Guilty

I have tried to bribe into affection using Rohinton Mistry's 'Swimming Lessons and other tales from Firozsha Baag'. It probably(edit: definitely!) didn't work, but the stories remain. If you want to understand the India of the 70's, 80's, 90's, and Nepal of who-knows-when-maybe-even-today, read the book. Highly recommended.

The Bombay police, in a
misinterpretation of the nation’s mandate:
garibi hatao – eradicate poverty, conducted
periodic round-ups of pavement dwellers,
sweeping into their vans beggars and street-
vendors, cripples and alcoholics, the homeless
and the hungry, and dumped them somewhere
outside the city limits; when the human
detritus made its way back into the city,
another clean-up was scheduled