"Aman, my brother" "Aman, so simple, so loving" "He always had a smile on his face" "Aman was a very hardworking" "He would go on and on, till he was satisfied... sketching, bringing out the lines" "He was a bit naughty too" "He would make ugly faces to make me laugh" "We were so happy, really" "Aman, Ammi and I..." "we were so happy" "Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say that... daughters are born into homes that are blessed by Allah" "Meaning that sons are born into homes that aren't blessed by Allah?" "Mad girl!" "Daughters serve." "That's why he used to say it" "As of now, you're serving the daughter." " Why are you jealous?" "Let me pick that nonsense out of your brains" "What do you mean nonsense?" "Ammi, you better tell Apa." "Else, I'll get angry" "Angry!" " Don't you rile my baby" "Let him watch the picture" "I've seen this picture ten times over." "I'm waiting for the news" "D'you know what's happening in town?" " What's there in the news?" "They start fights for out-of-work hooligans" "Those leaders instigate simple men to commit murder." "Damn them" "Here they might get away with whatever they feel like doing" "But in kingdom come, just you see how they will be punished" "Look!" "I didn't even realize it's so late in the night" "Go on, you two." "Go to bed." " Ammi..." "See the news tomorrow." " Ammi!" "One minute!" "TY shut" "What's this Ammi?" " It's very late" "What's this "good-night"?" "Can't you say "Shabba Khair"?" "Shabba Khair, Ammi" "Come on, go to sleep" "Don't tire your eyes." "Go to sleep" "May Allah keep my family from harm's way" "That dog is crying again" "Yery bad sign" "Mercy, Allah" "What's up, Firoz?" " Aman, they are killing our people" "Even burnt down Uncle Sadiq's shop." " What can we do?" "Let's go and take a look." " No." "We'll get caught in the riots" "We won't." "Come on" "Stop thinking." "Come on!" " Come" "They've gone mad!" "They're going to kill each other" "Lord curse the makers of guns and bullets" "Get away from the window!" "Go to Aman!" "Ammi!" "Aman isn't there!" " Where's Aman?" "Run Aman!" "Run!" "Salaam, Mrs. Bhige." "Everything all right" "Yes, Nishat Bi." "Sit" "Your son hurt his hand." "How is he?" " Kids." "No matter what, do they care?" "Pain, one feels with age." "One blow, and the pain stays till the very end" "Will you drink tea?" "Don't you drink tea either." "Here, gram pudding" "Cooked with pure milk fat." "I wouldn't know, though" "He sold it to me saying it's pure." " You look happy." "What's up?" "Fiza has passed!" " B.A. pass?" "(Graduation)" "Good!" "What does she want to do next?" " l don't know." "Says she'll do a job" "Poor girl, what else can she do?" "She has to run the household" "Her Abba's pension isn't bountiful enough... to provide for a comfortable living in these times" "The same old rented house." "The same old way of living" "Allah is my Master." "The One who helped us all along... will surely help us live the rest with dignity" "Now Nishat Bi, let's talk of what you've been coming here for... once every week, these six years" "No news of your son." "So many times on TY he has been announced "Missing"" "So much questioning." "Result, zero." "I don't think there will be any news" "There's no news of 1 60 people." "Hindus, also Mussalmans" "You aren't the only one." "There are so many who are crying" "Why should I cry?" "Let my enemies cry." "I'm sure he's alive." "And he'll be back" "Someday, he will surely come." "Salaam aleikum" "It's so hot today" "Who is it?" " No one" "Who was it?" " l told you." "No one" "Why were you so tense in the car?" "It's nothing at all." " That someone on the way" "You saw." "And you reacted lt was Ammi." " You should've stopped the car" "She wouldn't have liked it" "The place she was coming back from ... she goes there on the sly" "On the sly?" "Where?" "I understand" "Someday, everything will be all right." "Who knows when that day will come?" "Come on, hurry" "I still don't believe I passed!" "I only read your notes" "But with you, they were unjust." "You should've scored at least 7O_ 659b is more than enough." "I couldn't really study hard" "Can't study at home." "Had to make do with what I could at the library" "You could hardly study in the library." "There he was sitting right across" "Anirudh." " Gitanjali, I don't fancy idle talk lf you keep raving like this, some day, I'm going to strangle you" "Go on, strangle me." "But my dying words will be..." "Anirudh Roy and Fiza Ikramullah" ""The Lord grants the believers"" ""Here we will be given"" ""Seek here with your heart"" ""Seek from Haji Ali"" ""The Believer"" ""The King of the Seas"" ""Homage to the King of the Seas"" ""Haji Ali, The Seer"" ""You are the keeper of the seas"" ""You are the keeper of the seas"" ""At your door"" ""Stand the believers, the seekers"" ""Hindu, Muslim, Sikh., Christian are given'" ""Hindu, Muslim, Sikh., Christian are given'" ""The seas stand guard"" "Shehnaz!" "Aunt, you?" "You've become as rare as the Moon on Idd!" "Forgotten us?" "Not at all" "So much work at home... I'll come." "Surely" ""Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"" ""Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"" ""No seeker has gone away empty-handed from here"" ""You know the prayer in every heart"" ""You are known as The Giver"" ""Hear our prayers"" ""Answer our prayers"" ""All of creation sings in praise of you"" ""The ill-fated find respite at your doors"" ""Every one is blessed"" ""Till my prayer is given..."" ""my life will be a misery"" ""Whoever has submitted to you The Lord will care for"" "Where have you been for so long?" "Go in and have the Fatiya recited And give the cookies to the kids" "What are you doing, Ammi?" "Charity" "Stop it now, Ammi" "Now I haven't said a word, have I?" "Why did you have to splurge money like a queen?" "You were handing out tens as if you've won a lottery" "So that's why you're grumpy." "Darling, if I had my way... I would've palmed out in hundreds." "Your Abba, Allah rest his soul... I don't want to hear what Abba said." "He died, and he left us here to die!" "Sacrilege Fiza!" "Must you speak ill of the dead?" "Why shouldn't I?" "In this house, who's alive?" "You?" "I...?" "The only question is about..." " Enough!" "You start running your tongue like scissors!" "Get a hold on yourself!" "Someday, you'll go to another house" "This attitude won't do." " First, you get a hold on yourself lt's been six years." "You've turned this house into a waiting room" "Eyes, staring out of windows;" "ears, glued to the door... one knock, and you jump." "Day and night, twenty four hours lt's just the same thing." "Do you know how much you've changed?" "You even turn away from me to hide your red eyes" "Why did you fall silent?" "Take it out I won't say a thing." "Because I'm your mother. I bore you I don't understand!" "How long