Family Matters

Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, the novel chronicles the struggles and obligations of a Parsi family. The story centers on 79-year-old Nariman Vakeel, a retired teacher and widower afflicted with Parkinson's disease, who lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Jal and Coomy. When Nariman breaks his ankle, the stepchildren, resentful and unable to cope with the burden of care, force him to move in with his daughter Roxana, her husband Yezad, and their two sons in their small, two-room flat. This new responsibility strains Roxana's already crowded and financially precarious household, pushing Yezad into a series of increasingly desperate decisions to secure his family's future. The narrative explores themes of familial duty, love, tradition, guilt, and the social and political atmosphere of contemporary India.

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