "Ok!" "Three hundred and seventeen years ago a temple stood here" "What are you saying?" "Baba will fix everything." "Ok?" "Acurse!" "Aterrible curse" "Listen..." "The Black Monkey is the latest Hindu plot to humiliate us Muslims" "The Black Monkey is creating mayhem." "It has wounded people" "And you call it a plot?" "Why does the Black Monkey only appear from Muslim neighbourhoods?" "What do you mean, Madangopalji?" "Haji Mian!" "Why are Hindu areas the only ones attacked?" "And during the Ram Leela performances?" "Hina wasa Muslim goat!" "I mean she belonged to a Muslim" "But everyone knows Mamdu prays to Lord Hanuman" "So wouldn't the Black Monkey know?" "The Black Monkey can't be a Muslim" "We have 100% proof" "Has anyone ever seen a circumcised monkey?" "I have heard of people behaving like monkeys" "But a monkey being Hindu or Muslim?" "This is India, my boy!" "Play" "I want a strand of the Black Monkey's hair" "The Black Monkey's hair!" "The Black Monkey's hair?" "You mean pulling it off its body?" "Who will do that?" "We will!" "Shut up!" "Bring me its hair!" "I will destroy it!" "End of the menace" "End of the menace, ok!" "It'll be destroyed!" "Destroyed!" "Ok" "Gobar will get the hair" "Brave Gobar!" "Why Gobar?" "Because he's an orphan?" "Let the fool be of some use" "He's smarter than you lot" "Miss Know-All" "Gobar, come here" "Want one ten-rupee note?" "Or two one-rupee coins?" "Why one note?" "I'll take two coins" "That's why he's the local idiot!" "The day I take the ten-rupee note, the game is all over" "Look at the low caste sniggering at us" "So what if I belong to a lower caste?" "I'm better than you" "When you come to me at night, no problem touching me, eh?" "But in the daytime, I am "low caste" again!" "Speak up!" "Is a pacifier blocking your tongue?" "Bastard!" "I'll put a pacifier in your mouth" "What did you say?" "The monkey makes you pee in your pants." "But you can hit a woman." "Big man!" "Balls of a wimp!" "Chasing skirt all day long" "Get lost!" " Brave Gobar!" " May he live long!" "To get rid of an ordinary monkey prayers are being offered" "Illiteracy may be the reason" "We will hang the monkey and burn it" "The government does nothing but chase votes" "We'll kill it!" "Never was there a temple here" "Nor will there ever be one" "Their ancestors destroyed the temple" "They'll have to pay the price" "All politics!" "Lord Hanuman's name is being disgraced" "The monkey is a Muslim terrorist" "We'll retaliate" "If you're stubborn you'll invite trouble." "Right?" "How much more can we tolerate?" "Great tension in Chandni Chowk" "Push rites and rituals aside" "Look inside your homes" "Perhaps in some dark corner" "The Black Monkey lurks" "See the life in these lanes" "Hiding behind layers and layers" "Cloaks concealing cloaks" "Somewhere in the folds of the cloak" "Pain is veiled." "Wounds are hidden" "Secrets are trampled under foot" "Aware yet how unaware we are" "Mad and innocent we are" "Who knows the colour we're painted in" "In the public bath, we are naked." "Exposed" "We've no orders from above" "Mamdu!" "Close the door!" "Hurry!" "Jaigopal!" "Damn you" "Some sweets for you" "You used to say:" ""Mamdu's shop is my shop"" "Your shop!" "Like hell" "Your shop!" "Like hell" "Jaigopal!" "You spent half your life at my shop" "Jaigopal believed my shop was his" "They spent half their lives at my shop" "The police are offering a reward." "50,000 to catch the Black Monkey!" "Fifty-thousand?" "Catch the monkey." "And give the money to Lala" " That's how much he paid for me" " My angel-face!" "I'll come with an army of monkeys for you" "Shashi!" "The Black Monkey!" "Lalalji!" "Save me" "The Black Monkey!" "Save me" "The Black Monkey!" "Where is the Black Monkey?" "Catch the Black Monkey!" "You foreigner!" "Is it still 8 foot?" "Or is it taller now?" "Springs under its feet?" "Vanished, eh?" "Into thin air?" "Don't glare at me!" "Lalaji's wife was almost raped." "You understand?" "Tell me..." "Whenever the Black Monkey attacks, you're right there" "What's going on?" " What did he say?" " Showing off his English" "Look at his arrogance!" "I'll sort him out" "Bless you, son!" "Rama..." "Have a laddo." "Go on!" "Bittu is getting married" "Rama, sweeten his mouth" "They say if you bathe in the Ganges you're blessed once" "And a hundred times if you help the family of a girl who is marrying" "Why don't you just tell your father?" "A father's honour is in his daughter's hands" "You're talking about your whole life" "Fool?" "Do I look like a fool to you?" "Forget it." "You won't understand." "But Suresh does" "I'm going to Mumbai with