will this go on?" "How long are we to live like this?" " Not me." "Ask that of your fate" "Fate, fate, fate!" "Nice word." "But hollow." "What will you eat?" "Shall I cook turnips?" " Yes!" "He used to love it!" "He used to hog it by the potfuls!" "One man sent these flowers" "Who was it?" " Didn't tell me his name" "Came in a big car." " Big car?" "Yes, he called me and told me to give it to you" "All right, go" "Who's this Romeo sending flowers to my daughter on the sly?" "But he's a miser." " Orchids." "Yery expensive" "Why throw it away?" "You should keep flowers in their vases" "The flowers will bless you" "Flowers!" "Your Abba used to bring baskets full of jasmine!" "And I'd distribute them to all the neighbors" "And now...?" "There's no one left to lay a few flowers on his grave" "Flower girl!" "You look great!" "How about some flowers this way?" "Raspberry!" " Let me have the flowers" "Come down!" "She ran!" "One more!" "Where are you rushing off with the flowers, like an express train?" "Don't call me." "It's ominous." "I have something important to do" "No harm done." "A mother's curses turn into blessings" "How about a quick bite?" " No time!" "One minute." " l know your one-minutes too well" "Anyway, get back early." "Before sundown I keep worrying." " Your curfew is my command" "Any more commands?" "It's just to ward off the evil eye" "For God's sake, don't talk English" "Go with a smile." "Come back with a smile" "By Allah!" "What a beauty!" "Fiza has become so pretty!" "The bounty of youth is spilling over!" "Shut your mouth, you fool!" "Must you say whatever comes to your mind... you mad girl?" " Mad?" "I...?" "The whole world was mad about my voice, my style!" "All a matter of time, Nishat Bi." "Gone are the connoisseurs... gone are the times. I'm still the beauty I was... my voice is still as wonderful!" " And still as mad!" "Stop keeping up all night for that girl" "Else, you'll keep losing like this." " How about another game?" "Shoot it!" "You come all the way here, to see me!" "What's that file about?" " l'm going for an interview lnterview?" "For some small-time job?" "Come over to Dad's office tomorrow." "I'll fix a job for you I don't want a job on recommendations" "Such vanity?" "Listen..." "First try at a job?" " How did you know?" "Job-hunters don't look at watches." "I'm an old-timer in this jungle" "Relax." "Your number won't come up before four or five hours" "But in the papers, it was an On the spot interview" "On-the-spot means they won't spend two Rupees per postcard to call us lt's just a drama" "Don't get nervous." "You'll get used to it" "You'll stop marking time." "You'll even forget asking for months and dates" "Want a drink of water?" "Bisleri." "Municipality water." "Boiled it at home" "Drink it up" "What did I tell you?" "Listen, isn't there any other way out of here?" "Lots." "But I can't leave my auto and walk." "Mumbai traffic" "Relax." "Listen to a song" "Hey girl!" "Can't see?" "Gone mad?" "Go somewhere else if you want to die!" "Go on." "That's all for today" "Why are you so late?" "I'm afraid..." "if you too leave me... I'm not going anywhere." "Where can I go?" "Have I any way out?" "Why are you getting worked up?" "I didn't tell you anything I thought I saw him in an auto." "I ran, but there was so much traffic... I couldn't do anything!" "Come on Ammi, give me my jewelry" "Why?" " l want to pawn it" "What for?" "Thanks be to Allah, we're eating well enough I need the money. I want to put an end to the suspense lt doesn't let us die." "It won't let us live I want to look for Aman." "For that, I need money" "How much will a pair of anklets and earrings fetch?" "I'm not selling. I want to pawn it I won't give!" "Because you don't have the guts to find out the truth?" "You don't even want to know what happened that night... what happened to your son!" " Yes!" "I don't want to know!" "Old as I am, I have no hopes left, but for one full-blooded son!" "I don't have the son." "But the hope, I still have" "You want to take it away from me?" "I have nothing else!" "Hiding the ailment won't heal the wound." "It festers I have decided." "We aren't going to live in agony I'm not going to let the wait kill you, kill me" "Trust me, Ammi I'm saying the right thing" "I need 25,OOO." "Please let me have it." "Don't you trust me?" "We had it made from your shop." " What a thing to say, sister lf l didn't trust you, wouldn't I have deducted interest in advance?" "Say, do you agree to 1$,OOO?" "All right." "Let me have it." "May I make a call?" " Why not. 3 Rupees for a local call" "Here you are. 1 $,OOO" "The entire amount?" " Yes." "All of 4,OOO" "Why are you staring like that?" "Were I not on duty, I would've downed seven, eight glasses" "You were supposed to tell me what happened that night" "This is the copy of my deposition in the court" "Everything that happened, all I saw is written in there I have heard your deposition." "I was in the court on that day" "Then, what more do you want to hear?" " That which isn't in that affidavit" "The truth." " No melodramas" "Did I tell lies in the court?" " If you cannot tell me... give me back my 4,OOO" "What you want to hear, I can tell you" "But you're from a decent family." "So let me tell you something" "Forget whatever happened" "Listen... peel off the scab that covers the wound, and it hurts more" "There are so many people in trouble." "They killed old Sawant's son" "Sawant is begging." "Forget all that." "Eat popcorn" "Tell me what happened that night" "He was running" "Sahib!" "Help me sahib!" "They are after me!" "They're going to kill me!" "They killed my friend!" "We haven't done anything!" " You want to live?" "Run!" "Run away to Pakistan!" "Burnt my husband alive with a tire around his neck!" "Do something!" "For Allah's sake!" "Do something!" "What are you staring at?" "Get lost." "Move it" "Go away" "What can we do?" "Back out" "We're ruined!" "You left a half-dead boy lying on the streets?" "It wasn't time for sentiments." "Had I tried to save that one... I would've had four more corpses on my hand" "Any idea where my brother could've gone?" "What can I say?" "Even if anyone saw him, who remembers?" "You remember nothing at all...?" "Maybe... somewhere... something?" "It's so old a matter ... what can I say?" "Among them... among the corpses...?" "Was my brother there?" "Might be" "Might not be...?" "Might not be" "Do you sleep peacefully at nights?" " What did you say?" "I don't know whom to curse" "What... what did you say?" "Curse...?" "Take that." "For your beer" "Burnt ls this what I've lived to hear?" "Possibly he wasn't in that pile of corpses...?" "Even after hearing everything, I still don't believe it lf l knew it in my heart, maybe my eyes wouldn't be dry." "He can't die" "Tell me what you're going to do." " l don't know what I'll do I just have a hazy idea in