Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana Walkthrough by Randy Sluganski

Scene 1–Dream Sequence

• You
  are in front of the Taj Mahal. You need to solve the floating tile puzzle to enter
  but cannot do so until you find the missing piece of tile.
• Turn to your
  right and go forward until you find a flute on the ground.
• Take the flute
  and return to the front of the Taj Mahal.
• Take the left staircase and
  go as far as you can on the mezzanine. Take the rope on the floor.
• Now
  go in the opposite direction until you see an orange tree.
• Put the rope
  at the base of the tree and use the flute on it.
• Climb the rope and take
  the orange.
• Go back to where the monkey was and give him the orange. He
  will drop the tile. Take the tile and return to the front entrance of the Taj
  Mahal.
• Click on the tile puzzle. The tiles must be rearranged in a logical
  pattern that you will recognize once you begin to move them around.
• Enter
  the Taj Mahal.

Scene 2–Outside Your Girlfriend’s House in India

• You
  are in front of your girlfriend’s house. Her mother is crying. Speak to her until
  she leaves.
• Take the stick on the ground and some grass from the flowerpot
  next to the door.
• Turn left and walk to the end of the street, where you
  will see a street urchin begging for change.
• Ask him if he has change
  for an American dollar.
• Turn right and go to the movie theater. Use your
  change on the gum machine to get a piece of bubble gum.
• Return to your
  girlfriend’s house, to the right of the front entrance is an iron gate. On the
  other side of the gate is a key you cannot reach.
• Combine the gum and
  the stick in your inventory and use this new item to get the key.
• Now
  use the key to open the gate and then enter the yard.
• Go to the center
  of the yard and take the photo that is on the altar.
• Go back to the street
  urchin and exhaust all conversations.
• Turn left and go to the end of
  the street until you reach the cow.
• Give the grass from your inventory
  to the cow so it will wander off to wherever it is that cows go to congregate.
• Now
  go to the end of the street until you see the ATM.
• Use your ATM card on
  the machine to get cash.
• Retrace your steps back up the street until
  you see a beggar standing at an alleyway.
• Walk past the beggar. Ignore
  the old beggar for now and go into the alley.
• Take the coat hanger that
  is mixed in a pile of garbage on the ground.
• Exit the alley and go to
  the store across the road that has a magazine in the window.
• Click on
  the car magazine in the window and then click on the store door.
• Try
  using the coat hanger on the door.
• Go back to the street urchin and,
  after you have exhausted all conversation, give him your money.
• After
  he gets the magazine, go talk to the beggar and then follow him into the alley.

Scene
3–Dream Sequence Continued

• You awaken in a jail cell. Click on
  the bed and take the banana underneath.
• Click on the window bars and
  then and use the banana on the monkey.
• After the monkey eats the banana,
  take the peel.
• Click on the window in the jail door and then use the banana
  peel on the window.
• Click on the bed. The noise will attract the guard
  who will then slip on the banana peel.
• Talk to the monkey and by clicking
  in the following order: Eek, Gnee, HooHooHoo, Gnee, WaHeeHee (as if you had to
  be told that!).
• After the monkey gives you the key, use it to leave the
  cell.
• Take the machete next to the guard’s unconscious body.
• Through
  the door you will find yourself in a small but easily navigated maze.
• All
  you need do is sneak behind the guards and knock them out. The trick is to not
  let them see you approaching.
• You can use your machete on all of the
  guards except for the one underneath a window. To knock him out, take the vase
  you will find at the top of one of the stairs, then click on the window above
  the guard and then click on the guard. One of the guards will have a key; you
  need to take it.
• Once you have defeated all of the guards, exit the maze
  by using your key on the locked door.
• You are inside the Taj Mahal; take
  the map you will find and then exit out the front door to where you began the
  game.
• Return to the elephant. Use your machete to cut the restraining
  rope and then climb on the elephant to rumble your way to freedom.

Scene
4–Back Alleys of New Delhi

• After you awaken, exhaust all conversation
  with the street beggar.
• Turn right and take the right side of the fork.
  Go to the end of the alley and turn right again.
• Take the business card
  and the medallion located in the trash on the ground.
• Go back to the
  fork and take the other path. Walk two screens past the sleeping beggar (you will
  notice he has your wallet). Look very carefully on the ground around your feet
  to find a feather. Use the feather on the sleeping beggar and then take your wallet
  back.
• Go into the alley right past the beggar. There is a large courtyard
  in front of you. Go to the far right and enter the only door you can open.
• Speak
  with the elderly woman until you have exhausted all conversation.
• Go
  back to the dirty mattress where you were sleeping and speak with the street urchin
  until he asks for money. Give him your money and then speak to him again.
• Go
  back to the house in the courtyard and take the bill on the desk.
• Exit
  the courtyard and go to the end of the long alley, where you should have seen
  a rickshaw driver.
• Give him the bill.

