Sebastian: Page 36-63

From page 36-63 The White Tiger talks about murdering Mr.Ashok, how he moves from Laxmanargh to Dhanbad, where he meets Mr. Ashok the first time and he tells about how his father dies.
In the beginning he talks about his relation to Mr. Ashok. He says that he has much respect for him, because he treats everyone around him with respect.
Balram moves to Dhanbad when his Dad dies. He has Tuberculosis and they bring him to a public hospital, but there is no doctor. All the doctors are in private hospitals to make more money and the superintendent, who should be supervising the doctors gets payed off. That means that no doctor cares about those public hospitals. So since there is no doctor for healing his father he has to die.
His cousin Kishna gets married to a girl and this wedding brings some money for the family. After that eventually Balram, Kishna and Dillip move to Dhanbad. They got work at a tea shop there as well. Balram overhears a conversation in this tea shop in which two guys talk about beeing a driver and how much money you get by that. So Balram tells Kishna that he wants to be a driver.
Kishna gets the money from their granny.
Balram has to pay 300 rupees plus a bonus. An old men teaches Balram how to drive. As his apprenticeship is over he gets a reward from his teacher in form of loosing his virginity with a whore. After that he has no job and walks from door to door asking, if somebody needs a driver. After to weeks he almost gives in, but than he gets to Storks house, who is one of the four Landlords from Laxmanargh. He still knows Balram from the old days in Laxmanargh and they just need a driver right at that moment. His son is Mr. Ashok and Balram starts to work for them.

What I found pretty interesting was that he could learn driving from another driver. That seems to be pretty simple, but I checked it out and you have to pass an oral test for getting a learners license. With that you can practice driving together with a permanent license holder for six months. Also an red "L" for learner has to be painted on the front and back of the car. You have to pay 60 Rupees (1€) of fees and fill out some formulars. Then you get tested in driving by an expert and if you pass that test you got your driving license.