Politics explored and exploded in A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry When politics is a practice of power that governs life with a set of perceptions and practices, A Fine by Mistry Balance is a novel that acts as a great force by fearlessly showing the rich variety and the sterile wickedness of life, demonstrating that power is abused and that the strong crush the weak, as Frank Norris observes in The Responsibilities of Novelists. Aware of the social and political life of India and closely linked to its background, Mistry's narrative brilliantly captures the crowded and pulsating life of India as Mistry looks beyond the beauty of 'Incredible India' capturing the corruption, politically motivated schemes , political decisions, sufferings of lay people, caste issues, rule of Zamindars and inhuman treatment of untouchable minorities. Presenting an authentic portrait of contemporary India during the era of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi, India in the novel is linked to its timeless chain of caste exploitation, male chauvinism and linguistic struggles. and community disharmony. Further the tyranny of power - starving politicians over poor - starving citizens is exposed as Mistry describes the humiliating condition of people living in Jhopadpattis, deaths on railway tracks, demolition of shacks under the guise of beautification, deaths in police custody, accusations of lathicharges and murders on the pretext of enforcing family planning. As the story develops, A Fine Balance makes the private arena and the public orbit interact to reveal that the two are connected as the individual and family cannot escape the center. of paper......to remind you who you are. Then you can move forward, without fear of losing yourself in this ever-changing world” (594-95). Even if in this novel the lives of the characters seem to have lost their importance, and the balance between hope and despair has almost been overturned, the age-old question has been well asked. If we continue to ask ourselves this, then perhaps the meaning of the individual and the need for spiritual balance will never be completely lost. Works Cited Kumar, Gajendra. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry: a slice of middle-class life. New Delhi: Swarup and Sons, 2001. Mistry, Rohinton. A subtle balance. New Delhi: Rupa, 1996. Print. Bhatnagar, Vinita P. “A Reading of a Subtle Balance.” The Fiction of Rohinton Mistry, CriticalStudies.Norris, Frank. Responsibilities of the Novelist and Other Literary Essays London: Grant Richards, 1903 (25-33)

Topic > Politics explored and exploded in A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry When politics is a practice of power that governs life with a set of perceptions and practices, A Fine by Mistry Balance is a novel that acts as a great force by fearlessly showing the rich variety and the sterile wickedness of life, demonstrating that power is abused and that the strong crush the weak, as Frank Norris observes in The Responsibilities of Novelists. Aware of the social and political life of India and closely linked to its background, Mistry's narrative brilliantly captures the crowded and pulsating life of India as Mistry looks beyond the beauty of 'Incredible India' capturing the corruption, politically motivated schemes , political decisions, sufferings of lay people, caste issues, rule of Zamindars and inhuman treatment of untouchable minorities. Presenting an authentic portrait of contemporary India during the era of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi, India in the novel is linked to its timeless chain of caste exploitation, male chauvinism and linguistic struggles. and community disharmony. Further the tyranny of power - starving politicians over poor - starving citizens is exposed as Mistry describes the humiliating condition of people living in Jhopadpattis, deaths on railway tracks, demolition of shacks under the guise of beautification, deaths in police custody, accusations of lathicharges and murders on the pretext of enforcing family planning. As the story develops, A Fine Balance makes the private arena and the public orbit interact to reveal that the two are connected as the individual and family cannot escape the center. of paper......to remind you who you are. Then you can move forward, without fear of losing yourself in this ever-changing world” (594-95). Even if in this novel the lives of the characters seem to have lost their importance, and the balance between hope and despair has almost been overturned, the age-old question has been well asked. If we continue to ask ourselves this, then perhaps the meaning of the individual and the need for spiritual balance will never be completely lost. Works Cited Kumar, Gajendra. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry: a slice of middle-class life. New Delhi: Swarup and Sons, 2001. Mistry, Rohinton. A subtle balance. New Delhi: Rupa, 1996. Print. Bhatnagar, Vinita P. “A Reading of a Subtle Balance.” The Fiction of Rohinton Mistry, CriticalStudies.Norris, Frank. Responsibilities of the Novelist and Other Literary Essays London: Grant Richards, 1903 (25-33)