Ishvar Darji

E774546

Dalit character fictional character literary character tailor

Ishvar Darji is a low-caste Indian tailor in Rohinton Mistry's novel "A Fine Balance," whose life story reflects themes of social injustice, resilience, and the human cost of political turmoil.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ishvar Darji canonical	1
Omprakash Darji	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dalit character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ tailor ⓘ
appearsIn	A Fine Balance NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodyModification	both legs amputated ⓘ
conversionOfOccupation	from tanner to tailor ⓘ
createdBy	Rohinton Mistry NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Dina Dalal NERFINISHED ⓘ
experiences	police brutality ⓘ politically motivated sterilization campaign ⓘ slum demolition ⓘ urban migration ⓘ
familyBackground	Chamaar caste NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationContext	A Fine Balance (1995 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerOccupation	tanner ⓘ
goal	escape caste-based occupation ⓘ secure better life for Omprakash Darji ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	late 20th-century Indian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction	embodies human cost of political policies ⓘ illustrates brutality of caste system ⓘ
narrativeRole	protagonist ⓘ
nationality	Indian ⓘ
occupation	tailor ⓘ
personalityTrait	kind ⓘ patient ⓘ resilient ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	rural India ⓘ village in an unnamed Indian state ⓘ
placeOfResidence	Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Indian Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationshipToDinaDalal	employee GENERATED ⓘ friend GENERATED ⓘ
relationshipToManeckKohlah	friend GENERATED ⓘ
relationshipToOmprakashDarji	uncle GENERATED ⓘ
relative	Omprakash Darji NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStatus	low-caste ⓘ
suffersFrom	amputation ⓘ caste-based violence ⓘ forced sterilization ⓘ
themeAssociated	Emergency in India NERFINISHED ⓘ caste discrimination ⓘ human dignity ⓘ political oppression ⓘ resilience ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
worksFor	Dina Dalal NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Fine Balance → mainCharacter → Ishvar Darji ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omprakash Darji