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A Fine Balance
Life’s never fair, and if you think modern problems are new, Rohinton Mistry’s “A Fine Balance” will remind you that the grind of injustice and survival is as old as cities themselves. Four people thrown together by circumstance in 1970s India, trying to stitch together a life amid chaos, caste prejudice, and political madness. It’s a heavy story, but one that refuses to be just another sob fest.
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