my mind" "Don't get into anything dangerous." "Promise me" "Don't make me promise anything, Ammi." "Trust me" "Have anything?" "Give me" "May you be happy" "Your name is Sawant, isn't it?" "Who are you?" "Fiza Ikramullah" "I don't want your money!" "Take it away!" "I don't want it!" "Inspector Prakash Ingle told me about you." "Your story is the same as mine" "My story?" "What did he say my story is?" "What story did that bastard tell you?" "Your son..." " Yes." "Killed my son!" "Killed my son!" "And the bastards want evidence!" "Said, get the evidence that your son is dead!" "This government wants evidence!" "Mussalman, aren't you?" "Your people kill my son?" "Why did your people kill my Chandu?" "What had he done to harm you?" "This isn't a matter of yours and mine." "For all of us, it's the same story" "A Hindu father has lost his son." "A Mussalman sister lost her brother" "But the ones responsible for this is neither Hindu nor Mussalman" "What their religion is, no one knows" "Still, why did they kill my Chandu?" "He was a laborer" "He was to have come home after work ... from the factory" "Must've taken him... in the trucks I don't even know if he got his last rites." "Who lit his pyre?" "Might've put him on a pyre for the unidentifieds" "They want the evidence because they'll give compensation. 200,OOO" "Price of a live young man. 200,OOO!" "My son's price!" "Chandu's price!" "200,OOO pieces of paper!" "I don't want their money!" "What will I do with the money?" "If I beg, everyone will give me" "When I'm dead, the municipality will cremate me for free." "Unidentified!" "The way they cremated my Chandu!" "I don't want it!" "Can I do anything for you?" "Yes!" "Can you get me proof of my Chandu's death?" "No one wants to hear Sawant" "It's as if humane feelings have gone missing" "Like Aman" "Not even typed out" "Have you ever been published before?" " We generally don't accept... stories from freelancers." " l'm not a freelancer" "Nor do I fancy becoming a journalist." "I have come to you because... you have closed this issue." " What's new in this report?" "A six-year old dead story." " Dead, yes." "Yery much dead" "Because it contains no spice?" "Give me my papers" "But tell me one thing, Mr. Menon." "What would you do if... a member of your family was missing?" "Wouldn't you write anything about him?" "Would or would you not use the standing of your newspaper?" "If it was your sister who came to you, would you throw her out this way?" "And it being said of the pen being mightier than the sword... is this the way...?" "I got carried away." "But the deeper the pain, the louder the scream" "Give me the report." "Let me see what I can do?" "Have you seen this news?" " Moron!" "I've seen it and read it" "Find out who penned this angst." "Tell her Y.K. Singh wants to see her." "Now" "Read this and mourn." "This is how our community has been persecuted" "This is no time to sit passively." "We must take notice" "Call her, what's her name?" "Fiza." "Tell her Sheikh sahib has called her I shall give her justice. I shall" "Yes, I'm ready" "Don't be nervous, Ammi" "I looked for him everywhere." "But out there, it's pitch dark lt seems as if Aman lost his way in the darkness" "My intention isn't only to find out what my brother had been through I also want to find out why it had to happen" "And who gained what?" "Fiza Ikramullah is raising questions for her country to answer" "For how long will this go on in the name of religion?" "Who is to answer Fiza Ikramullah's questions?" "Do you have his photograph?" " Yes" "Handsome boy" "What was he doing?" "Studying?" "Books weren't for him." "He never liked studying" "But he was very good at drawing, painting... handicrafts" "Though he was uneducated, he would've been successful in his life" "You mean to say that?" " Yes, that is what I mean" "How is your family making a living?" " Ammi teaches Urdu." "And there's..." "Abba's pension." "The bank deposits he left for us paid for my graduation" "So you're looking for your brother so that he comes back... and starts earning, to take care of the household expenses I do not mean that at all" "Now you're getting angry." "I asked because I wanted to know" "May we talk business?" " Why not?" "You're a well known figure now." "Were you to tell the people... that we aren't against any religion or any sect, people would listen" "You see, the Mughals invaded us, they dominated us." "We forgave them" "You people went away and made another country for yourselves" "Not that we mind it." " Don't say "you people"" "Those who created Pakistan have gone away." "And most of those who didn't... are dead." "None of those who created Pakistan are here any longer" "We are as much Hindustani as you are" "You're getting angry again, Ms Fiza." "Look, what I meant to say is... for someone as educated and open-minded as you are... it's a must to know more about our party." "Whenever you have the time... get in touch with our Youth Wing." " You want me to become a member?" "That'd be nice!" "You help us, we help you... takes two hands for clapping" "So you can put me on a flag and wave me at the world?" "For Muslim votes?" "I thought you're a liberal." " You need say no more" "Do something, if you can do it" "Listen..." " Do remember what your Gita teaches" "To perform your duty, without any expectations" "Bloody mosquitoes" "Thank you" "Hail India" "Help!" "Somebody help me!" "What's up?" "why are you screaming?" " Kill that!" "Kill it!" " Scared of a rat?" "Yes!" "Kill it!" "It's going to chew Ulfat Jaan to bits!" "Fool, if it even licks you... it's going to die of poisoning!" "Won't come back, will it?" " If you sing out of tune, it will" "You say I sing out of tune?" "You're out of tune!" "And your mother!" "And your grandmother!" "All you did was to scare a rat away!" "What d'you think you killed?" "1 OO tigers?" "Get out of my house!" "You're such an ingrate, Ulfat!" "You curse someone who does you a favor?" "Curse...?" "What half-caste is cursing?" "It's just my style of talking lf you want to show-off your style, go to a brothel" "This is a respectable neighborhood." " Have your say!" "Were my fan here... he'd clam you shut!" " Let's hear who that "fan' is" "Aman, my love!" "I was his soul-mate, his confidante, his trustee" "We had such fun!" "Like children" "But I always kept an eye on him." "To ward off the evil eye" "Caught you!" "Now pay my ransom" "Aman no!" "For God's sake!" "Not that." "Anything else" "No way." "Only that" "The old men are watching" "Aman you're so nice, aren't you?" " Not at all. I'm evil!" "I'm going to cry." " Why not?" "Do it fast!" "And as soon as you shut your eyes..." " Shameless!" "Call me names later." "First, my ransom" "No!" "All right, if not that... a hundred sit-ups, and you catch your ears." "Start." "All right" "One..." "Two..." "All right, shut your