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Notes your friend has dripped out of school. You made that destination very clear. 1st man only because
we were being clubbed together unreasonably. But why do you feel I am being….? Ramnik: you
resented being clubbed together. 1st man: well I am not a college dropout. (Pause) well- yes I
resented it. Ramnik: yet when you were uncertain…. abort there cepts on you would receive. You
clubbed yourself together unreasonably. You spoke for the two of you. (Act one) Actually Ramnik
also is conscious of the difference as is his wife the distinction between them however is that
Aruna articulates this clearly from her security of being part of the dominant group while Ramnik
tries to snappers his prejudice. It emerges however as it becomes clear that there is a very thin live
between tolerance and prejudice. When one is conscious of a divide. When Ramnik speaks of 'the
trouble' he immediately refers to the Muslim families that live in their galli. "They've never bothered
us, until now". Later, when he is told that Javed is looking for a job, he offers him one in his stop
"You can handle these bohra and men and women who usually pen by our showroom you can
stand outside and call them in; His guilt of the past surface directly. When he blurts out - "It will
be give my pleasure to give that you. That shop is use to be… [Pause] take the tube. Please [Act
Two] Ramnik's actions and deed arise directly from the guilt he feels about the action commuted
by his father and the grandfather. It was his family that has caused zarine is fathers shop to be
burnt in scoots after which they bought it a friction of its coats.
The 'emotive' cause of those particular roots in there clearly demonstrated to be at least party
ceremony. Still not considering Javed is a simple a young man seeing him representative of those
wavered by his ancestress Ramnik peewees that he is communal. In some ways as those on the
other side ways of the door. And then he fund it only to easy to room the line between 'Tolerance'
and fanaticism rerouting to the easy same start-ups that are circulated by there seeking to destroy.
When it is discovered that Javed is one of those who were bought to be argon to Participate in the
violence. In fact, to create the riots, Ramnik crosses that line between understanding and allocating
flame. Ramnik; why do you destructs? Javed: Do you trust us? Ramnik: i don't go around throwing
stones Javed: But you do something more violent, you provoke: You make me through stones
Everetime I take to you, my fight rises: Ramnik (angry), now you are provoking me? How done
your flame your violence to other people? It is in you? You have violence in your mind. Your faith
is based... (He stops but it is too late) [Act two] Ramnik moves in single sentences, a single
thought, from seeing the problem of violence as something could as solved by human understanding
and compression, to an enidelluable, in hart truant in a whole community... anins allocable problem.
Javed shows Ramnik that Ramnik is not as liberal as he would like to think of himself. As Daksha
was shown by zarine that Daksha was not an in no sent as she thought of her self As long as we
are silent as long we a accept that the majority does the mirrors a for our by tolerating then we
participate in violence. Aruna tells the two men that they should be grateful that the grand her
gave them shelter and Daksha felt that zarine should be grateful that she wanted to be Zarine's
friend. But friend ship and tolerance can not be bargained on asked for. Javed has a strong belief
in himself and his own faith it is the belief that has laid him on the paths of violence, it is his
refusal to be apologetic for who an what he is that makes him demand acceptance , if it is not
given to him. He does realize that his faith is taken advantage of by those who will profit by the
riots, and he also realizes that when it comes to violence, we are all equally guilty.
Ramnik: you men that won't arrest you? Javed: Arrest me? When they have been the other way all
along? How do you think we got into the street? In their vans. They will arrest me. Don't worry.
To please people like you and a few innocent Muslim to people everyone. Ramnik: may be I
should through you to the mole. Javed.... may be they aren't being paid over not. And they
attacked us? They are not very systematic. Next time they should have a round of introduction so
we don't killing each other? At least not unmentionably: Ha: you want to through me to the mole?
I am a part of it. You have been protecting me from people like me. I'm no different from them.
[Act three] An Unexpected Alliance in the play is that between Javed and Arena- they are both
individual. Who have a strong belief? In their faith, in the thing of the shop their identities and

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