Shantaram

Nazeer and Lin travel to their hotel in the city of Karachi. Nazeer can’t relax. He is paranoid that they are under observation from Russian spies. Lin meets Khaled at the restaurant. They discuss the ethics and morality of the conflict they are fighting with Khan. Lin is depressed at how many people benefit from the war continuing. He has no idea why Khan needs him there or why he chose to agree. Khaled gives Lin a letter from Didier as they go to a mosque where they will meet other men who are crossing the border tomorrow.

Mahmoud Melbaaf joins their tour. He is a 30-year-old Iranian who reminds Lin of Abdullah. He realizes that he is there because he feels guilty that Abdullah died alone. Khaled leaves the mosque briefly and then returns to say the police were at Lin’s hotel, but Nazeer managed to escape with the bag of Lin’s supplies.

They hear the Blind Singers and go outside. Lin realizes Khan started planning this trip even before he met Lin. He met many of the men that first night. Everyone but him had known that this mission would be in their future on the night they met.

Lin asks Khan if he arranged for the Blind Singers to be there, just like he arranged it the night they met.