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Abstract : Space and identity are inextricably bound to each other and exploring their relationship deepens the understanding of the spatial marginalisation the characters of a novel experience. The theorisation of space concerning the characters’ identity in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance explains the physical and psychological dispossession that they encounter, exposing the social, political, and economical forces rallied against them. The deromanticised presentation of the urban-rural dichotomy as well as the segregated spaces in the novel shatters the dominant idealised versions and realistically, exemplifies the difficulties of the marginalised in the country.