Advance Warning		1
Safia and Raka		4
THROUGH AIR
The Bloodstone		21
The Night of the Rats		55
The Indian Butcher's Stall		85
The Trunk of the Sacred Bodhi Tree		123
Raka and Lalit		152
THROUGH WATER
A Greeting from the Monsoon		161
A Little White Cow		200
A Copy of Himself		228
A Light as Bright as the Sun		263
Lalit and Raka		291
THROUGH FIRE
Ashes		309
Arrack		332
Sand		354
Stone		378
Lalit and Lagan		412
THROUGH LOVE
Among the Rose Thorns		416
Under the Date Palm		434
The End of the Song		444