Divakurani’s short story‚ "Clothes‚" recounts the story of an Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ as she begins an arranged marriage that takes her to America and introduces her to an entirely new life. I found it fascinating to read‚ in part because its account of Indian society’s view of a woman’s role is as different from my own experience as it is from the role women play in American society. The story begins with a ritual bathing‚ in preparation for Sumita’s bride-viewing‚ the moment when she will first
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Clothes The text takes place in India and in California in the USA. It is an upper class family. We can tell that by the expensive saris‚ the mahogany almirah and the zari that is used to the sari for the bride-viewing. There are many persons introduced in the text. The main character is Mita Moni. Later she is called Somita Sen because she gets married. She is an Indian girl‚ and she is going to get married to the Indian man Somesh Sen‚ who lives in the USA with his family. It is an arranged marriage
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Clothes Essay The short story “Clothes” is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in 1995. Clothes is about a young Indian woman called Sumita‚ and she is having an arranged marriage. The story takes place in Calcutta‚ India‚ where Sumita lives with her family and her two friends‚ Deepali and Rhada‚ before she gets married. Her father has found a great husband from California for her‚ Somesh Sen. She travels to California with her new husband‚ and is astonished how USA is‚ compared to India. Somesh
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because their own cultural baggage‚ frames of references and convictions do prevent them from effectively taking on the new culture. The two stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai and “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ are about becoming Americanized through women’s rights and arranged marriages. In the story‚ “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ after the death of her husband‚ Sumita faces the choice of either staying in California or returning to India to live with her relatives
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Post Graduate Programme in Management at TAPMI‚ Manipal by Chitra Bengani Name: Chitra Bengani Roll No: 12417 Batch: 2012-14 Date: 13.07.2013 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project report titled “Understanding people’s perception about IPMPlus and setting up a distribution channel for it in Kolkata” is a bona fide work carried out by Chitra Bengani‚ Roll No. 12417‚ under my guidance for partial fulfilment of Post Graduate Diploma in Management
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The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow
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who has migrated to England with his son Ali. Parvez worries because Ali’s behavior has changed significantly. Early in the story‚ Parvez is afraid of discussing his worries with his friends because his son has always been a kind of showpiece son. Eventually‚ Parvez breaks his silence and tells them how his son has changed‚ hoping to receive some advice. After having a short conversation‚ they come to the conclusion that his son might be addicted to drugs and that he sells his things to earn money
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who lives on the other side of the world? How do you cope with being removed from everything you know‚ and placed in a completely different culture? Clothes is a story about a woman’s life‚ which is about to be turned upside down. A marriage with a man she barely knows sends her across the ocean to the daunting world of L.A. Clothes os a short story of love‚ arranged marriage and clothing‚ with Sumita as the main character. Sumita seems like a very kind‚ yet naïve young woman. She believes in the
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meeting all his aunts‚ uncles‚ grandparents‚ and cousins. I did not expect for the meeting to end up like this. Brandon‚ my boyfriend‚ and his younger cousin‚ Jake‚ picked me up at Packers Bay in the ski boat. It was a chilly morning and I was in shorts and tank top and had only my towel to keep me warm. The boys forgot where the houseboat was parked in the lake. We spent the next hour and half searching the entire area of Shasta Lake for their houseboat. “Brandon‚ just call your mom and ask where
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him and prays that whenever the time comes‚ that she will be the first to go because she is weak and he is strong. Summary of “Little Red Riding Hood” This short story is the classic tale of a little girl in a red cloak going to take her ill grandmother some baked goods. This is the first known publication of Charles Perrault’s story. Little Red Riding Hood was loved by her mother and even more so by her grandmother‚ who made her a red hooded cloak to wear out and about. The little girl was on
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