Chapter 16 Summary

Yezad meets with Vilas and his two actor friends. They work out the details of the scam they are going to pull on Mr. Kapur. The actors will try to inspire Mr. Kapur to respond to their threat by running for municipal council. Later that week, Yezad is daydreaming at his desk. The actors were supposed to put on their drama today, but Yezad has decided to wait and let Mr. Kapur come to him. Mr. Kapur comes and gives him an envelope. He says it has 35,000 rupees for the two Shiv Sena the next time they come. This is not what Yezad wants. He wants Kapur to run for office, not knuckle under to extortion. Yezad tries to give him back the envelope, but Mr. Kapur insists that he keep it in his desk. Yezad complains to Vilas. Vilas tries to encourage...