eyes." " That's more like it" "On my lips." " Cheek" "All right." "On the cheek." " Shut your eyes!" "Shehnaz, dear!" "Aman" "What were you doing?" " Nothing!" "Nothing?" "Bye." " Bye!" "What's going on?" " Oh that... we were playing hide-n-seek." " l can see" "Romantic hide-n-seek!" " No Ulfat Jaan!" "Nothing like that." "In my days, I played lots of hide-n-seek" "But time you know, put a blindfold on my eyes, and forgot all about me I've been waiting to get caught!" " You won't tell Ammi, will you?" "Why?" " Because I'm the last of your fans!" "Prove it" "Had I not spurned my fans, I would've had a full-blooded son like you" "Get going." "Shehnaz ran away." "Go after her." "Call her back." "Go on, give chase!" "Tomorrow is going to be another day." "Don't miss out today!" ""Let me hold your hands to the Sun"" ""Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."" ""this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"" ""Come, my love"" ""Come, my love"" ""Hush, everyone will get to know"" ""Say it in my lips." "My lips can hear"" ""All yesterday, I was pensive"" ""Come to me, my love"" ""A ray of light dazzled me..."" ""when I saw you in the mirror"" ""A ray of light dazzled me..."" ""when I saw you in the mirror"" ""lt is also a light that pierces my heart"" ""Let me hold your hands to the Sun"" ""Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."" ""this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"" ""Come, my love"" ""ln the red from evening's edge..."" ""paint me all over"" ""ln the red from evening's edge..."" ""paint me all over"" ""Come, stop the Sun from hiding"" ""ln the waters, it will lose it's fire"" ""Hush, everyone will get to know"" ""Say it in my lips." "My lips can hear"" ""All yesterday, I was pensive"" ""Come, my love"" "Shehnaz is getting married the day after tomorrow." "Do you know?" "Why don't you go and tell her to wait for Aman?" "He'll come back." "He will" "There are no secrets a mother doesn't know." "That's what I wanted too" "He'd marry Shehnaz, have babies." "Our family would go on lf l had my way, I would've stopped Shehnaz's wedding" "But how do I tell Shehnaz to wait any longer?" "What a beautiful match!" "The band is out of tune!" "What a bore!" "It's the age of senseless tunes" "People with a sense of music are sitting quietly" "Welcome sahib!" "We've been waiting for you" "Please be seated" "Sahib, something chilled you?" "Here in a minute!" "Who's that?" " Ulfat Bi!" "Hush!" "He's Syed sahib." "Yery big leader" "My best wishes." " Thank you, Apa lt's all by dint of your good wishes" "Forgive me, Apa. I couldn't wait any longer" "Why apologize to me?" "If you can... forgive that ill-fated fellow." "He has wronged you" "Fiza my child..." " Yes?" "Syed sahib wants to meet you." " All right" "Relax, my child" "Your late father came to me often." "You were very young... when he died." "Heart attack, wasn't it?" " Yes" "Have an ice cream, my child." " No thanks I ordered it for you." " No thanks" "What are you doing these days?" " Trying to find a job" "No big deal. I run a small school." "You can start tomorrow if you wish" "Hazrat Allah Bahari put it aptly." ""Mothers, sisters, daughters..."" ""the world derives dignity from you."" " Thank you." "But I won't be able... to start from tomorrow." " Any particular reason?" "I'm busy with something important" "Some people think otherwise of your efforts" "They say that you're trying to revisit the apocalypse of 1 992-93 it could well turn out to be a horrific illusion" "You might stand to gain from the quest for your brother" "But for the community, it might turn out to be a grave loss" "Will you consider that?" " You too should consider" "Has or hasn't a sister the right to look for her brother?" "Does or does not a mother have the right to hope for son?" "If misconceptions are worrying you, you should clear their doubts" "Disown me" "Get a hold on your emotions, my child." "Who says, I'm not on your side?" "Hear me out." "The wounds have healed." "Dig up the wound, and blood will flow" "Syed sahib, I don't know how I'm supposed to react!" "Why are you people afraid of the truth ... you, the inspector, the editor..." "Y.K. Singh... everyone is telling me to shut up!" "But why?" "And even if I were to shut up, what'd come out of it?" "Even Justice Harikrishna's report has been made public." "But what use was it?" "We want to make peace!" "You want to start a fight?" "Peace will be Syed sahib, when every one stays within limits" "The truth is that the colors green and the saffron... are but parts of Hindustan's flag." "And parts are what they ought to be" "None of them must try to color the entire flag." "Do you get it?" "Salaam" "See who's coming." "Firecracker!" " Hi sparkler!" "You've become a TY star?" "Big TY star?" "How about doing MTY Grind with us?" "Hey, she's showing eyes!" " Whom are you giving that stare?" "I'll fix you proper!" "No, don't!" " Leave me!" "What are you going to do?" "Are we scared of you?" "Hey, she's getting Technicolor's!" "Raspberry, what's happening to you?" "Hold your tongue!" "Else..." " Else, what will you do?" "Help!" "Abdul!" "Riyaz!" "Sooraj!" "Any of you here?" "Anyone here?" "Come on, out!" "Go on, get lost" "Move back!" "Let's get lost" "Why are you fellows running now?" "Weren't you trying to scare women?" "If you're men enough, come on, face us!" "That was just the trailer." " Wait for the rest of the movie" "Rascals!" "They torment the helpless." " Don't ever say that Ammi" "We aren't helpless" "Flowers!" "He gave flowers" "I think I like your flower-boy" "Most importantly, there's an honesty and a sympathy in his eyes" "Nowadays, he isn't even miserly about flowers" "What is it Ammi?" "You aren't thinking about marrying me off to him, are you?" "What use is thinking?" "But I'm not prejudiced about creed and caste" "One must be clean at heart" "Why can't the Hindu bosom have a Mussalman heart?" "And why not the Mussalman with a Hindu heart?" "Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say... love is the true religion." "Come on." "Now..." " Read the rest of the book tomorrow?" "As you wish!" "Any news of Aman?" "No." " After the newspaper report... the media and politicians apart, has no one contacted you?" "Who knows?" "Maybe no one else actually read the report" "Nowadays, people only read headlines." " Assuming he's alive..." "He is alive." "My eyes can't be fooled." "I know it at heart" "Then, where is he?" "Why is he hiding?" "Why doesn't he come back?" "Could he have joined some group?" "What group?" " Don't take this otherwise I mean, some terrorist group, some extremists..." "Show me Aman's photo" "What are you doing?" "Look at this. I downloaded this from the internet" "Compare the eyes" "This terrorist was spotted somewhere in the border area" "Border area?" " l'm coming with you, Fiza" "Girls mustn't