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Lahiri uses diction to display a condescending tone towards Mrs. Das, which demonstrates Mrs. Das lack of connection with her family. This is seen when Lahiri is describing Mrs. Das affair with her husband’s friend, and Lahiri states, “She made no protest when the friend touched the small of her back… He made love to her swiftly, in silence, and with expertise she had never known” (Lahiri 130). This quote showcases the condescending tone towards Mrs. Das with the use of diction. Using words and phrases such as “made no protest,” and “expertise,” Lahiri shows how Mrs. Das is not opposed to the affair, but rather welcoming of it, and excited by it. The word “expertise”

“They wept together, for the things they now knew.”(104) The last sentence of the first story in Interpreter of Maladies, reveals the cruelty of the elapsed romance in a marriage. In the two collections, A Temporary Matter and The Third and Final Continent, Jhumpa Lahiri demonstrates that a marriage can be either uplifting or discouraging depends on the mindset held by the couple and the strength of human bonding. Lahiri emphasizes the significance of mindset and human bondings through the ending of the two stories. The endings of the two stories are polar opposite : In A Temporary Matter, Shukumar and Shobha weeps for the termination of their relationship; The Third and Final Continent, by contrast, the protagonist(MIT) enjoys a fairytale-like

Chapter three of Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, when first read, confusion will start to seep through because of the concepts and writing style within the story making it unique in it’s own ways. More time processing the little details can lead to a different perspective of viewing the story in a more indepth way. Chapter three is a short story about Mrs.Das, who is miserable with her marriage and her life, as she starts revealing her secrets to Mr.Kapasi who also identical to Mrs.Das, is miserable with his marriage and life. In this chapter, Jhumpa Lahiri applies symbolism to affect the meaning of the story and to exhibit more concepts with ordinary objects you might not see as an alternative meaning.

First, this novel showcases acts of caring for family and friends, during a rough time for all the Indians bringing them closer into one community. The protagonist Sabine displays acts of caring among her friends and family. For instance, near the end of the novel, Sabine helps her mother’s friend, Lalita, despite having a sour relationship with her. Sabine saves Lalita from being arrested by lying to a military officer, thus making Sabine a more confident and brave person. Sabine faces her fear of the military and gains the power she

She is a born storyteller who proved her sustained creativity with the novel form. She is one of the widely read post–independence Indian English writers who write consciously of the issues that concern the educated middle class woman in Indian society. She attempts to closely analyze man-woman relationship within the perimeters of family and the contemporary social set-up. She primarily focuses on the captivating problems and the suffocating environs of her heroines, who struggle hard in this malicious and callous male-dominated world to discover their true identity. Shashi Deshpande's first book was The Legacy, a collection of short stories, and since then she has published dozens of stories. The authentic recreation of India, the outstanding feature of her stories, is a distinct feature of her novels also. There is nothing sensational or exotic about her India—no Maharajahs or snake charmers. She does not write about the grinding poverty of the Indian masses; she describes another kind of deprivation—emotional. The woman deprived of love, understanding, and companionship is the center of her work. She shows how traditional Indian society is biased against woman, but she recognizes that it is very often women who oppress their sisters, though their values are the result of centuries of

In a relationship, it is common for couples to share the blame for issues that arise. However, through the stories in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri it becomes clear that there is often one one individual who insights these problems. In “A Temporary Matter”, the main character, Shukumar, is mourning the his child who was stillborn and allowing his insecurities to distance him from his wife, Shoba. The story “Interpreter of Maladies” describe the crisis of a middle aged man, Mr. Kapsi, whose unsupportive marriage causes him to crave the attention of other. In “Sexy”, Miranda finally feels wanted by the man she is seeing, Dev, after years of unsatisfying relationships and continues to stay with him despite him being married to

As the story progresses, Lahiri complicates her opinion on the difficulty of embracing a new cultural identity through the issue of Mrs. Sen’s longing by displaying

Anita Desai is an Indian novelist and short story writer. She is known for her sensitive portrayal of the inner feelings of her female characters. Many of her novels explore tensions between family members and the alienation of middle-class women. In her later novels, she wrote on varied themes such as German anti-Semitism, the demise of traditions, and Western stereotypical views of India.

