Part 6

In the book as a whole, Adiga has used Light and Darkness and their contrast to represent a variety of different things, from the Indian social hierarchy to Balram's morals and how he sees the world.  Chandeliers, although perhaps not a major part of the book, play a similar role, depicting Balram's aspirations, his shortcomings and his successes.  Balram's unwillingness for selfsacrifice got him very far indeed, but, in a country with such distorted ideas of Light and Dark, it was unavoidable that he would, in the end, find himself unable to progress further.