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Why is Ram very popular among the children at the Delhi's house for the disable?
He knows how to speak English
What did Ram and Salim, his friend have in common?
They were both orphans and too old to find a family easily. Also, they liked watching films.
What was Salim very keen on? What did he want to be when he grew up?
He liked watching films and he wanted to be an actor.
How much money were they given to spend at the carniva? What did they spend it on? What did the fortune teller give to Ram?
They had 10 rupees each, they gave them to a fortune teller. He gave him a lucky coin.
Who was Sethji? What did he look like? What happened when they arrrived to his house/school?
He was a very important business man who had a school for the disabled in Mumbai. He looked like a gangster. The house/ school wasn't like they expected.
Why were Ram and Salim having singing lessons? What was the real purpose of their training?
Because they needed to be talented to become beggars and earn money to give it to Maman.
Who was Surdas and why were the boys learning his song?
He was a very popular singer who wrote songs praising Lord Krishna. They were going to be blind soon.
Neelima Kumari had been a very famous film actress. What did she have in her flat to remind her of that?
She had cassettes of all her films.
What changed after Neelima's mother died?
She asked Ram to come to her house and work and live there.
What was Neelima greatest role? Why did Ram decided to scape after her death?
Her suicidal, he killed herself. He was afraid of being arrested of blamed for her death.
Who was Balwant Singh? What did he look like? When was the war he talks about and which countries were fighting against each other?
He was a soldier,he had only one leg. It was between India and Pakistan.
According to the stories he told the children in the bunker (where they were all togheter), what was Balwant's life happiest moment?
When he replaced the Pakistani flag with the Indian flag.
How do they get to know that the stories that Balwant told them where not true? What did really happen to Balwant family and how did he lose his leg?
When a man who was a real soldier went to the chawl to collect money for charity. A bomb exploded on his house and his wife and son died.
What do Muslims and Hindus do when someone die? What did the Indian soldier wanted?
Muslims bury their deads and Hindus cremate them. He wanted to be cremated because he was Hindu.
What happens when Mr Kulkarni (someone who lived in the chawl) goes to look for Balwant Singh?
Balwant is not there, he left the chawl.
How does he know which is the highest award given to the Indian armed forces?
Because of all the stories Balwant told them.