travel alone." " It isn't about who's boy, who's girl I have to do this myself." " Can I do nothing for you, Fiza?" "Take care of Ammi" "Sister..." "Want to take my photo?" "You must've seen all of the desert" "Thar is the backyard of my house" "There isn't a roof over it." "But the backyard is vast" "You look like a city girl." "what are you doing here alone?" "I'm looking for someone." " In this sea of sand and dust?" "Looking for someone?" "Tough to find." " Have you seen him somewhere?" "I haven't!" "Take a look, please." " Don't you get too smart, girl!" "I'll carve you!" "Sister, please see!" " l haven't seen it!" "See it properly." "For once!" " l told you!" "What's happening, Bhairav?" " Just another day" "You weren't up to something yesterday night, were you?" "Listen to that!" "Nowadays, it's an honest living" "What would you like?" "Bread, and rice wine?" "Shut up!" "You know what I'm asking." "Where is he?" "Reshma is inside." "Getting dressed." "We're celebrating today" ""My love"" ""My love"" ""Let me drink from your eyes"" ""Something aches inside my heart"" ""Let me live the ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""My love"" ""Let me drink from your eyes"" ""Something aches inside my heart"" ""Let me live the ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""Kohl in my eyes Anklets on my feet"" ""Worn to woo"" ""l pine, my love Tell me when it will rain"" ""l have left home all dressed to be your bride"" ""My love"" ""Let me drink from your eyes"" ""Something aches inside my heart"" ""Let me live the ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""lf there's an edge in my eyes..."" ""the one I fall for will be the winner"" ""Make love to me"" ""This moment will pass"" ""Take me tonight, who knows what will happen tomorrow?"" ""My love"" ""Let me drink from your eyes"" ""Something aches inside my heart"" ""Let me live the ecstasy"" ""The ecstasy"" ""Ami, I have searched for Aman a lot"" ""But I see him only in my dreams"" ""l've had enough of this search"" "Listen..." "Aman, where have you been?" "Why did you leave us?" "Have we wronged you?" "Whatever we've been through is now in the past!" "But what have you done to yourself?" "And in the company of people like..." "They aren't that like that" "Then what are they like?" "Tell me" "Why don't you say it?" "Say it!" "Look at me in the eye, and say it!" "What haven't I done to find you!" "And this is how I find you!" "This?" "My brother...?" "!" "I wanted to be happy to see you alive!" "This is the happiness you give me?" "You want to know?" "Want to know?" "Then come with me" "Jehad" "What I'm doing is Jehad" "Against whom?" " Repression, injustice, apartheid" "You fight for spoils and you call it Jehad?" "What kind of Jehad involves robbery?" " We took only what we had a right to" "What about the rights of your mother, your sister?" "Have you come to argue with me?" " No" "But I'm still going to ask you why you did what you did" "Water... water" "Even if I came back after that, what use would it be?" "You'd be happy... everyone would've been happy" "But for how long?" "Someone or the other would've pointed a finger at me, Apa" "And you know what the outcome would've been. I knew too" "Everyone, even in these remote parts knows what was happening in... the so-called most modern of cities." "How people were being hounded... how the women and the old were being tormented... in the name of terrorism laws" "I tried a lot to get back to you." "I've been to Bombay too" "But I couldn't make it to home" "I missed you I remember Ammi..." "Then I visualized myself peering through... the barred window of a police van ... and you, staring helplessly I couldn't bear it!" "Whatever I've done is right." "This is my way. I was happy" "Because I kept the truth to myself" "Were it not for Murad Khan, I don't know what'd happen to me" "Who's Murad Khan?" "Met him in Bombay" "After him!" "Don't be afraid" "We're fellow travelers" "I wanted you and Ammi to give me up for dead" "What I had forgotten is how stubborn you can be" "When my comrades told me that you had come looking for me... I prayed. I prayed that you wouldn't find me" "But none of my prayers have ever been heard" "D'you know what someone who deserts two helpless women is called?" "Coward I've no fancies about becoming a hero." "There are heroes only in stories" "What happened afterwards?" "He brought me here" "At first, they laughed at me." "Then they kindled an insanity... they brought out a frustration that was bottled up inside me I now know that life doesn't have to be lived in helplessness" "There is a purpose" "These arms, ammunitions..." "one murder for another... if this is your purpose in life, what can I say?" "You have decided about your life." " l haven't decided anything, Apa lt's life that has sentenced me" "If you put up with repression and injustice in silence... if you can bear to see us denigrated... if you can watch our mothers and sisters being raped... then this place isn't for you" "If you can put up being denied your roots, your humanity... then by all means, go back." "But remember this much" "You won't be able to live with dignity... you won't be allowed to die with dignity... in the place you're going back to." "The decision is yours" "I'll stay here" "With you" "We want justice!" "Down with non-violence!" "Kill the dogs!" "I owe you this one" "A word of advice, Aman." "Don't be afraid of the dark" "You aren't helpless." "You're like the rest of us" "Every one of us, at some time or the other... have lost our dignity, our identities, our homes..." "in pointless quarrels and riots." "What happened to us... we won't let happen to anyone else." "Be it Mussalman, be it Hindu" "As of now, I won't subject you to any more tests..." "till such time that you've been forged in steel I shall not question you." "Nor will you question me" "From this day, you are Murad Khan's brother" "Keep this fire buried in your heart" "What about Aman?" "What about my brother?" "He's dead." " No!" "This cannot be." "You must live, Aman!" "For my sake, for Ammi's sake" "You can't die for these opportunists!" "You must come with me" "No one can stop you, Aman!" "Come on!" "You're getting carried away by emotion. I cannot go lf you won't, then I'm going straight to the police!" "I'll expose your entire group." " The police cannot find us" "Aman, don't challenge me." "Before I set out... I swore I'd take you home if you were alive" "You're coming with me!" "Now!" " Try to understand, Apa I cannot return" "You will come." "Now!" "Let's see who stops me" "Come Aman!" "Try to understand, Apa." " Come on!" "The debt has been repaid." "Let him go" "Coming" "Allah is merciful!" "A million thanks be to Allah!" "Where have you been?" "Didn't you even remember me?" "You should've called me over" "Forgive me, Ammi" "Who would've stopped you