POSTCOLONIAL ELEMENTS IN ROHINTON MISTRY’S A FINE BALANCE

Abstract

Postcolonial theory is one of the prominent theories in academic surroundings from the mid twentieth century. Marxism is the underpinning for postcolonial theory which appears from traditional Marxism in 1970’s. Most of the critics and writers give their contribution to the development of postcolonial theory in literature. Many of the works produced by the postcolonial writers essentially deal with colonialism and imperialism. They not merely concentrate on colonial effects but also how far it is degraded the culture and life of individual in the colonized society.