Portrayal of Migration in the Novel ‘A Fine Balance’ and Migration in COVID-19: A Comparative Study

Dr Rajeshvari

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.2957

Portrayal of Migration in the Novel ‘A Fine Balance’ and Migration in COVID-19: A Comparative Study

Author(s)	Dr Rajeshvari
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Abstract	Objective of this paper is to study the effects of migration in and outside the country. Migration has been in trend from a very old time. People have been migrating from one place to another place or across the border. A number of books have also been authored in literature with focus upon internal and external migration. To understand the reason and impact of migration I have taken Rohinton Mistry's famous novel 'A Fine Balance' which is based on the theme of migration due to social and economic issues. This novel depicts social and economic issues of migration with keeping eyes upon the pitiful situation of lower and labour class. Portrayal of displacement from one place to another has been done realistically. It seems that all the events are happening in front of reader's eyes. Whether it's the plight of main characters in the novel or pain of the migrant labourers, we discovered that behind the migration of common people social and economic issues are more in force than other issues. In social issues, casteism, pressure of landlords, difficulty of switching the profession, lack of security, feud, marriage, drought, etc. Are the key reasons of migration. In economic issues, better education, poverty, lack of variety of occupation, allurement of city life or life abroad, desire to earn handsome money are some of the reasons. Reverse migration too is one big issue. When people come to the cities in search of a better life, what forces them to return. If we observe the situation during Covid -19 in India, people, especially the labour class return to their villages owing to many reasons. Lack of food and unemployment are the main reasons among them. Finally, the focus of this paper is, whether it is the story of the labour class in the novel or during the crisis of Covid-19, they are the ones who have always borne the brunt of circumstances and lockdown.
Keywords	Pull and Push Factors, Social and Economic Issues of Migration, Reverse Migration, Money.
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June 2023
Published On	2023-05-06
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.2957
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gr7hcs

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Portrayal of Migration in the Novel ‘A Fine Balance’ and Migration in COVID-19: A Comparative Study

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