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UNACCUSTOMEDEARTH

BY JHUMPA LAHIRI


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FEW WORDS ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Name : Nilanjana , Sudeshna.Nationality: Indian American.

Books authored:Interpreter of Maladies(1999)The Namesake(2003)

Unaccustomed Earth(2008)


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ABOUT THE BOOKUnaccustomed Earth is the late st book from PulitzerPrize winning author Jhumpa Lah ir i.Ju st l ike her other book s, Unaccustomed Earth is alsoa reflect ion of l ife with two separate culture s, andhow people cope w ith o ne a nd the other .Collect ion of 8 short stor ies --- UnaccustomedEarth ,Hell-Heave n,A Choice of Accommodat ions,Only Goodness, Nobodys Business and Hema A ndKaushik.


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OBJECTIVEIn Unaccustomed Earth , characters are

Bengali immigrants , mostly acade mics, the ir sec ond generat ion who are bor n inforeign soil and the ir non-In dian f r iends or spouse.Unacc ustomed Earth shows that the place to w hich you f eel the str ong est attach mentisnt necessar ily the coun try youre tied to

by blood or birth: its the place that allows you to become yoursel f . This place, she qui etly indicates, may not lie on any map.


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THE STORYIt is a bou t three generat ion s, and the relat ion shi p between the three, the f ather , his daughter Rum a, and her son , Ak ash .What mak es the story most com pell ing i s the limi ted communi cat ion between the f ather and daughter, both af raid insome way to acknow ledge that they have moved away f r omthe ir culture of o r igin and have embraced aspects of the newculture

Dur ing his stay, Rum as f ather bui lds u p a bon d with his grandson Ak ash . The two create a little garde n at the back of the house, a relat ion shi p thus f lour ishes as the f lowers and plants blossom


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MINGLING CULTURE & CONFLICTED

HEART The story trace the lives of Bengalis

who have moved to the UnitedStates.

They experience a disconnection intheir new lives.Many adults struggle to hold on to

what they once knew, their circle of

friends being largely other Bengaliexpatriates who are strangers in astrange land.


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The children , often born in the

United States, are moreconnected to the States.The Bengali culture is slippingway with each succeedinggeneration .

Parents consider India as"home ," while the children onlyendure those repeated tripsback there."Home " for children is where

they now live, a home with anew set of mores, language,dress, and relationships.


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There is a definitegenerational conflict .The children seldomread or speak Bengali .

They serve as"cultural translators "for their parents in this

new land.


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HEMA AND KAUSHIKDevastated by his mother's death and his f ather's acqui sition of a replace ment br ide, Kaushik , the

pr otagoni st stor ms out of the wealthy subu r bs of M assach usetts.The story spread acr oss three chapters ; one wr itten f r om Hema's perspect ive, one f r om Kaushik 's perspect ive and

third one in third person .


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A story of two kids whomeet, the girl is attractedtowards the teenage boy

bu t they move on in the ir respect ive lives findingnew hobbi es ,newdest inies until one day lif e br ings them together.


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Kaushik ,on the other hand wanted a saf e and secured lif e for Hema and didnt want to in volve her in his uncerta inties.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ANY ATTEMPT AT ANY LEVEL CANNOT BESATIS FACTORILY COMPLETED WITHOUT THESUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF LEARNED PEOPLE.I

WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS IMMENSE GRATITUDETO MRS SRIMOYEE MAJUMDARFOR HERCONSTANT SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION THAT HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO COME UP WITH THIS

SEMINAR.


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