Ravan &amp; Eddie

Ravan & Eddie

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Chapter 1-

It must have been five to seven. Victor Coutinho was returning from the day-shift at the Air India workshop. Parvati Pawar was waiting for her husband on the balcony of the Central Works Department Ch

Chapter 2-

The Hindus and Catholics in Bombay’s CWD chawls (and perhaps almost anywhere in India) may as well have lived on different planets. They saw each other daily and greeted each other occasionally, but t

Chapter 3-

Ravan spotted him from the balcony. He was ambling along. Come on, come on, how can you drag your feet on your way home? On your way to school, yes, that I can understand. But coming back … You must e

Chapter 4-

Evenings were the quietest time in Ravan’s home. His father went out at 5 o’clock after a long siesta, three hours at the minimum. Teatime was 4.30 and at five he walked to the corner to pick up the e

Chapter 5-

‘I’ve got so much homework, multiplication, division, geography, history, English. I’ll have to sit up late tonight.’ Coming as it did from Eddie, this was such a novel sentiment, it was almost revolu

Chapter 6-

If you want to know the people of the CWD chawls and how their minds work, you must first understand the floor-plan of the chawls and the amenities it offers. Think of a plus sign, now extend its hor

Chapter 7-

What had made Eddie join the Sabha? There were of course mercenary considerations, no denying that. A Wilson pen and ballpoint laid out on purple velvet and anchored in an ebony black plastic box with

Chapter 8-

Eddie’s double life was almost second nature to him by now. What was it that prompted him to keep the Sabha part of his life a secret? How do we know even as children what is taboo? There was no law a

Chapter 9-

‘Ravan.’ Ravan rose. The disembodied voice came from behind him. He would recognize it long after he was dead. Prakash. Tyrant, terror and a youth of prodigious powers. Prakash was sixteen. He had pl

Chapter 10-

‘I’ll do as I please.’ ‘No, you won’t.’ ‘It’s my life.’ ‘No longer. You’ve got two children.’ Mother and daughter were not shouting at each other. It was the intense hostility in his mother’s voic

Chapter 11-

How was Eddie to recognize the Man who was about to change his life forever? Was he tall or short, did he have a limp, did he have thick dark eyebrows, was he fair, was he young or old? Maybe he had a

Chapter 12-

A Meditation on Neighbours Depending on your point of view, there are some elementary or critical differences between the Catholics and Hindus in the CWD chawls. It would be unwise, however, to gener

Chapter 13-

Ravan and Eddie were not twins. Ravan did not wince with pain if Eddie was hurt. Eddie’s thirst was not quenched when Ravan drank five glasses of water. If one studied, the other did not pass his exam

Chapter 14-

Parvatibai may have made prophetic pronouncements about her son’s career (as with all prophecies the point is not whether they come true or not, but whether people believe the dark and dour prognostic

Chapter 15-

‘What have you gone and done to yourself, son?’ Father Agnello D’Souza crossed himself and asked Eddie the question in alarm. ‘Yes, your son. I haven’t begun to tell you the brave and magnificent dee

Chapter 16-

Aunt Lalee and Ravan had long since made up. Ravan was not going to hold it against her that she had lost her temper and thrashed him. After all, he had to admit that he had gone overboard with that t

Chapter 17-

Rock Around the Clock ran at the Strand for seventeen or maybe nineteen weeks. Eddie should have seen it over fifty times if he had averaged three shows a week. But due to certain unforeseen circumsta

Chapter 18-

‘No.’ Parvati had her back to Ravan. ‘Please, Ma,’ he begged of her. ‘No.’ Since the business of Dil Deke Dekho, his mother’s vocabulary seemed to have shrunk to that one word. ‘Come on, Ma. Tomorr

Chapter 19-