reopen it. He also struggled about the corruption he sees everywhere but could find no way out... Day Two (Morning): Lighthouse Hill Ramakrishna (known as 'Xerox') sells counterfeit books, the police periodically arrest him and then release him. He plans that day to only sell The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Day Two (Afternoon): St Alfonso's Boys' High School and Junior College :Shankar is a rich mixed-caste Brahmin-Hoyka student who sets off a small bomb in the school, and he hates caste-system. He then admits that he planted the bomb but is not believed. Day Two (Evening): Lighthouse Hill (The Foot of the Hill) On Martyrs' Day the pupils were expecting to watch a free film the following Sunday, arranged by the government. One of the cinemas showed pornography but covered the explicit posters, then the teacher Mr D'Mello falls and dies, uncovering the images. Day Three (Morning): Market and Maidan Two brothers, Keshava and Vittal arrive at the Market. Vittal works at a shop, Keshava works at barber and then moves to work on the buses and becomes a conductor. Then Keshava falls from the bus and has a head injury from which he never fully recovers. The History of Kittur: The city was mentioned in 1091; vanished during the twelfth century; was famed by Yusuf Ali for curing lepers in the fourteenth century; in 1649 the Portuguese drove out the Mohameddans; in 1799 the East India took over the town... Day Three (Afternoon): Angel Talkies Unmarried Gururaj lives in the YMCA and is the deputy editor of Kittur's Dawn Herald. One night he talks to a security guard who tells him that his newspaper just spreads the policy line of the powers that be. Gururaj is determined to reveal the truth of the stories. The Language of Kittur: Kannada is the official language, Tulu is a regional language which no longer has a written script, Konkani comes originally from Goa and is used by the Gaudi-Saraswat Brahmin. Day Four (Morning): Umbrella Street Cycle-cart puller Chenayya struggles to deliver goods from a furniture shop on Umbrella Street, but he sees no way to escape. Day Four (Afternoon): The Cool Water Well Junction :Soumya and her younger brother Raju beg and walk miles to obtain 'Smack' that her father needs. Kittur: Basic Facts: Population (1981 census) 193,432 - Caste and religious breakdown Day Five (Morning): Valencia (To the First Crossroads)