Summary

As this section of the novel begins, Mohan Kumar has saved a significant amount of money from Mehta’s payments in the past year, so he decides that he and his sons will move out of their impoverished suburb, called Dahisar, to a wealthy suburb called Chembur. In their new apartment, they watch the newest episode of “Young Lions,” which features a segment on Javed Ansari, a schoolmate of Radha and Manju at the Ali Weinberg International School. They see Javed the next day at school. Before class, Radha and Manju talk to a schoolmate of theirs named Sofia, and Radha flirts with her. Later in the school year, during cricket season, Tommy Sir brings a talent recruiter from the Mumbai cricket team to watch Radha and Manju. Radha and Manju take turns batting, and Manju attains a higher score than his brother...