There is Dina, the struggling landlady whose husband was run over and killed whilst cycling to buy ice cream for a family gathering Ishvar and Omprakash, tailors whose families had been brutalised by the destructive legacy of the caste system and Maneck, a refrigeration and air conditioning student whose best friend is tortured and killed by the government.Ĭentral to the plotline is The Emergency of 1975-1977, in which the Prime Minister was given the power to rule by decree, creating an effective dictatorship in response to threats of ‘internal disturbance’.
Rohinton Mistry’s 1995 novel A Fine Balance is set in 1970s India and follows four characters who come to interact with each other over a period of around 15 years.
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