I have the least favour for Hari's father, although he gave me a better impression towards the end of the story.
Hari's father is a good-for-nothing. He drinks toddy all day long with his friends. He did not do any jobs to support his family and even have to sell off their cow because of increasing debts. He come back home not only drunk, but also beat up his wife and his children.
There is evidence from the passage that Hari have hatred towards his father in his heart. He hated him so much that he wished that his father would be beaten by a snake to death.
His father was also the roots of the main problems in the family. Everything is linked up together. The family had become dysfunctional because Hari's father cannot seem to bother about work and his mother is sick. His mum could not be blamed. If you had read the later parts of the story, you would have known that his mum had suffered from malnutirition. If Hari's father had worked, his mother would have better food and would not have fallen sick.
He was also the cause of Pinto's death. As he had owe the Khanekhar brothers a lot of money, the brothers became annoyed and killed Pinto. This seems to be the last straw for Hari before he ran away to Bombay.
Above are the reasons why I do not favor Hari's father.
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I agree with you. Hari's father is also my least favourite character. He totally abandoned the whole family and went to drink toddy all night and sleep in the morning.
Although Hari's father was not might least favourite character, I still agree with your points. You stated very clearly your points and you made a firm stand and you elaborated clearly
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