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Airport

A fixture of local business and politics, this location serves as a gateway and beacon to better things.

Annawadi

This focal setting of the book is a sprawling slum inhabited by a largely transient population.

Eraz-Ex

An inhalant, this correction fluid is a favored intoxicant among the locals in the book.

Fair and Lovely

This cosmetic serves to lighten the skin, putatively increasing attractiveness.

Hyatt

This hotel stands as an emblem of wealth and opportunity within the focal setting of the book.

Maidan

This open area hosts much of such social life as exists within the focal setting of the book.

Marigold

This flower is often sold in threaded garlands. It is often held to have warding properties.

Prison

This arm of state power often has a focusing and restorative effect on those who enter and escape it.

Sewage Pool

A major feature of the focal setting...

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