BTBF quotes

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kalu was the

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“closest thing abdul had to a friend”

Question 2

sewage and sickness

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“looked like life”

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grapevine

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“shared walls leak secrets”

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Abdul’s work ethic

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“abdul was a hard-working kid who didn’t deserved to be brutalised”

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angry at police

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“who were angry at police”

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craved

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“fatima craved attention and respect”

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crack

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“fatima has a crack in her, she’s cracked”

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self-immolation

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“response to enervating poverty”

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dizzy

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country dizzy with development and circulating money

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police corrupt

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officers came to demand money every day now

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education strong suit

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was not among the Indians government strong suits

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asha’s control

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late september, 2008 asha was in control of annawadi

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single wife

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She was simply Asha, a woman on her own.

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rest

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In captivity… was the first long rest [Abdul had] ever had

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heckler

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you could pose as a member of the overcity, wait out the heckles, and become one.

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detect

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all murders we detect, 100% success”

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everything around us is roses

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and we’re the shit inbetween

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forever

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for the rest of his life

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central government

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embraced economic liberation

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this slum was

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considered poor

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broken barrier

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between slum world and rich world

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the more

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i will dislike you

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being

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underwhelmed

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people would

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sort themselves as he sorted his garbage

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old prejudices were

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losing strength

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spending his days with

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his head in the trash pile

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struck abdul as

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childish pastime

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wealthy citizens accused

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slumdwellers of making the city filthy and unlivable

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relative

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rarities

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a soul in this

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unequal city

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useful

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defense

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slumword was an

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unofficial position

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asha felt like

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a dying man should pay alot to live

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there was one

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in a catastrophic plunge

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a place of festering

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grievance and ambient envy

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bad lungs were

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a toll you paid to live near progress

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corruption and exploitation of the weak

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by the less weak

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corruption was one of the

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genuine opportunities that remained

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black as

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key holes

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shoeless

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unclean, pathetic

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Kalu was

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the closest thing Abdul had to a friend

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fastest way to financially ruin annawadi was

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injury or illness

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profit from hussains

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handsome profit

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ruthless

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competition

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no breathing

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suffocated

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tossed into

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the gutter

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free

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floating

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sucking what is

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left of our blood

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family

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catastrophe

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chaotic

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unpredictability

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unequal

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cities

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tried to keep the ice

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inside me from melting

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crooked and

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crumbling