- Lin wakes up to a water buffalo licking his head, and Prabaker's mother laughs at him.
- She milks the water buffalo and gives it to Lin for breakfast. This becomes the routine for the rest of his visit.
- The monsoon rains begin, and everyone dances in the rain at first.
- The rain lasts nonstop for a week.
- Lin is at the river washing his clothes when he notices that the water is rising. He runs into the village to warn everyone, and everyone laughs at him.
- It turns out that the villagers bet on how high the water will rise every year, and they know how far the river will flood.
- Prabaker's mother decides that Lin should have a Maharashtrian name (from the state of Maharashtra), so she calls him Shantaram—which means "man of peace"—Kharre, her own last name.