THE INFERENCES OF CULTURE AND TRADITION IN ROHINTON MISTRY’S A FINE BALANCE

Abstract [English]

The realm of anthropological life is contingent on the diverse cryptographs of multifaceted civilization. The literary expositions have exerted on a cautious and conscious sweat to exhibit the tranquilities of cryptographs. The subjects like ‘class’, ‘caste’, ‘custom’, ‘culture’, ‘identity’, ‘tradition’, and ‘heritage’ have been bright enough to inhabit the crux of literary expressions. Authors from the past to the present have acknowledged intense subjects which facilitate to depict the animated, veiled and treacherous virtues of individuals in an unimaginable convention. It is pertinent to advocate the insight of society in the intellect of committed and fascinated writers. They have embarked on the life and lifestyle of people; who inhabited from nook and corner of the world with passable resolution in foreseeing the flavours, fortunes, and prosperities for the betterment of human existence.
Rohinton Mistry is an experiential fabric of intellectual spectrum to delineate the authenticities of Indian culture and tradition. His literary magnum opus A Fine Balance (1995) seizures the carnages and atrocities of emergency declared in India. It pictures the contemporary glitches of class and caste system. Even the issues like ragging and Parsi life are vibrantly visualised with ample scope. His stupendous conception of typoscripts has kindled the bibliophiles to endorse and encapsulate the exhortations of emergency and its consequences. The scorching complications like corruption, courage, vehemence, dignity, and decorum noticed in Indian city ‘Bombay’, now called “Mumbai” is typified in the novel. Hence, the research paper makes an unwavering attempt to shed light on the inferences of culture and tradition in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance within the contemporary framework.