A City of the Dead
- As the train rolls to a stop, Lakshmi looks out the window for golden roofs, but sees only huts with roofs of metal, paper, plastic… but not gold.
- There are no movie stars, no exotic trees, just rows of sleeping people dressed in rags.
- When Lakshmi gets off the train, she has to stay close to Uncle Husband, and the air is thick with smoke and dust. She is afraid of the city and of the people—she thinks they all look like the dead.