Readers also develop an emotional attachment to a character, such as the main character in Chitra Divakaruni’s “Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter”. From the direct perspective of the character, the reader looks through the eyes of an elderly widow from India who struggles to find balance between her

As her autobiography tells us , kamala Das whose maiden name was Madhavikkutty first attended a European school in Calcutta, then the Elementary school at Punnayurkulam, her birth place, and then a boarding school run by the roman catholic nuns. At the age of 15 Kamala Das was married to Mr.Das, an official in the Reserve Bank of India, Bombay , where her life became miserable in the company of her nonchalant, lustful husband. Kamala Das writes in both Malayalm and English, and has published eleven books in her mother tongue and three books of poems in English. Her poetical collections in English are: Summer in Calcutta (1965), The Descendants (1967), and The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973). She has collaborated with Pritish Nandy in Tonight. This Savage Rite(1979), a collection of their love poems. Her utobiography , My Story ,which was first serialized in The Current Weekly of Bombay from January to December, 1974, has come out as an independent work.(1976). She has also published a novel in English under the title, Alphabet of Lust(1976).Besides her poetical and prose works , Kamala Das has written extensively for various popular magazines and

Jhumpa Lahiri’s characters in her anthology ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ do face moments of unhappiness, however her characters are not always isolated in darkness. Many of Lahiri’s characters suffocate on their migrant experiences, struggling to let go of their home culture; India. Despite this, Lahiri suggests that the light can indeed be found in migrants’ lives if they maintain their connections with their birth place and accept their new fates, evident by incorporating and exploring happy moments for her characters who do so. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story Mrs. Sen’s, character Mrs Sen is Lahiri’s study of the classic case of a migrant who fails to adapt to their new life and fit into new culture; experiencing the inability to let go of the old culture.

The two stories, “The Wife” and “The Broken Heart”, were given to this literature circle to discuss and discover the stories’ plots and hidden meanings. Kira was our leader and illustrator; Isaiah was our researcher; Rainena was our reader; Hollis was our person who helped those who needed help. The stories had a similar theme, love, and how it affects those who have experienced love at its greatest measure. “The Broken Heart” was a short story revolving around the plot of disappointed love. It was a comparison between the love of men and women. Men’s love is based on their interest and ambition, seeking fame or fortune or dominion. As a result, they are not as attached as women. Unlike men, women are more in touch with their feelings. They are secluded and fixed on one person. Therefore, when women experience heartbreak, their whole personality can be changed from their original characteristics. In the story, a young woman’s love dies in war and she is

This novel Voice in the City is more about familial relationship instead of about satisfying the relationship. Despite the fact that the title may make one vibe that the novel is about the city of Calcutta, the "Voices" in the title alludes to the individuals. The familial connections indicated in the novel are of two sorts: that of one's own family and folks and the group of in-laws. The second class applies to Monisha who is hitched to a working class bhadra family, socially respectable yet a plebeian crew. Anita Desai has depicted the female mind for the most part through the character of Monisha.

The novelist pointed out an ignored truth of wife’s expectation of a very soothing relationship, a life flooded with love, care and understanding. But at the same time she also gives a hidden message about the condition of Mohan. He left her silently in Dadar flat when he realized she is not understanding him, he had done everything to keep his family available with all sorts of comfort.

Since a young Indian writer Jhumpa Lahiri released her first book "Interpreter of Maladies," the author and her book's characters have attracted a lot of attention. The nine stories of the "Interpreter of Maladies" are filled with details of Indian culture which help the author to present the life of Indians living in America in a new sophisticated manner and assist Lahiri in her attempt to reveal earlier unfamiliar to many people aspects of the everyday lives of the Indian immigrants. In the story "Sexy" we see Dev, a first generation Indian American who has a family, but in spite of that fact initiates an affair on the side. In his search for fascination in life Dev gets involved in a relationship with Miranda, a young and pretty