Summary

Beginning on page 198, Badal goes to Johnny Toppo’s tea stall and finds Raghu there. He tries to strike up a conversation with Raghu about the cell phone, but Raghu acts like he has never met Badal before. Eventually, in desperation, Badal asks, “Can't you see how things are between us?” (201). Badal makes allusions to the kiss they shared, and he tries to explain that the cell phones are meant to connect them to each other. However, Raghu refuses to acknowledge having any type of acquaintance with Badal, and Badal goes home to cry about this development.

Meanwhile, at the temple, Suraj sits waiting for Nomi to return from her unspecified errand. He goes to the car he hired, and he finds that she left her bag and computer in the car. The driver says that they should go back to the hotel because...