This weeks discussion questions comes from pages 131 to 201. Remember if you have missed a week, it is not to late to go back and comment on the discussion.1. How does Mumtaz gain control over Lakshmi? What tactics does she use to own her both physically and emotionally? What punishment does she exact on girls who disobey or betray her?
2. For the festival of brothers and sisters, Harish gives Lakshmi a new pencil. This small act of kindness undoes her. Why do you think this "undoes" her? How do others reach out to help one another at the brothel?
3.What does despair look like? How does Lakshmi prevent her own despair from destroying her hope? Is it destroyed in others? How?
4. What happens when Monica leaves the brothel to return to the family she has supported? Do you think Lakshmi's own ama would treat her the same way upon her return? What about her stepfather? What makes you think so or not?
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