Set in the mid-1970s in India, A Fine Balance tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a "State of Internal Emergency". Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances- and their fates- become inextricable linked in ways no one could have foreseen.
Written with compassion, humor and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textures and powerful novel by one of the most gifted writers of our time.