Persad

Ram Persad would bring out a bottle full of a golden liquid, and pour it into three glasses, and drop ice cubes in their glasses, and hand one glass to each of them.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

If the number one driver, Ram Persad, was busy driving the masters around town in the Honda City, and someone in the house wanted to go to the market, or to a coal mine, or to the train station, I got into the Maruti Suzuki and drove them there.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

Two days later, Ram Persad and the slanty-eyed Nepali were gossiping.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

And indeed, Ram Persad—or Mohammad or whatever his name really was—came out of the mosque, took his sandals down from the window, slapped them on the ground, wriggled his feet into them, and began walking out.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

There was one thing I was not allowed to do, and this was to touch the Honda City: Ram Persad alone had the right to drive it and clean it.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

Ram Persad would get the liquor; and then I would swat at the other servants and fight for some space for us to get out, while he cradled the bottle in his arms.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

They were not going to be drinking this liquor; I could tell from their torn and dirty shirts that they were only servants, like Ram Persad and me, come to buy English liquor for their masters.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

On our way back to the house, Ram Persad would always stop by the side of the road and slide the Black Dog out of its cardboard box.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

What had I noticed about Ram Persad in the past few days?

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

Agents, Coumar Persad and Davon Webb, admit other thefts of up to $160,000.

NY Daily News 2011