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Contents

Prologue

Rabi: Spring, 2014

An Accusation Is Made

Lalli’s Father Buys a Phone

Cousin Manju Observes Something Strange

Nazru Sees It Too

Unspeakable Things

The Naughty Boy

The Invisible Women

Lalli Asks for a Memento

The Fair Comes to the Village

Padma Lalli, Gone

Thieves in the Tobacco

Where Are They?

Every Eight Minutes

Jeevan Lal’s Secret

Adrenaline in the Fields, Tears at Home

Nazru Changes His Story, Again

‘Bastards, Go Look for Them Yourselves’

A Finger Is Pointed

Sohan Lal Storms Out

Finally, News

‘An Unspeakable Sight’

A Policeman’s Suspicion

The Poster Child for a New India

A Reporter’s Big Break

‘The Matter Will End’

The First Politician Arrives

The Matter Should Be Settled

Someone to Solve Their Problems

The Politician’s Aide

‘Liars, Thieves and Fucking Scum’

Cable Wars in the Katra Fields

Complaints Are Written, Then Torn

The Bodies Come Down

A Sweeper and a ‘Weaker’ Doctor

The Post-Mortem

Farewell Padma Lalli

Kharif: Summer, 2014

The Worst Place in the World

The Women Who Changed India

The Zero Tolerance Policy

A Broken System Exposed

Separate Milk From Water

A Red Flag

The Villagers Talk

The False Eyewitness

Purity and Pollution

A Post-mortem Undone

‘Habitual of Sexual Intercourse’

A Mother Goes ‘Mad’

Visitors to the Jail

The Case of the Missing Phones

The Truth About the Phone

‘She Is All I Have’

‘There Is No Need to Go Here and There’

‘Did You Kill Padma and Lalli?’

‘Machines Don’t Lie’

‘Have You Ever Been in Love?’

DROWNED

Results and Rumours

The Rogue Officer

Friends, Not Strangers

Pappu and Nazru Face to Face

‘Girls Are Honour of Family’

Pappu in Jail, the Shakyas in Court

Epilogue

Birth

Rebirth

Love, Hope, Vote

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements

Bibliography