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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Part One
This Story Will Save Your Life
I look at our house with—
Our school is locked up—
I walk around Bhoot Bazaar, imagining my life—
Bahadur
Tonight is our last night—
Our first job as detectives—
We have enough time before—
Omvir
Pari and I don’t say it aloud but—
The crowd at the railway station looks bigger—
Part Two
This Story Will Save Your Life
Three weeks ago I was only a schoolkid but—
Runu-Didi and I are doing our homework—
The basti is losing its shape—
Aanchal
I’m waiting in a twisty queue—
Days pass fast as hours and—
Like a lion in a cage, Runu-Didi—
Chandni
The Hindu Samaj demonstration is long—
Christmas Day is also the day of—
It’s the last day of the year—
Papa and Shanti-Chachi go toward the screams—
Shanti-Chachi is our boss-lady for Sunday but—
Kabir and Khadifa
Part Three
This Story Will Save Your Life
School in the new year is the—
In the morning we go to the—
Runu
Papa says we are going on a patrol—
The rubbish is a sea of—
All winter the smog has been stealing—
Today it’s exactly a month since Runu-Didi—
Dedication
Afterword
Glossary
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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