![]() ![]() Ishvar and Om, two cobblers turned tailors leave their native village for the nearby town and then the city a Parsi student, Maneck, departs from his beloved mountain town to study in the same city the three of them are reunited in the flat of Dina, a Parsi widow whose independence depends on the financial income they provide. Rohinton Mistry’s second novel follows the evolution of four characters as they struggle for independence and survival in an unnamed city by the sea, “Bombay and not-Bombay at the same time” (Morey, 2004: 122), and questions the role of hospitality in the possibility of establishing a home. If a famous Indian saying states that “our guests are our gods” (“ atithi devo bhava ”), the journeys related in A Fine Balance (1995) nevertheless underline the difficulty of being accepted in someone else’s place, be it a city, a household or a mere awning. ![]()
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Head seeker Diane Kruger has a kind of modern Diana Rigg in The Avengers feel, wearing a white Armani double breasted blazer over slacks much of the time. And Stephenie was very receptive to the white vs. I like the idea that they visually peaceful and calming. I liked the idea that this group you assume to be evil would not be in black. “I pitched the idea of white costumes for the Seekers. Fans of Meyer’s book will recall that in the book, they wear black. They become a part of the desert they are living off in order to survive the alien take over.”īy contrast, the seekers hunting the humans in order to implant an alien soul, wear white. 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