from going anywhere?" "Forgive me" "First, promise never to leave me." "Not until Fiza is married" "Not until I'm dead and buried, you will go anywhere I won't" "is that a promise?" "You've grown up!" "Allah be praised!" "You've even grown a beard" "Son, you didn't even write me a letter!" "How could you go to sleep without wishing your Ammi "Shabba Khair"?" "You've grown so feeble!" "Shall I get you something to eat?" "Will you eat?" " l've kept awake for so long l want to sleep for a while." " My baby!" "Such noise!" "Aunt, for me too" "Eat the sweets." "My son has come back home" "Aman, come let's play." " No, not today" "Go on play. I'll watch." " Have you grown very big?" "What was the need for all this, Ammi?" " Need?" "Today's such a lucky day!" "Your Ammi is so happy today!" "Aman, come on" "Come on Ammi, let's light crackers" "Come on!" "Your qualifications are fine." "But I don't know... I think I've heard your name somewhere" "Are you the same Fiza Ikramullah who created that furore... in newspapers and television about your brother?" "You see, our company is world-famous." "We don't want any trouble" "What trouble...?" " You look intelligent and practical" "Attractive too" "How about meeting this evening?" "Dinner etc... and then... I'll send you away happy" "Keep your dirty ideas to yourself" "It's so peaceful here" " Sometimes I think... wouldn't it be nice if we never grew up?" "We'd still be running about scot free." "We'd bunk lectures to eat paani puri" "We'd still have those confused dreams, those hopes we were unsure of" "And the desire to grow up very fast!" " Getting too nostalgic?" "All these problems begin once you've grown up" "Had we never grown up, none of these problems would be" "Don't you like Anirudh?" " Don't know I'm scared to ask myself" "Take my advice." "Marry him." "Migrate to some other country" "No one will ask what your religion is." "Or even if you have religion at all" "Everyone in this world needs support;" "and no greater support than love" ""You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"" ""lf you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"" ""Like a free bird you fly"" ""Come home to me"" ""Like the air, I do not wait"" ""Even if I stop, I do not stay"" ""On the flight of my wings I travel"" ""l have no home"" ""From my home on a tree..."" ""a gust of wind has carried me..."" ""like a dry leaf, the wind carries me everywhere"" ""Come"" ""Come to me for once"" ""Let's rise above land"" ""Let's step into the wind"" ""Let's fly"" ""Let's fly where no roads lead to"" ""Where no one lives"" ""Only in your eyes will I ever find such a place"" ""You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"" ""lf you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"" ""Like a free bird you fly"" ""Come home to me"" ""Like the air, I do not wait"" ""Even if I stop, I do not stay"" ""On the flight of my wings I travel"" ""l have no home"" "I have never been able to tell you everything I've recorded something for you." "You will understand when you hear" "Take it." " No" "What are you looking at Fiza?" "These politicians." "They're everywhere" "Forget the politicians" "You don't even socialize." "There are good folks too." "You should meet some" "There's a big happening party on Saturday." "Are you coming?" "You go to your parties." " No harm in asking" "Anyway, if you're in the mood, come over to the 1 $oos" "Where are you coming from, Apa?" "What is it to you?" "Haven't I the right to ask as much?" "You want to know who he is, what he does?" "He is my friend." "Anirudh." "When you had deserted us... he was the one who stood by me" "You're Aman, aren't you?" " You're right" "Aman, not to be angry with me." "If we get to know each other... we can be good friends I haven't come here to learn lessons about making friends" "Just tell me why you're seeing Fiza." " My intentions are honorable I want to marry Fiza." " Does she know it?" "No" "And you think you're good enough for Fiza?" "Somewhat" "This isn't a matter of less or more." "It's a matter of my sister's life" "Tell me something." "What do you think would make Fiza the happiest?" "For Fiza, you and Ammi are everything. I know that" "You surely don't want her happiness to be taken away from her forever?" "You will never see Fiza ever again" "Understood?" "If this is what you want, then so be it" "You win I take back my words" "Promise me only so much." "You will always keep Fiza happy" "You will always stand by my sister and my mother" "Always" "Aman, what are you up to?" " Nothing Ammi" "Just some of my old, useless drawings I'm going to preserve these I'm so worried for you." "You don't even talk to me" "Have you forgotten how to smile?" "I'll show you how to laugh" "Want me to show you how?" "Friends, like everyday, we're going to laugh" "But it's going be different today." "You might've noticed that... there's something unique about the way every man laughs" "And when you see them laugh, the very thought of it... makes you laugh." "As with the watchman in our club who comes from Nepal" "We've even named him "Laughing-or-Crying"" ""Ho sahib, I want a holiday" That's one type of laughter" "One of my friends from Punjab goes like..." "Hear him laugh, and you think he's going to war" "One Mr. Mehta from Gujarat." "When he laughs..." "You can visualize the "Garba Dance" of Gujarat from the way he laughs" "And this Maharashtrian gentleman does it this way..." "He has chewing tobacco in his mouth." "But he's also laughing" "Busy with his tobacco." "But he still laughs" "There's my friend Subramanyam from Madras" "You got to stuff something in his mouth to stop him from laughing" "So I tell you my friends, laugh your hearts out" "Laugh like they do it in Punjab" "Like the ones from Madras" "Laughing is very profitable" "The world has nothing, if not laughter" "Keep laughing, and laughing and laughing" "This "Ha-Ha Hee-Hee Hoo-Hoo" Club is something special about this city" "Go and enjoy yourself, while I shop." " What will I do there alone?" "I have to go to the market, son" "We don't charge you money to laugh" "So I was telling you about people." "Take our film stars" "Take Shah Rukh Khan" "He gives you a miserly laugh" "He laughed yesterday." "It's coming out now" "Anil Kapoor... like a toothpaste ad." "It's all individual style" "Govinda goes..." "You can count his teeth, while he's laughing his heart out" "There are so many types." "Like Amrish Puri" "In a jungle, he could send wild animals on a stampede" "And babies would refuse to be born unless he stops laughing" "The world-famous Bill Clinton laughs!" "As if he's doing the world a favor!" "Smiley, whom did you ask before setting up shop here?" "Get out of here!" "Enough of it." "Get lost" "Stop it!" "Don't the two of you find anything to do but fight?" "You...?" "Where the hell are you from?" " Want