| | Why
is a penniless waiter from Mumbai sitting in a prison cell? Is it because: a)he
has punched a customer; b)he has drunk too much whisky; c)he has stolen money
from the till; or d)he is the biggest quiz-show winner in history? Ram Mohammad
Thomas has been arrested. For answering twelve questions correctly on Who Will
Win A Billion? Because a poor orphan who has never gone to school cannot name
the smallest planet in the solar system, or the plays of Shakespeare. Unless he
has cheated. Ram prepares his defence by reviewing TV footage of the show, and
takes us on an amazing tour of his life. From the day he is rescued from a dustbin,
to his encounter with a security-crazed Australian colonel, and a spell as an
over-creative guide at the Taj Mahal, Ram's survival instincts are infallible.
Stunning an audience of millions, he draws on a store of street wisdom and trivia
to provide him with the essential keys, not only to the quiz show, but to life
itself. |