Which of the following statements correctly identifies the author and thematic focus of the novel "A Fine Balance"?
Rohinton Mistry, exploring social injustices during India's Emergency period
'A Fine Balance' (1995) was written by the Indian-Canadian author Rohinton Mistry. It is set in an unnamed Indian city during the Emergency (1975–77) declared by Indira Gandhi, and follows four characters whose lives intertwine against the backdrop of forced sterilisation, slum clearance, caste oppression and state repression — making 'social injustices during India's Emergency period' its central theme.
Salman Rushdie is associated with magical realism in 'Midnight's Children', not this book. Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the Indian immigrant experience but in works like 'The Namesake' and 'Interpreter of Maladies'. Arundhati Roy wrote 'The God of Small Things'; she is not the author of 'A Fine Balance'.
Hence, the correct statement is: Rohinton Mistry, exploring social injustices during India's Emergency period.
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