Rooster Coop Analysis

The writer constantly uses the term ‘Rooster Coop’ to describe the condition of the servant classes in India. He describes it as "Hundreds of pale hens and brightly coloured roosters stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages, packed as tightly as worms in a belly, pecking each other and shitting on each other, jostling just for breathing space; the whole cage giving off a horrible stench…The roosters in the coop smell the blood from above. They see the organs of their brothers lying .es those chickens living in a miserable condition with the poor class in India. "The very same thing is done with human beings in this country, From his analysis of the structure of the inequality in the country, the narrator comes to believe that liability for the

Ashok and Pinky Madam where Mr. Ashok was the only man who was a little concerned about him whereas in Delhi,the Maaliks were not bothered about their servants at all.Since it was the first time he had come to a city,he was attracted by the huge buildings ,big cars on the roads and made friends with a driver who had vitiligo lips while most others drivers used to treat him like an outcast since he had just come from a village.Vitiligo lips got him introduced to the illicit magazines and prostitutes and it was all new for Balram who sensed real freedom for the first time in his life while doing these things as the people in the city do these things and he somewhere now considered himself a city person,Corruption and immorality crept in Balram completely by this time. Prostitution is another dark area of India of Light. In the big cities, due to poverty most of the women are forced to adopt this profession.The recent case of Shweta Prasad Basu,a national award winning actress turning to prostitution is one example that needs to be mentioned here. In Dhanbad, Delhi and Bangalore, there are red light areas where one can negotiate a price with these women. This is where he got to know about the extreme level of corruption at higher level and realized that it’s possible to commit almost any crime and get out of it freely if one has money.Thus the desire to be rich,to be free made him kill his master,Ashok . He ran away with his money because he knew that if he had money he also will have the power to manipulate the consequences,the judicial system.He ran away to Bangalore and bribed the police in order to help set up his taxi business.He changed his name,his identity and was happy as he had almost everything he had dreamt of. .The close nexus between criminals, police and media persons is also exposed. Balram Halwai transformed into Ashok Sharma—a Bangalore based successful entrepreneur is confident that he is “one of those who cannot be