A Fine Balance
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A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Fine Balance canonical | 9 |
| A Fine Balance (1995 novel) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Fine Balance Context triple: [Oprah's Book Club, notableSelection, A Fine Balance]
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A.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
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B.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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C.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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D.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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E.
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House was the grand colonial-era residence and administrative headquarters of the British Viceroy of India in New Delhi, later renamed Rashtrapati Bhavan after independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Fine Balance Target entity description: A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
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A.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
-
B.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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C.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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D.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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E.
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House was the grand colonial-era residence and administrative headquarters of the British Viceroy of India in New Delhi, later renamed Rashtrapati Bhavan after independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Rohinton Mistry ⓘ |
| awarded | Giller Prize ⓘ |
| awardStatus | shortlisted for the Booker Prize ⓘ |
| containsCharacterFromGroup |
Parsi community
ⓘ
tailor caste ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
Emergency-era policies in India
ⓘ
forced sterilization campaigns ⓘ slum demolitions ⓘ urban migration ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780676970119 ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important novel about modern India
ⓘ
major work of postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dina Dalal
ⓘ
Ishvar Darji ⓘ Maneck Kohlah ⓘ Omprakash Darji ⓘ
linked to:
Ishvar Darji
|
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed portrayal of everyday life during the Emergency
ⓘ
tragic and realistic tone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 600 pages ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland & Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
McClelland and Stewart
|
| settingCity | Mumbai ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation | India ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
The Emergency in India ⓘ |
| structure | interwoven storylines ⓘ |
| theme |
caste discrimination
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ human resilience ⓘ political turmoil ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
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linked to: A Fine Balance