▁J ail ▁( pro bably ▁for ▁s elling ▁sex ), ▁she ▁beg s ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁under ▁his ▁wing . ▁The ▁kind ▁s ard ar ▁oblig es , ▁and ▁thus ▁begins ▁a ▁wonderful ▁relationship ▁of ▁ups ▁and ▁down s ▁in ▁the ▁narr ator ’ s ▁life . ▁Bh ag m ati , ▁neither ▁male ▁nor ▁female ▁but ▁possess ive ▁of ▁great ▁ex otic ▁sex ▁appeal , ▁vital izes ▁his ▁life ▁amid st ▁the ▁maj estic ▁remains ▁of ▁Del hi ▁in ▁its ▁he yd ay , ▁and ▁even ▁saves ▁the ▁narr ator ' s ▁life ▁from ▁the ▁mad ▁mob s ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁anti - S ikh ▁ri ots . ▁ ▁Display ing ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁gift ▁of ▁literal ▁hum our ▁and ▁a ▁professional ▁historian ’ s ▁control ▁over ▁narr ation , ▁the ▁writer ▁takes ▁turn , ▁chapter ▁by ▁chapter , ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁city ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁sexual ▁explo its ▁and ▁mis ad vent ures ▁with ▁ ▁v ila ity ▁m ems ▁and ▁lon ely ▁army ▁w ives ▁whom ▁he ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁‘ show ▁Del hi ’ , ▁other ▁ecc ent ric ▁journal ists , ▁edit ors ▁and ▁b ureau cr ats , ▁a ▁half - mad ▁S ikh ▁ex - ar my ▁driver , ▁a ▁fan atic ▁g ur ud w ara ▁b ha iji , ▁among ▁many ▁other ▁colour ful ▁characters . ▁All ▁the ▁while ▁the ▁narr ator ▁travel s ▁through ▁times ▁Del hi ▁has ▁seen , ▁telling ▁us ▁in ▁a ▁most