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a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788192328058" title="Special:BookSources/9788192328058">9788192328058</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer</b></i> is a 2012 novel written by author and playwright <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Mistry_(writer)" title="Cyrus Mistry (writer)">Cyrus Mistry</a>. Set in pre-Independence era of India, the book is about the <a href="/wiki/Parsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsi">Parsi</a> community of corpse bearers who carry the dead bodies for burial in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dna_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dna-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea for the novel came to Mistry in 1991, when he was researching the subject for a film producer, who wanted to make a documentary on it by <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>. The film could not be made so Mistry decided to write it as a novel.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer</i> won the <a href="/wiki/DSC_Prize_for_South_Asian_Literature" title="DSC Prize for South Asian Literature">DSC Prize for South Asian Literature</a> in 2014 and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_English" title="List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English">Sahitya Akademi Award for English</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chronicle_of_a_Corpse_Bearer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phiroze Elchidana is a Parsi corpse bearer also known as "khandhias", of the Parsi community whose role is to collect the dead, perform the last rites and rituals before the corpses are left to decay or consumed by the vultures. The son of a priest who is inept at his studies, Phiroze compounds his family’s disappointment by falling in love with Sepideh, the daughter of a khandhia. He later marries her and becomes a corpse bearer himself. Sepideh dies, leaving Phiroze and his daughter in sorrow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chronicle_of_a_Corpse_Bearer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_News_and_Analysis" title="Daily News and Analysis">Daily News and Analysis</a></i>, Aditi Sheshadri called it an "interesting and uncommon account of social discrimination" but further said that it is not the "stirring, dramatic, intensely personal tale of love and loss that it could have been."<sup id="cite_ref-dna_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dna-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mahvesh Murad of <i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_(newspaper)" title="Dawn (newspaper)">Dawn</a></i> wrote: "<i>Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer</i> is not a perfect book, but it is an important one."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jai_Arjun_Singh" title="Jai Arjun Singh">Jai Arjun Singh</a> said in his review that the novel "reads less like a well-paced, internally consistent novel and more like fragmented socio-history, trying to say too much about too many things."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy of <i>Outlook</i> said, "Peppered with grey humour, irony and tragedy, this well-crafted book is a winner."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chronicle_of_a_Corpse_Bearer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Chronicle_of_Corpses" title="A Chronicle of Corpses">A Chronicle of Corpses</a>, a 2000 gothic art-house film</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chronicle_of_a_Corpse_Bearer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dna-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dna_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dna_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeshadri2012" class="citation news cs1">Seshadri, Aditi (2 September 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-chronicle-of-a-corpse-bearer-1735601">"Book review: 'Chronicle Of A Corpse Bearer'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_News_and_Analysis" title="Daily News and Analysis">Daily News and Analysis</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170906183742/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-chronicle-of-a-corpse-bearer-1735601">Archived</a> from the original on 6 September 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Daruwalla">Keki N. Daruwalla</a> (1984)</li> <li><i>Collected Poems</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Surayya" title="Kamala Surayya">Kamala Das</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rich_Like_Us" title="Rich Like Us">Rich Like Us</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nayantara_Sahgal" title="Nayantara Sahgal">Nayantara Sahgal</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trapfalls_In_the_Sky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trapfalls In the Sky (page does not exist)">Trapfalls In the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shiv_K._Kumar" title="Shiv K. Kumar">Shiv K. Kumar</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Lines" title="The Shadow Lines">The Shadow Lines</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=That_Long_Silence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="That Long Silence (page does not exist)">That Long Silence</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Trotter-Nama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Trotter-Nama (page does not exist)">The Trotter-Nama</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Trees_Still_Grow_in_Dehra" title="Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra">Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=After_Amnesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="After Amnesia (page does not exist)">After Amnesia</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. 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