In the lobby, he is molested by a creepy man who runs the snack counter. At the movie, Estha, who loves the catchy music, is dispatched to the back of the theater because he cannot refrain from singing along at the top of his voice. Velutha is a Paravan, considered an untouchable within the strict code of the country’s caste system. Among the rioters, the family thinks they see Velutha, a carpenter and general maintenance worker at the family’s factory. The family is horrified by the noisy, flag-waving crowd. On the way, the car is swarmed by a massive communist street parade. On the day the two are to arrive, the family loads up the car to attend a theater showing of The Sound of Music and then the next morning head to the airport to pick up Margaret and Sophie. Chacko invites his ex-wife and daughter to visit Ayemenem over the approaching Christmas holiday. When the twins are seven, Chacko receives word that Margaret’s second husband has been killed in a car accident.
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