Religion is one of the reasons why Parsis are a minority in Bombay, India. They believe in Zoroastrianism while most Bombayites are Hindus. The other religions that are minorities are Christianity, and Islam. One of Gustard's friend, Malcom, said to Gustard, "we are the minorities in a nation of Hindus" (Such a Long Journey, pg. 23). Malcom was a Christian and they used to fight about their different religions and who's religion came first. Gustard told Malcom "Our prophet Zarathustra lived more
ahead with the decision to act in Fore, I had no confusions, ever.” Fire was passed uncut by India's censor board in May 1998 with a rating houses in most metropolitan cities across India for almost 3 weeks. However, on 2 December, more than 200 Shiv Saineks7 theatre in suburban Goregaon in Mumbai. They smashed glass panes, burning posters and shouting slogans. They compelled managers to refund tic...
also explores the political background during that time. The battle between India and West Pakistan during the Bangladeshi Liberation War that helped East Pakistan form their own sovereign state, Indira Gandhi's socialist and corrupt government and Shiv Sena's fascist regime led by their ethnocentric leader, Bal Thackeray influenced the background of the novel. There were growing tensions between East Pakistan and West Pakistan during 1971. After winning the 1970 elections, East Pakistan wanted to
Indians prepared for the Second Indo-Pakistani War. The atmosphere in the Parsi community was insecure and anxious as ever under the political turmoil. “Gustard identified Shiv Sena and Indira Gandhi's authoritarian politics and anti-minority policies as two major threats that his community had to deal with.” (Sadhath, 5). Shiv Sena is a federal political party, previously a supporter of fascism and anti-minority policies. In the novel, they were portrayed as an over-confident party ignoring the verbal
Asha is a slum resident who dreams of making it "big", big being the first female slumlord of Annawadi, to fix issues for the Shiv Sena party and take advantage of government anti-poverty programs in order to make money. With nothing but profit in mind, Asha sends her daughter Manju to university so that she will get a leg up in life and improve the family's situation even greater
Institute of Technology became the Promised Land” (Mistry 66) indicates the extent of Gustad’s predetermination and resolution about the future of his son. The attempt made by Gustad to protect and save his s... ... middle of paper ... ...andhi and Shiv Sena. Gustad learns that his friend is a profound thinker “It occurred to Gustad he had been doing his friend a grave injustice all these years, regarding him merely as a joker” (Mistry 74). Gustad plays with sentiments of Dinshawji and motivates his
In Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo tells the stories and struggles of families living in a slum adjacent to the Sahar Airport in Mumbai, India. Boo details the ways in which the residents of this slum, Annawadi, attempt to escape their poverty, but fail to do so. Despite numerous initiatives sponsored by the Central Government of India to improve the lives of the many individuals living in Annawadi, these programs are ultimately unable to do so due to deep-rooted corruption in the city
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us”(Samuel Smiles). The book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, written by Katherine Boo, depicts a troublesome slum that is trapped in a rapidly revolving culture. Where time is progressing continuously for the rest of the world, the slums of Annawadi are stuck in it’s backlash. In a place invisible to ignorant eyes, the future of Annawadi was doomed from the start. Annawadi was polluted by society and the
argued that purdah had already been imposed on her, but her tongue would be a naked sword, unrestrainable. While Chughtai faced obscenity charges for her story, Fire loosely based on Lihaaf was strongly condemned by right –wing parties like the Shiv Sena and the Bhartiya Janta Party as being foreign to Indian culture, with acts of vandalism performed at the theatres. However the voice of female sexuality proved to be an indomitable one. Over the years writers like Kamala Das , Arundhati Roy and Manju
The notion of globalisation encompasses various different aspects of social, economic and political life. In order to answer the question of whether or not globalisation is a progressive or negative force, I must first define globalisation. Then I shall examine the impact of globalisation on the population and finally determine whether this is a positive or negative impact. There are five different aspects that I have chosen in order to define the phenomenon of globalisation. They are internationalisation
Rohinton Mistry with his novels like Such a Long Journey (1992) and A Fine Balance (1996) showed to the literary world that he is a novelist who believes in depicting life as it really is. Both the novels exhibit his excellent understanding of Indian social life. A veracious portrayal of the Indian middle class is the high point in Mistry’s narratives. His bitterness and disappointment with the government’s hostile attitude towards the poor is evident in his novels. Such a Long Journey (1991) is