Question

Discuss the character and role of Janak in Indra Bahadur Rai’s There’s a Carnival

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Answer 1

Janak was a caring person but at the same time was too proud.

• Janak was a banker turned businessman and was also a political leader. He was half-Indian, and his lovely wife Sita was born in Nepal.
• Together, they move into a house with a lot of families, and Janak, who was a caring person, finds himself supporting his neighbours and less fortunate relatives.
• As a result, he falls into debt and seeks solace in infidelity, falling for Yamuna, his ailing friend's flighty young wife.
• He aspires to own a home, but was too proud to ask his powerful in-laws for a loan. Instead, he borrows money from his partner, but when he fails to repay it, he ends up in prison, with all dreams broken.