him" "Yes!" "But he cares about my dreams" "Is this how you'll find yourself?" "I thought you'd put up a fight." "But you're running away" "Am I your concern?" "Do whatever you want." "You want to run from home?" "Bastard!" "Leading my daughter astray?" "Take her downstairs!" "His family specializes in eloping with girls" " Following your father's example, eh?" " Be quiet!" "Mr. Fifty-Fifty!" "Go, before I lose my head." "Out!" "What are you waiting for?" " What's wrong, Roshan?" " Nothing" "Something has happened" "Don't worry, son." "Leave everything to God" "Which God?" "Whose God?" "Leave it to mother's Allah?" "Or Dad's Lord Ram?" "Paint a stone red and it becomes a god" "This plant of yours is a god too" "But never solve your problems yourself." "Pray five timesa day" "Ring a bell in a temple." "And leave everything to God" "We want to do nothing ourselves" "Don't say that." "It's our faith" "Whatever!" "But we're going back to America" "Then why did you bring me here?" "Will you abandon your family in America for these people?" "My ashes will leave this place" "What's going on, Gran?" "I don't understand" "Everything will be all right" "Don't worry" "This is a fight for our rights" "A fight for our self-respect" "A fight for our self-respect" "A fight for our honour!" "We'll worship Goddess Durga here!" "We'll build a temple" "Say it loud and clear!" "We will build a temple here" "Fight in the name of God" "They're provoking us" "We die." "Or they die" "Sorry, Annapurnaji" "He isn't allowed inside the temple" "Meaning?" "Blood is blood after all" " Let it go" " This temple doesn't belong to you" "Does it belong to your father?" "You Muslim!" "Anyone who challenges us will be destroyed!" "You're better off listening to your elders" "This is no party." "Too much tension here" "Granny!" "Make him see some sense" "He doesn't get it" "Have you ever wondered what this good soul whom you call a madman is trying to say?" "What can a mad fakir say?" "Why don't you go ahead and tell us?" ""In every speck shines His divine light" ""Look within yourself." "He isn't far from you"" "He says everyone has God's light within him" "A speck of Him" "If we look within we will find Him" "Have you ever heard that God hates anyone?" "I haven't" "The boy has acquired a taste for preaching." "Listen to him!" "Have a look" "Look!" "Madangopalji" "God is within us all" "Stop this nonsense!" "Allah is the only God" "Look in the mirror, Mamdu" "Can you see your God?" "Roshan says God is in everyone." "In Gobar and this deaf-mute" "Garland him!" "Worship him!" "Now watch me!" "I'm looking into the mirror" "So that means I'm god too!" "And I created the world." "I created the world!" "Damn it!" "The world is broken." "Into pieces!" "They've turned into animals" "The devil is perched on their shoulders." "They care for no one" "And feel no shame" "Why did you visit the temple now?" "Why did Roshan behave so stubbornly?" "We're unworthy" "They showed their true colours" "Delhi folk talk of being large-hearted." "Ha!" "I don't feel like dying here now" "Roshan." "Take me back to America" "I was leaving..." "Father, I'm leaving home" "I was leaving." "Leaving this madness behind me." "I don't know what I want." "But I know what I don't want" "Away from Bittu" "And perhaps away from myself" "But I don't know why I wanted to stay" "And embrace this madness." "Be part of it" "Something was stopping me from leaving" "First Gran didn't want to go." "Now I don't want to go" "You don't want to go?" "Or never want to go?" "I never want to go" "Despite what happened yesterday?" "Because of yesterday" ""This is a love that isn't easy." "Remember that!"" "We lack food." "So we get by with love" "Our homes are small." "So we swear by large-heartedness" "A flute sound floats through the tap." "Not water" "You will regret it." "Stay far away" "How can I?" "These are my people" "Their virtues and goodness are mine" "Their flaws are mine too" "You're over-emotional, Roshan" "People are good" "My parents never admit it, but they miss their life here" "They try to recreate this world in America" "But when they open the window, unfamiliar air blows in" "Deep thinking!" "Can I tell you something?" "This house once belonged to Fatima" "Your mother grew up here" "Before leaving, her family wanted to sell the house." "I bought it" "Don't tell me" "Tell Bittu you love her" "Or you'll end up buying empty houses like me" "Let your feelings out." "Must they burn inside you?" "This is Delhi-6." "Penal Code 144 has been imposed" "This is the shrine where the trouble started" "Curfew has been imposed." "Is this the