p 　　Ruth is searching for her father – a man she hardly knew but cannot forget Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour, where she gives happy endings’ to unfulfilled men Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes the backdrop for Ruth 三九 s quest as she struggles to find her independence and space even as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinthine politics of the city 三九 s underbelly p