CONTENTS
Part One · The Empire of Five Hundred Rupees
001 The Night of Five Hundred Rupees 2
002 Open to India, Closed to Everyone Else 6
003 The Dead Man's Attendance 9
004 The Account’s Second Owner 12
005 The Court of Lies 15
006 The First Map of Money 19
007 The Unfamiliar Signature 22
008 Amresh’s Accounts 26
009 Misuse of Aadhaar 30
010 The First Five-Per-Cent Letter 34
011 The Window in Hong Kong 38
012 The Last Glass of Tea 43
013 A Document's Second Language 47
014 The Price of Support 51
015 The Wages of Silence 54
016 The White Envelope 58
017 The False Face in Uniform 62
018 Behind the Advertisement 66
019 The Silence of a Luxurious Flight 70
020 The Face in the Glass 73
Part Two · The Wealth of Seven Seas
021 The Dance Hall in Macau 78
022 The Empty Passport Cover 81
023 The Relationship Between Two Men 85
024 Two Women's Acceptance 89
025 The Seal of Malta 93
026 The Company in Three Layers 97
027 The Shadow of False Exports 101
028 The Blue Stamp 105
029 The Limits of the Market 109
030 Beijing's Closed List 113
031 The House Within the Numbers 117
032 The Trade in Signals 120
033 The Desert Contract 123
034 Arizona at Night 126
035 The Fear Behind the Music 130
036 The White Donation Box 133
037 The Public Awareness Forum 137
038 The White Hall in Brussels 140
039 The First Lie Exposed 144
040 Before the Fire 148
Part Three · Gleaming Bodies, Dark Business
041 The Crowd Has a Face of Its Own 152
042 Patna's Trial by Fire 155
043 The Face on the Stage 159
044 Before Publication 162
045 Rajgir's Silence 165
046 The Old Training Centre at Rajgir 169
047 The Guilt of a Living Witness 173
048 The Original Ledger and the Copy 176
049 A Voice That Escaped 179
050 A Name Sold, Evidence Preserved 182
051 Five People at the Bank 186
052 The Name of an Unknown Body 189
053 The Trap of Numbers 192
054 The Smoke of Two Thousand Crore 195
055 The Witness to the Equation 199
056 The Night Before the Raids 202
057 The Owner of the Five Percent 205
058 The Name Changes Again 208
059 Six Months Apart 211
060 The Accounting of Darkness 214
EPILOGUE The Next Name 218
Part Four · The Export of Lies
061 The First Day of the Next Name 220
062 Two Meanings of the Same Seal 223
063 The Locked Warehouse Door 226
064 The Difference of Four Days 229
065 The Value of Family 232
066 The Real Work of Volunteering 235
067 Two People with the Same Name 238
068 The Voice in the Advertisement 242
069 The Distance Between Two Women 246
070 The Colours of a Foreign Company 250
071 Charity and Commerce 253
072 The Body Found in Daylight 256
073 The Dead Man’s Unfinished Letter 260
074 Weighing the Goods 263
075 The Body and the Documents 267
076 The False Dream of a Job 271
077 The Night of the Boundary Line 275
078 The Paper Mafia 278
079 The Witness Who Became a Shadow 282
080 The Export of Lies 286
Part Five · The Darkness of Democracy
081 The Day of Transfer 291
082 The Empty Chair in the Office 295
083 A Copy of the Missing File 298
084 The Editor's Silence 301
085 Pranay's Painting 304
086 The Preserved Letter 307
087 The Meeting and the Crisis 310
088 Two Newspapers, Two Truths 314
089 The Warning at Night 318
090 Murder or Accident 322
091 The Hire Order 326
092 Another Reckoning of Two Thousand Crore 329
093 Darkness on the Money Trail 332
094 The Rights of the Accused 335
095 The Small Error of Blame 338
096 The Anonymous Source of a Grant 341
097 The Third Hand Behind the Signature 345
098 Behind the Transfer 348
099 The Final Campaign 351
100 The Darkness of Democracy 355
Part Six · The Final Five Percent
101 The Voice Returned 360
102 Sara's Truth 363
103 The Image of Original Time 366
104 The Owner in Name Only 369
105 The Money's Missing Destination 373
106 The Price of Testimony 377
107 The Torn Page 380
108 The Disagreement Within the Bank 383
109 Multilingual Evidence 386
110 The Seven Tables of Evidence 389
111 Hope in a Name 393
112 The Amended Charges 397
113 Mira's Own Home 400
114 Rani's Five Rupees 403
115 The Ultimate Owner of the Account 406
116 The Second Dawn of the Raids 409
117 The Letter from the Missing Man 413
118 The Day of Cross-Examination 416
119 The Money Recovered 419
120 The Final Five Percent 423