I also thought that about Maan, for about the first third of the book (I was recently rereading the Holi scene, where Lata watches Maan - who is high on bhang - licentiously rub coloured water over Savita's breasts, and she is obviously both shocked and excited by it). But then it became clear that HE HAS EYES ONLY FOR FIROZ. I was reading online that Seth had been asked at some sort of Q&A event about the precise nature of Maan and Firoz's relationship, and he said that while their relationship is not purely platonic, that's not the basis of their relationship. But I think Seth is wrong. (Well, kind of.)