Table of Contents
Cast of Characters ix
Introduction 1
Part 1
Chapter 1 Kakheri 7
Chapter 2 The Love Commandos 19
Chapter 3 Snakes and Mongooses 31
Chapter 4 Right Wrong, Wrong Right 47
Chapter 5 I Am Reshma 63
Chapter 6 You Look to Me, I Look to Y'ou 75
Part 2
Chapter 7 Dirty Children 89
Chapter 8 Manoj and Babli 101
Chapter 9 Love Jihad 113
Chapter 10 A Delicate World Toppled 127
Chapter 11 A Free Life 141
Chapter 12 Take Me as I Am 153
Part 3
Chapter 13 Within Yourself Make Patience the Bow 167
Chapter 14 Love Marriage = Destroy Life 179
Chapter 15 Objects in the Mirror 191
Chapter 16 Sorry, Wrong Number 205
Chapter 17 A Matter of Pride 219
Chapter 18 How to Say It 231
A Note on Sources 243
Afterword 245
Acknowledgments 251
Credits 253
Index 255