Scene 5–The Thugs’
House

• You are outside the walls of a large house.
• Take
  the rope from the ground.
• Follow the path until you find a branch in
  the bushes.
• Go forward until you find a crack in the wall.
• Combine
  the rope and the branch and use them on the crack.
• Once you are on the
  other side of the wall, walk forward to the tool shed.
• Enter the tool
  shed and take the screwdriver, the pliers, and the wooden box.
• Leave
  the shed and go to the back door of the house.
• Use the wooden box on
  the bottom of the door and then click on the alarm system.
• Use the screwdriver
  on the alarm system. Then use the pliers on the exposed wires to disarm the alarm.
• Open
  the dining room window and climb into the house.
• Leave the dining room
  and go to the library on the same floor.
• Find and click on the puzzle
  box on the table. All you need to do to solve this puzzle is to click on all of
  the pieces that will slide out of the box. Once you have clicked on every movable
  piece, the box will open and you will find a key inside. Leave the library and
  go up the stairs.
• Turn left at the top of the stairs. Use your key to
  enter the nearest room.
• Exhaust all conversation with the woman in the
  room and then its lights out again.

Scene 6–Dream Sequence Continued

• You
  are inside Kali’s temple.
• Take the stained glass windows that are on
  the walls–there are three on each side.
• Exit this room and go down the
  stairs.
• Take the door handle.
• Go to the window.
• On this
  window use only your stained glass windows that have eyes facing forward. When
  done correctly a beam of light will come through the window and open up a staircase
  in the middle of the room.
• Go down the staircase into the labyrinth.
• There
  are two ways find the exit from the labyrinth: you can follow the sound of the
  wind chimes, or if you wait long enough, a rat will appear. The rat will lead
  you through the doorways and always disappears through the next doorway that you
  need to go through. If you do take a wrong door, you must start again from the
  bottom of the steps. The labyrinth is very short, so don’t despair if you need
  to start over.
• Once you have reached the exit, touch the wall to go through.
• A
  floating lady is now on the floor trigger in the main room, but the bridge is
  out.
• Get out of the labyrinth and back into the corridor leading to the
  main room.
• To the right is a torture room. Enter the room and take the
  chain from the back of the chair.
• Go back to the main room and while
  in front of the bridge, combine the door handle and the chain and then use this
  item on the lever on the other side of the ravine.
• Now that the fire is
  out you can walk across the bridge.

Scene 7–Trapped in the Thugs’
House

• You are trapped inside a closet.
• Look around until
  you find the box of matches.
• Take the matches. Click on the box to get
  one match and the use this match on the box.
• Now that you can see, take
  the rag and the oil.
• Combine the rag and the oil and then use the lit
  match on the rag.
• Click on the closet lock and then click on both sides
  to get out of the closet.
• Go up the stairs and then use the screwdriver
  to remove the door hinges.
• Go to the library door and speak to the woman
  on the other side.
• Go upstairs and enter the room on the right.
• Take
  the keys on the desk.
• Now go to the room across the hall.
• Take
  the CD player from the night table.
• Click on the painting on the wall
  to reveal a safe.
• Use the key in your inventory on the safe and take
  the disc that is inside.
• Return to where you were speaking with the woman
  before you were knocked out.
• Combine the CD player and the disc. Now click
  the CD player on the woman. Exhaust all conversation with her.

Scene
8–The Temple of Kali; Dreams Become Reality

• From the back of the
  house, go to the garage.
• Use the key in your inventory to enter the garage.
• Take
  the remote control starter from the workbench.
• Take the cricket bat from
  the floor and then exit the garage.
• Go to the garage window. Click on
  the window and then use the remote control starter on the car.
• After the
  guard has passed out from the fumes, go into the garage and take his keycard.
• Exit
  the garage and follow the path past the gazebo until you see a statue of Kali.
• Use
  the keycard on the statue to disarm the alarm system.
• Go down the secret
  steps.
• Use the cricket bat on the sleeping guard and then take his machete.
• Go up the stairs the guard was protecting and use the machete on the
  window.
• Once inside the room, take the middle stairs.
• Go forward
  until you find your girlfriend on the altar.
• Click on your girlfriend.
• Exhaust all conversations with Dharmesh.