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it resembles Lord Vishnu...

in Krishna's guise,

gleaming wih peacock feathers.

And the cloud heard him?

How is that possible?

If we believe|that a statue of God can hear us,

why not a cloud?

Are you gentry?

Would it matter if I was?

Yes.

I just finished my law exams.

When did you become a widow?

I don't remember.

Maybe...

when I was nine.

Was your husband good to you?

I never met him.

Anyone else, in your house?

My mother,

my father,

Sadhuramji.

No, I'm not married.

Good God!

Why not?

My father says,

childhood is a time for play,

not for marriage.

And your mother?

If she had herway,

I'd have a daughter as old as Chuyia.

Your mother's right.

That's how things are.

That's how things were.

Times are changing.

All the old traditions are dying out.

All of them?

But what is good should not die out.

And who will decide...

what is good,

and what is not?

You!

Didi, when do we get food?

Today we fast.

No food, no water.

Come in.

What's wrong?

No tantrums?

You're getting used to this life.

Come sit here.

I have to go.

Kalyani's reciting Kalidas.

What?

A Poem.

Megh means cloud,

and doot... a messenger.

The Cloud Messenger.

Come on, let's send a message.

Did you send your message?

I don't want to send one.

Why won't you send one?

Have you gone deaf?

Didi wants you.

You are lucky Mitthu,

you don't have to fast.

Yes Didi?

Come on in child.

Here, this is for you.

Wait child.

You must take care of yourself.

You are the jewel of this house.

If you are happy,|our clients are happy.

And when they are happy,|I am happy.

This is an ashram Didi,

not a brothel.

This is the edge of the city.

Where the British live.

They don't care if you're a widow.

Why not?

Don't they have widows?

Of course they do.

But not like ours.

It must be hard for you.

Sometimes yes,

sometimes no.

'Learn to live like a lotus...

untouched by the filthy water|it grows in. '

Krishnaji said it in the Geeta.

Krishna was a God.

Not everyone can live|like the lotus flower.

Yes, they can.

It's ink.

I didn't have time to change.

I was applying for a job in Calcutta.

What's wrong?

When do you go?

As soon as they call me.

And when will you be back?

I'm not going anywhere without you.

Are you asleep?

Yes.

Wake up.

What?

Speak softly.

Did you have a fight with father?

He's never here to have a fight with.

What does he preach?

That's Gandhiji,

not some crooked priest.

So, what does he say then?

He talks about freedom,

about truth.

To talk about truth is easy,

but to live by it is not.

The girl's father is getting impatient.

What?

Tum off that gramophone!

I want a yes, or a no.

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