1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The Indian government has just declared a State of Emergency.
Four strangers — a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village — are thrust together. Forced to share one cramped apartment. From distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state.
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is one of India’s best-known works of fiction; a sweeping saga that captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. Prayas presented this epic novel live on stage for its tenth anniversary.
