Complexities in Marriage in Transnational World: A study of Jhumpa Lahiri's short story "Temporary Matter"

Marriage in a traditional set up remains 
different to what it can be in a place which 
is other than one’s native land. When one 
moves from one’s native land, they carry 
the baggage of their past identity which 
combines culture, tradition, habits and 
other things related to one’s lifestyle. But 
when they move to another nation, it 
becomes complex for them to cop-up with 
the society there. When one goes to 
another nation to raise one’s financial 
status, it becomes easy for him/her to 
compromise with anything which comes in 
between. Gradually, they gel themselves 
up there with the environment, be it 
relationship of marriage or any other 
relation. But these things are easy for the 
second generation immigrant to be that 
fine with the life in migrated country but 
when it comes to those who have seen half 
of their lives in their native land, for them 
it is tough to adjust that easily. The shortstory “Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa 
Lahiri was published in the collection 
Interpreter of Maladies. This short-story 
brings out that how a tragic event brings 
catastrophe in a marriage.