Her most obvious challenge is learning to drive. Her most obvious challenge is learning to drive. Marriage is one of the most important themes Jhumpa Lahiri explores in Interpreter of Maladies. Mrs. Sen herself can hardly bear the idea that she won't be able to see her sister's baby for another few years. The author portrays a diverse range of relationships among married couples. Her place is "warm, sometimes too warm" (MS 12).

A few days later, when the next fish arrives, Mrs. Sen tells Eliot to put on his shoes. Back in India, she had the services of a chauffeur, but here in America being truly self-sufficient means that she must learn to drive a …

But the passengers complain about the smell of the fish, and Mrs. Sen is confronted and embarrassed by the bus driver. Think of Mrs. Sen as the opposite of a freezing New England winter. In fact, her place is the opposite of the "tiny beach house where [Eliot, the boy she babysits] and his mother lived year-round…already cold" in September (MS 12). The Difficulty of Communication.

Mr. Kapasi, who is the interpreter of maladies, as Mrs. Das names him, has lost his ability to communicate with his wife, forcing him to drink his tea in silence at night and leading to a loveless marriage. Adopting new customs is the mark of a successful transition into a new country. Mrs. Sen, unwilling to settle in America, obstinately upholds the patterns and routines of her life in Calcutta.

Mrs. Sen wonders aloud whether Eliot ever misses his mother since they're separated during the day. The primary theme of this story is Mrs. Sen's difficulty in assimilating to American life. In \"This Blessed House,\" newlyweds Twinkl… Mrs. Sen. Still in transition from old to new, Mrs. Sen struggles to reconcile her understanding of where “home” is; this conflict in cultural identity is a common theme throughout much of Lahiri’s fiction, both in this collection and beyond. In Mrs Sen’s by Jhumpa Lahiri we have the theme of culture, change, isolation, independence and identity. Communication breaks down repeatedly in “Interpreter of Maladies,” often with hurtful consequences. Mrs. Sen's In both Mrs Sen's and A Temporary Matter, there are central themes of isolation, symbolism of marriage and food in relation to culture, and a separation of main characters by the resolution. Mala's effortless absorption of the American customs preferred by her husband indicates that her assimilation will not be as painful as Mrs. Sen's.

But Eliot's already a little man. Mrs. Sen's and When Mr. Pirzada came to dine By: Jaida Bolin and Katie Heeg For example, in \"A Temporary Matter,\" Shoba and Shukumar experience increasing alienation after the loss of a stillborn child, and the title of the story itself hints that their marriage may be approaching dissolution.

Mrs. Sen learns the bus route and begins to take Eliot to the shore herself.