A Journey from Despair to Hope in Rohinton Mistry’s Such a Long Journey

Abstract

This research article entitled “A Journey from Despair to Hope” aims the modes of resistance exhibited by Mistry’s characters in Such a Long Journey whenever they are confronted with any contestation of power. Mistry’s first novel appeared in 1991 and won a string of awards. Such a Long Journey, which revolves around a Parsi family in Bombay, was short-listed for the booker Prize and for the Trillium Award. It also won the Governor General’s Award, the Smith Books/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Mistry delineates the fluctuating fortunes of Gustad Noble, an affable middle-aged man of modest dreams and aspirations. While dealing with the communal life of the Parsis in post-Independent India, the novel also captures the socio-political-cultural turmoil the sixties and early seventies witnessed.