Tales from Firozsha Baag
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Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the lives of residents in a Parsi apartment complex in Bombay with humor and poignancy.
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| Tales from Firozsha Baag canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tales from Firozsha Baag Context triple: [Rohinton Mistry, notableWork, Tales from Firozsha Baag]
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Phool Bagh
Phool Bagh is a historic royal garden complex in Orchha, India, known for its ornate pavilions, fountains, and Mughal-influenced landscaping.
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Salim Singh Ki Haveli
Salim Singh Ki Haveli is an ornately carved historic mansion in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, famed for its distinctive architecture and intricate stonework.
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Begums of Bhopal
The Begums of Bhopal were a line of powerful female rulers who governed the princely state of Bhopal in central India during the 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for their progressive reforms and patronage of education and infrastructure.
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Safed Haathi
Safed Haathi is an Indian children's adventure film, best known for its heartwarming story about a boy's bond with a white elephant and its direction by acclaimed filmmaker Tapan Sinha.
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E.
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Kaagaz Ke Phool is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Guru Dutt, celebrated for its pioneering use of cinematography and its tragic, semi-autobiographical portrayal of a filmmaker’s downfall.
- 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: Tales from Firozsha Baag Target entity description: Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the lives of residents in a Parsi apartment complex in Bombay with humor and poignancy.
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A.
Phool Bagh
Phool Bagh is a historic royal garden complex in Orchha, India, known for its ornate pavilions, fountains, and Mughal-influenced landscaping.
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B.
Salim Singh Ki Haveli
Salim Singh Ki Haveli is an ornately carved historic mansion in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, famed for its distinctive architecture and intricate stonework.
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C.
Begums of Bhopal
The Begums of Bhopal were a line of powerful female rulers who governed the princely state of Bhopal in central India during the 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for their progressive reforms and patronage of education and infrastructure.
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D.
Safed Haathi
Safed Haathi is an Indian children's adventure film, best known for its heartwarming story about a boy's bond with a white elephant and its direction by acclaimed filmmaker Tapan Sinha.
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E.
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Kaagaz Ke Phool is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Guru Dutt, celebrated for its pioneering use of cinematography and its tragic, semi-autobiographical portrayal of a filmmaker’s downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| alsoPublishedAs | Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rohinton Mistry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Auspicious Occasion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Condolence Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ Exercisers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lend Me Your Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Of White Hairs and Cricket NERFINISHED ⓘ One Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ Squatter NERFINISHED ⓘ Swimming Lessons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Collectors NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost of Firozsha Baag NERFINISHED ⓘ The Paying Guests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing Rohinton Mistry’s reputation as a writer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts | daily life of middle-class Parsis ⓘ |
| depictsReligion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistType | Parsi residents of Firozsha Baag ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realism ⓘ |
| mainLocation | apartment building in Bombay ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
ⓘ
third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | early work of Rohinton Mistry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precedes | Such a Long Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCommunityDepicted | Parsi community ⓘ |
| publisher | Penguin Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bombay
NERFINISHED
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Firozsha Baag apartment complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Parsi identity
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ social change ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century Bombay ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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poignant ⓘ |
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