to get bashed up?" "Please!" "We're getting out of here." "We didn't come here to quarrel" "Staring hard, are you?" " You live off your sister" "And you talk sense into us?" "I won't spare you!" " We won't!" "We know!" "You killed before you ran away" "Run!" "The wound is deep." "Keep dressing it" "Salim this is Aman." "I told you about him" "The one who used to pester you?" "Why were you after my wife?" "Had I not pestered her, would she have married you?" "She would've married me" "That's the point." "But where have you been?" "You didn't come for the wedding I... couldn't make it on time" "Anyway, nice meeting you" "The doctor is calling you" "How are you, Shehnaz?" "Fine" "You didn't even tell before leaving" "Had you even indicated... I could've waited" "Forgive me, Shehnaz. I couldn't make your dreams come true I forgive" "Why do you women have such big hearts?" "Apa, Ammi, everyone has forgiven me." "No one even said anything to me I did." "The day I was engaged, I prayed to Allah I said, let Aman stand before me, Iet him see me marrying someone else" "And let him ask me to forgive him." "Today, my wish has been given" "Shehnaz!" "The doctor has confirmed it!" "Congratulate me, mister I'm going to become a father!" "Who am I?" "What am I doing?" "I haven't anything!" "I have nothing to offer to anyone." "What aspirations I had... circumstance has taken from me. I'm a burden on Ammi and Apa." "They put up... with me because they love me." "I'm not worthy of their love I'm living a lie!" "If Ammi gets to know the truth, what will she go through?" "People look away even if I go seeking a small-time job I have nothing to do with caste, creed and religion" "All I care for is that advice Murad Khan gave me I will not be helpless" "The injustice I have suffered, I won't let anyone suffer" "Anonymity was a better identity." "I'm going back" "Salaam aleikum" "Who told you I'm here?" " No one I thought like other years, you'd come to Bombay this time too" "Why have you come?" "I made a mistake, leaving without informing you" "The mistake was ours." "We took in someone like you." "A hero" "What do you want?" "You were right." "Let alone live with dignity... one can't even die a dignified death here" "Really?" "What do you want?" "I... I want in again." " Not that mistake again!" "I won't!" "You've made a joke out of this!" "Is this a game of cricket?" "To walk in and out of teams as you please?" "Joke!" "Why are you still alive?" "Why?" "Because you protected Murad Khan" "Only because of that." "That mistake, again?" "No!" "I'm willing to do anything!" "I feel stifled here!" "I don't know where to go, what to do!" "Keep it." "Whoever you have at home, your mother, your sister... give them a security for life" "But this time, you aren't going to look back" "Go" "Gitanjali, listen... I couldn't refuse Gitanjali." " Did she bully you into this outfit?" "I know Gitanjali only too well l also know that she must be flirting with someone at the entrance" "Before she gets back in, Iet's go and dance!" "How long will you go on saying no?" "I'm fed up!" "You only care for Aman" "But I care for you." "As of now, you're uptight" "I'm fine the way I am" "Can't you even have a little bit of fun like the other girls?" "You call this fun?" "Yery well." "If you want to have fun, just watch on" ""lf l start misbehaving," ""what will happen to you?"" ""Your houses are of glass." "What if were to I throw a stone?"" ""l'll look into eyes"" ""l'll set hearts aflutter"" ""l'm going to make you swoon"" ""So what if you mind it?"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'll look into eyes"" ""l'll set hearts aflutter"" ""l'm going to make you swoon"" ""So what if you mind it?"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l was held up"" ""That's why I'm late"" ""But I've brought you a gift, with love"" ""l was held up"" ""That's why I'm late"" ""But I've brought you a gift, with love"" ""Hearts are made of glass"" ""So what if it's broken?"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""At every step in life..."" ""lurks deceit"" ""Not on others..."" ""l have faith in myself"" ""At every step in life..."" ""lurks deceit"" ""Not on others..."" ""l have faith in myself"" ""So what if you mind it?"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" ""l'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"" "So are you happy, Mr. Anirudh?" "Fiza is fine the way she is" "What do you keep brooding over?" "If you want to bide time, take up a job I'd rather that you completed your education" "For nothing, you've wasted all these years I've wasted nothing." "You haven't understood me ever, Apa" "Maybe you won't, ever." "All I want to say is, I'm not useless I have something, I have a goal I understand everything." "I know what's in your heart I won't let you return, Aman lf you want to usher in a revolution, you must know the sorrows of people" "Be one with them." " l don't want to argue with you, Apa" "Why do you pick on me?" " Because in you I want to see... the Aman who used to be my brother." "Have you ever thought... how much you've changed?" " Not I." "Circumstance has changed" "Remember Apa?" "We used to play here when we were kids, we used to fight lt was so much fun" "Apa, I have only one request." "Don't say no" "What do you want?" "What is this?" "Open it." "See it" "Can a brother not do as much for his sister?" "But..." "Let the family jewels stay where they should" "For the sake of the childhood we spent together... for the sake of our memories, don't refuse this" "But Aman..." "For once, embrace me, Apa I owe you this explanation" "Someday or the other, we have to tell Ammi" "What goes on in whispers?" " Nothing Ammi" "Never mind." "Someday or the other, I'll get to know" "Keeping secrets is fun!" "Shall I let you in on my secret?" "Even I'm up to a sly plot or two" "Sometimes, I steal Ulfat Jaan's lipstick and powder" "To keep myself amused, I let my nose ring switch sides" "Sometimes, I cook a sweet for myself on the sly" "There you are, idling!" "Hurry up!" "Switch the TY on" "There's something on cable TY." " God help us!" "Put it on" "You fool!" "You made me so apprehensive!" "Apprehension being, I'd miss the song" "You haven't changed a bit" "Go on, Ammi" "Take him." " What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Stop!" "I say stop!" "Where are you taking him?" "He killed during the riots." "Three people" "Aman, don't worry." "I'll bring a lawyer" "Get out!" "You act smart with us?" "You burnt my bike!" "Please, let him go!" " See?" "That's how we fix you" "Hot-blooded, are you?" " Get out!" "In there, they'll chill you down." " Get out!" "Hey hag!" "Bid your son goodbye." " Go away!" "Shove it." " Hey raspberry" "Leave me!" " l'm still here for you." "Why worry?" "Give it to us!" "You dare say that to my sister?" "!" "My sister!" "You