Part 4

Balram is a very complex character, who could be classed as psychopathic.  He is obviously very ambitious and this means that he will do anything to have his way.  His definitions of Light and Darkness are based on power and wealth.  The only aim he has in life for the majority of the story is to leave the Darkness for good, and he does so by sacrificing others. This does, in the end, attain him reasonable wealth and power, but he is not truly happy even in the Light.  He feels some element of dissatisfaction because the death of Mr. Ashok seems, in a way, to haunt him.  Nevertheless, his chandeliers make him feel that he finally made it to the Light, and he has little to no regrets about having caused the probable death of his whole family.