Police
- One night Lakshmi notices Mumtaz giving money to a man in a uniform before Shilpa chases her away.
- Shahanna explains that the man is a policeman. Police are supposed to stop people like Mumtaz, but instead they accept bribes to look "the other way" (106.Police.6).
- Lakshmi wonders about the morality of the city and doesn't understand how it can be so corrupt.