Ethnic conflict and the Fate of Parsis in India: a Study of Rohinton Mistry’s Tales from Firozshah Bag

Rohinton Mistry is an Indian born Parsi writer settled in Canada. He writes about the ethnic conflict that his community faces from the right wing political parties in Bombay like the Shiv Sena. His short story collection titled Tales from Firozshah Bag describes the Bombay city of the 1960s and 70s from a Parsi perspective detailing the present condition of the Parsis and their loss of social, economic and political significance. The short stories in the collection also present the issue of ethnic conflict that the community had to face from the neighbouring communities that call themselves ‘sons of the soil’. This article aims to analyse the issue of ethnic conflict faced by the Parsi community in the post-independence period with reference to Mistry’s first collection of short stories titled Tales from Firozshah Bag. KeywordsEthnic Conflict, Rohinton Mistry, Parsi Literature, Tales from Firozshah Bag.