The writer of the story, Rohinton Mistry , is an Indian-born Canadian writer who belongs to the Parsi community . He was born in 1952 in Bombay (now Mumbai ) and immigrated to Canada in 1975. He studied mathematics, economics, English, and philosophy at the University of Bombay and the University of Toronto . He is known for his novels and short stories that depict the lives of Parsis in India and Canada, often dealing with themes of cultural identity, migration, and social justice. He has won several awards for his works, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. He has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, for his novels Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2002). His stories are influenced by his own experiences as a Parsi and as an immigrant, as well as by his observations of the political and historical events in India and Canada. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary wri...