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From Page 79-95 Balram talks about democracy, because it is election time. He tells that he owes democracy his birthday, because once there came a man to Balrams school and wrote the name and date of birth of everyone down, but his parents never took note of his birthday and so the men from government said to Balram that this day should be his 18th birthday.
On the one hand he says to Mr. Jiabo that India is better then china, because they have democracy and on the other hand he doesn't really believe in the politicans and democracy in India, because where he lives the servants don't vote for themself, but those who have money and power buy their votes. The upcoming elections seem to be closer as before for the Great Socialist party, because there are 93 criminal cases pending against them, including murder, rape and pimping. Three ministers are already in jail. The landlords use his weakness to increase their political influence by founding a party on their own and try to catch some votes. One week before the elections, the Great socialist and the landlords come to the arrangement, that the stork becomes the president of the Laxmanargh branch of the great socialist party and for that the landlords close their party. Balram tells about one servant that goes mad on the day of the election, because he couldn't vote. He goes to the members of the Great Socialist party and tells them he wants to vote. They kill him for that. 
The Great Socialist wins the election and after that it is buisness as usual.
One day the Great Socialist comes to the storks house, because he wants to have 1.5 Million rupees from them. Otherwise he wouldn't allow them anymore to take cole from the government mines for free anymore.
Next thing which happens is, that Balram gets to know that Mr. Ashok and Pinky Madam are supposed to go to New Delhi. One driver will go with them and get 3000 rupees a month instead of the 1700 rupees at Dhanbad. At first it seems like Ram Persad will go with them. The Nepali servant wants 5000 rupees from Balram for telling the Stork Balram would be better to go to New Delhi. But Balram hasn't got the money. The tide turns when Balram finds out that Ram Persad isn't a Hindu, but a Muslim and that the Nepali servant knew about that the whole time. The Landlords don't want to have muslim servants, so he has something to make them do what he wants. That means from now Balram is the servant number one and can go to New Dehli with Mr. Ashok and his brother Mongoose.

What I found interessting was the busses which go to New Delhi. They are fully loaded with people everywhere. They even sit on the buses roof.

You couldn't imagine such things in germany, but I think in India the laws are more flexible.

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