A Fine Balance

To anyone who hasn’t yet read ‘A Fine Balance’ by Rohinton Mistry, you are really missing on one of the greatest books written by an Indian author.

It was my friend TK who introduced me to the book, she warned me that it was heart wrenching, sad yet fabulous. Now I’m not one to jump and wallow in misery which is not my own (smile)..yet there was something about the foreword of this book which made me take it from her hands and carry it home. And read it through the night, and days after till I hadn’t finished it.

This book is about four characters—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash and a young boy named Maneck. Four diverse people from varied backgrounds who come together, develop a bond and depart from each other lives as dramatically as they came.

A must read for everyone who has a passion for books and compulsory for every Indian- a book to be proud of.