Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the hgh visibility of Indian writing in Englihs in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres. Rohinton Mistry has provided some of the most sustained explorations of post-Independence Indian society through his chronicles of individual and community lives. Mistrys fiction covers many themes, from politics to Parsi community life and economic inequality to national events such as wars, rigorously examining the impact of historical forces and social events on small lives. Nandini Bhautoo-Dewnarains study, a schematic introduction to Mistrys works, looks at the process of marginalization or Othering in his fiction. Exploring Mistrys themes of tradition, ageing and families, Bhautoo-Dewnarain demonstrates how his fiction moves from the local to the universal.