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.