FRACTURED MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS IN JHUMPA LAHIRI?S INTERPRETER OF MALADIES AND UNACCUSTOMED EARTH.

In these stories, JhumpaLahiridescribes the fractured marital relationships of Indians in exile and their struggle to communicate in an alien land. Marriages only between Indians are shown in Interpreter of Maladies whereas Unaccustomed Earth shows many cross cultural marriages as well. Both first and second generation emigres are present in her narratives and the themes of dissociation, isolation and displacement predominate. The burden of displacement is most visible in the women characters, especially the first generation immigrants, as they had to leave their home and family on account of marriage.