Bouddha of suburbia, chapter 15
Chapter 15 starts with a closer description of Pyke from Karim's point of view, for example that he's a good director and that he also likes other people even when they are difficult. Karim and his acting group start a tour. He is playing an immigrant who comes from a small town in India. To escape from the anxiety and the tension of whether the play is going to be successful or not, Karim visits Changez at his new place. Changez expresses his doubts about whether he can stay in the house or not, because every night he hears Jamila having sex with another flatmate - Simon - next door. While Karim and Changez are loafing around, Karim recognizes how poor this end of the city - South London - is compared to the London he is living in (there are housing estates looking like prison camps full of graffiti).
After, Karim and his group start previewing their play in London, Jamila rings to tell Karim that Changez has been attacked under a railway bridge whenreturning from Shinko. Unfortunately these attacks are happening all the time to foreigners and they can't stop it, they can only demonstrate, so Karim promises to join them in confronting the facists.
The day of the march, Karim sees Eleanor going into Pyke's house. In the train, he confronts her with his oberservations and Eleanor says that Pyke attracts her and she can't have men telling her what to do. So Karim resolves to break with Eleanor. For Karim it's difficult "to fall out of love" and he starts getting sick of theatre people and starts turning numb. Beside all of this, the opening of the play is a huge triumph. After the opening, for Karim it's surprising that his parents are there and are talking to each other, even in a friendly way.
We also find out that Jamila is pregnant from Simon. Jamila is disappointed with Karim and blames him for not being at the march. At the end of the chapter, Karim needs some distance so he walks out to the river Thames where he meets a