A fine balance maneck6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() This book, like India, has everything colour, joy, poverty, hope, love, passion, tragedy, violence and laughter, and even though it is a long book it never feels too long, each page being a pleasure to read. Set in the 1970’s during a time of political turmoil after a state of ‘Emergency’ has been declared by the government, this is really a novel about India itself, and in that way I think it succeeds admirably. ![]() These four lives are about to intersect with each other in increasingly life-altering ways. This is a BIG book, primarily concerned with the lives of Dina Dalal who sets up a sewing factory in her rented flat, Omprakash and Ishvar Darji an uncle and nephew tailor team trying to get by, and Maneck Kohlah a university student from a small village who comes to the ‘city by the sea’ to study refrigeration. A lot of people who like the same sort of books I like have been raving about it and I’ve always meant to read it, so after I got a free copy I felt the time was right. I was given a copy of this book on World Book Night earlier this year. First Sentence: The morning express bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed. ![]()
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