dogs!" "Let go Aman!" "Aman, let go!" "You dare make a pass at my sister?" "!" "Sahib!" "Save me!" "Ammi, eat something." "You didn't eat anything last night." "You'll fall ill" "I've talked to the lawyer." "Considering the crime records of the victims..." "Aman will not get a heavy sentence." "They were hoodlums." "Into rioting I'm the one who should get the biggest punishment" "I couldn't do anything for my children" "My son, my Aman... was taken away before my eyes, and I just looked on... I couldn't do a thing" "My child, it's time to part" "Cover her face" ""Don't take that coffin away yet"" ""lt's my friend"" ""Don't take that coffin away yet"" ""lt's my friend"" ""The soil is still warm"" ""The body is still fresh"" ""The soil is still warm"" ""The body is still fresh"" ""Don't take that coffin away yet"" ""lt's my friend"" ""Wake her up"" ""Let me bid her goodbye"" ""What farewell is this?"" ""What parting this is?"" ""There is still sorrow left ... yet to be lived"" ""Do not take that coffin away yet"" ""lt's my friend"" ""The soil is still warm"" ""She is still fresh"" "My dear Apa..." "For an eternity, Fiza (The Seasons) has passed, will always pass" "But you mustn't change." "Ever." "This is a vicious world, Apa lt will force you to change." "But you mustn't, Apa" "Ammi hasn't gone away, Apa." "She is with us" "She will always be with us." "I can still hear her laugh" "Knowingly and unknowingly, I have hurt you deeply lf you can, forget me." "And start life anew" "Don't make digs at me, Mr. Syed." "All thanks to you... my nephew Nathu is the union leader I'm not making digs at you." "I'm just wondering... here I am, and there you are in five star hotels!" "It's a foregone conclusion." "We're forming the government" "We have the majority." "The other parties are also with us lf our Mussalman brothers join us, our secular picture will be complete" "Do you know how many Mussalmans I have behind me?" "As of now, in this state, you are... the most influential among Mussalman leaders" "One word from you, and 1 .5, maybe 2 million would give their lives" "You are very wise" "Do you know the cost of a support base of 1 .5 or 2 million people?" "Whatever you say." "I'll convince my party" "You aren't about to offer me chief ministership" "How about Home Ministry?" " l've given the Home Ministry..." "The opposition is calling me persistently." "They say... I accept" "Let's shake hands." " Let's embrace!" "We'll organize a grand puja in our temples on Idd day" "Allah be praised!" " Glory to Lord Ram!" "Our alliance might lead to riots." " Much to our benefit" "Why do we change our plan?" "Will the elections wait for us?" "If the enemy comes to power, all we can do is cry" "For us, it's important to deliver the first strike" "This alliance in government is a sham!" "In this country, there's only truth." "This!" "Only this!" "For every government, power flows from the barrel of the gun" "When this speaks, everyone hears." " But to do this..." "we need permission from headquarters." " Not permission." "Orders!" "And I give the orders." "You have any problems?" "Who will do it?" " l know" "Are you thinking about the boy..." " Yes, he's new recruit" "He isn't trained for the mission." "He hasn't done any big jobs" "All he has done are petty jobs" "But not everyone has what he has in him" "He has a strange madness in him." " It's a big risk!" "Get him ready" "Now you will be forged in steel." "This is your biggest test" "What happened to you is about to happen once again" "You can stop another riot from happening." "Get ready Aman" "Else, others like you will become the living dead" "Do it Aman." "Don't let that terrible thing happen again" "Do you understand?" "ldd greetings, Apa." " My greetings to you" "Apa, I saw Aman" "Where?" "Where is he?" "This morning I went to see my doctor in Mahim I saw him near the Sun Temple." " What are you saying?" "I could never be mistaken about seeing him." "He was there" "Why didn't you talk to him?" "Why didn't you stop him?" "My husband was with me" "Take care of yourself." "Please" "Who are you?" "No one." " What's "no one"?" "Everyone has a name, hasn't he?" "What's your name?" " Uday" "Uday, now go home" "Not a hope, sir!" "They died on the spot" "Listen... what happened?" "One minute..." "Over?" "Done" "Finish him off" "Drop the gun, Aman" "I did it once" "Drop it, Aman" " What good will it be?" "Someone else will pick it up." "Such hatred, Aman?" "Forget all this." "There's still time" "Why this hatred?" " This isn't hatred lt's protest against hatred." "And in this Jehad martyrs will fall" "For Truth's sake, will Jehad be waged" "And the truth is that we belong to this country." "We always will ls it said in the Ouran Sharief that one must shed blood to prove a point?" "And you refuse to accept that?" "What kind of a Mujahid are you?" "Change your ways, Aman." "There's still time ln the end, justice will prevail." " What is justice, Apa?" "That which happened to me 6 years ago?" "Was it just?" "People like Singh and Syed ... are they right?" "They can change everything for the better." "But that they won't do" "They have the power." "But they use it to set us against each other" "So that they can wield their influence and retain their seats of power lf these men are right, I have done no sin" "I am pure I never fancied this weapon" "Like the lines of destiny on my palm, it was thrust into my hands by fate" "How did all this happen, Aman?" "Our happiness has been taken away from us" "Or was it the evil eye that saw us laugh together?" "Time was when you'd love me even when you scolded me" "That love is still there" "Yes" "Those Sundays, when we'd buy sour berries worth half a buck" "You'd massage my head with hair oil" "And you wouldn't tell Ammi what mischief I was up to" "Else, she would've slapped you hard" "Apa, go now" "Go!" " No!" "The police is taking up positions." " l'm not leaving you!" "Go on, Apa!" "Leave!" "Give me the gun" "Give me that gun, Aman" "Give it to me!" "All right." "But on one condition" "What condition?" "Look at me, Apa" "Look at your Aman" "In a while, the police will shoot me." "Or else, it'll be the gallows for me lt's a skit for free." "People will enjoy watching me die" "Little do they know that in the bylanes of this city... I died one night, a long time ago" "You won't let them take me, Apa" "Promise me" "I have no pride in my being" "At least, let me die in dignity" "Take this Apa" "I have no way out, Apa" "Take the gun, Apa" "Take the gun" "Take it" "Ammi must be so lonely" "I want to go to Ammi" "I want to lie with my head on her lap" "I'm worn out" "Bid me goodbye" "Bid me goodbye, Apa" ""There is no God but Allah"" ""Mohammed is The Prophet of Allah"" "Unto Allah I commend you, Aman" "Children, get home early." "I keep worrying" "Allah, grant me courage" "Any news of my son, madam?" "No"