6. Compare Ashok and his family's actions after Pinky Madam hits a child to Balram's response when his driver does.

[John]

6. Compare Ashok and his family's actions after Pinky Madam hits a child to Balram's response when his driver does. Were you surprised at the actions of either? How does Ashok and his family's morality compare to Balram's in respect to the accidents, and to other circumstances?

[Kristel]

Pinky Madam's family were willing to sacrifice Balram.

[Connie]

This is one point where Ashok clearly did the wrong thing (despite my comment elsewhere that Ashok didn't individually wrong Balram). You could debate that Ashok had to protect his wife, but... Here Balram as an employer acted in a much more moral fashion, helping both his employee and the family (and yet also avoiding criminal and insurance charges).

[Pip]

In Pinky's case, although wrongdoing was admitted, it was expected that a servant would take the blame for his Master. Balram didn't shift the blame so much as use the system to avoid prosecution.