The document discusses the life of Kaushik, a Bengali graduate student in the U.S. who grapples with the loss of his mother and the adjustment to his father's new marriage. It details his struggles with familial relationships after his mother's death, particularly with his stepmother and stepsisters. Ultimately, the narrative explores themes of loss, adaptation to change, and the challenges of accepting new family dynamics.

1. YEARS END

2. Identifies as an
AmericanBorn in London
About the Author
Jhumpa Lahri
Her mother wanted her to
adopt the Bengali culture

3. Pulitzer prize winner
for fiction
Graduated from South
Kingstown high school
Completed her B.A in English from
Barnard college

4. After their first summer in the U.S, his mother was
diagnosed with cancerKaushik, a Bengali graduate
student in the U.S who moved
to the states from Bombay
when he was sixteen
The following summer she was no more.

5. Now he had a step mother and two step sisters
DAD
calling
Kaushik’s father called him
while he was back in
college and told him that
he got married in a formal
ceremony
A few years later
He struggled to deal with the
reality of his father being in
another marriage now after
his mother’s death

6. He still agreed to meet them on Christmas
He was anxious, to
deal with the change,
to accept the reality as
it was now.
He was Reminded of how his father had
stashed away all pictures of his mother in a
shoe box because he could not bear to see
them

7. Kaushik managed to establish a good relationship
with his step sisters, Rupa and Piu and they
developed a liking towards him
Their bond was based
upon how they all had
to suffer losing a parent.
The father in the case of
the girls
However Kaushik was having a hard time adjusting
with his step mom.
He felt as if his father was with her only to replace
that feeling of lonliness and having some to do all
the dirty work.

8. One night Kaushik’s father
and step mother went out
for a party leaving him
alone with his sisters
That night Kaushik found his sisters playing with the
shoe box full of his mothers pictures, this was the last
straw he unloaded on them and told them what he
really thought of their mother
Kaushik then left the house feeling guilty about what
he had done, but he did not turn back, abandoning
his sisters. He drove all the way to the Canadian
border over the next few days
CANADA

9. Kaushik did not meet his father or step mother and
sisters till the day he was graduating from college.
That was the day his father explained to him how
the two were slowly drifting away from each
other, his proceeded with telling him that he was
shifting to a different city. Kaushik had no plans
to move.

10. Relatedness Learn to adapt to changes

11. Learn to share backage
Learn to accept death

12. Critical appreciation

13. THANK YOU
Made by:
• Anushka Anand
• Kriti Sharma
• Mudit Sehgal
• Rishabh Chowdhry
• Siddharth Sharma
• Vidhi Dua
GROUP NO. 5

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