lull before the storm?" "Weapons were found behind this tree" "Risking my own life, Kumar Kulshreshtha, is reporting to you..." "Who gave you permission?" "Here's the capable officer-in-charge, Ram Vijayji!" "Uncle!" "Get the name right." "Thakur Ranvijay!" "If we had officers like you in every neighbourhood..." "It's my duty" "Duty is duty." "Duty is first come" "Bring me a strand of the Black Monkey's hair" "Don't be scared." "You are serving all mankind" "Do as you are told." "Get the Black Monkey's hair!" "Don't you understand?" "Well done!" "Keep moving" "I wish I had your guts" "Here's some money" "Go." "Your dreams are waiting for you" "Roshan, Suresh is at the shrine" "You oaf!" " What are you doing here?" " I have a lot of work, sir" " Sorry, sir." "I'm going home" " Move it!" "Pissing in my ear!" "Bittu has left home" "Suresh is heading to Dark Souls' Lane" "What will happen now?" "Let the final battle begin!" "Good will win over Evil today" "Today is the day of the great battle" "Today is the day of the great battle" "Hail Lord Ram!" "We call upon the Great Allah" "Balls of a wimp!" "Look up there!" "The Black Monkey!" "Get him!" "The witch's son" "Play cricket later." "Catch the monkey!" "If you see the Black Monkey, throw water on it" "Throw water!" "Shani Baba!" "Go!" "Or else the Black Monkey will get you" "Get the water!" "Balls of a wimp!" "The Black Monkey's hair" "No harm in making fools of fools" "The Black Monkey is on our roof" "I saw its shadow" "Bhisham!" "Rajjo!" "The Black Monkey threw Bhisham off the terrace" "Where is he hurt?" "Calls himself a father." "Can't look after his own son" "Left him to the mercy of the Black Monkey" "Mother Goddess!" "Save my nephew" "Don't lie." "We all have to go to God" "Leaving our riches behind" "O Lord Hanuman!" "Keep me safe" "O Protector of Lord Ram, save me" "Lalaji!" "Actually, the Black Monkey is at the heart of the whole problem" "You're absolutely right, Haji Mian" "One minute." "I'll come with you" "The Black Monkey isn't far" "I told you to throw water on it" "Make him see sense!" "I warned you!" "Everything will be all right" "To save face in the community we'll say the Black Monkey kidnapped Bittu" "It will shut them up." "Right?" "Bittu!" "Where are you?" "You sure you have the tickets?" "I checked them four times" "I landed in trouble." "I had to slap the Inspector" "Stop bragging!" "Let's go" "What is it?" "Hurry!" "Suresh!" "You!" "What have you done?" "Why did you need to do this?" "I had almost escaped" "He ran and left you at the Black Monkey's mercy" "You're leaving me too." "For America" "I'm incomplete without you" "I thought you'd never say it" "Balls of wimp!" "You've been messing us around for days" "He isn't the Black Monkey" "Teach him a lesson!" " Let him go!" " Stop!" "He's no Black Monkey" "I have the monkey's hair" "Stop it!" "I have the monkey's hair!" "Look!" "The hair" " Father, stop them!" " Shut up!" "Jaigopal!" "Beat him to a pulp!" "Creating nothing but trouble" "The Black Monkey" "You can't be the Black Monkey just by wearing a two-penny suit" "Destroy it!" "Shani Baba will fix everything, ok!" "The Black Monkey" "Roshan" "You killed him?" "Bravo!" "You would've killed each other if he hadn't posed as the Black Monkey" "The Black Monkey is laughing at us" "It isn't dead" "It is sitting inside us" "In some dark corner" "In every one of us" "Laughing at us" "The Black Monkey killed Roshan" "He pretended to be the monkey out of love for us" "Out of love for Bittu" "Call an ambulance!" "Mamdu is just like his father." "Too much sugar in his sweets" "Grandad!" "Why bother how sweet sweets are?" "We Delhi folk didn't treat you right" "They're good-hearted people, Granddad" "The devil is perched on their shoulders" "Not the devil." "A monkey" "My Black Monkey stayed within me" "If only I could apologize to your mother" "Do it now" "Call her!" "Cracks blemish the line of my destiny" "Repair my fate, O Master" "I bow at Your door." "My being erased andthen remade" "Repair my fate, O Master" "Start driving!" "What's wrong?" "The injection!" "He's gone" "Help him!" "Do something" "We'll meet again" "Roshan has gained consciousness" "As poet Zauq says: "Who can ever wish to leave Delhi's lanes?"" "Gobar was so right" "The Black Monkey or something like it is within all of us" "Whenever there is anger and hatred, the monkey becomes more powerful" "And we use it to our advantage" "But instead of destroying the Black Monkey within us, we kill each other" "The Black Monkey turned to ashes like the demon Ravan" "As for me, this is home." "And mine is a story of home-coming"