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In the short story, “Clothes” written by Chitra Banerjee Divakarumi, Sumita, a young Indian woman, experiences the transitions of her marital relationship. Before the ‘bride-viewing’, when the groom picks out his bride from a group of women, Sumita performs a purifying ritual in a lake with the help of her friends. She is chosen by Somesh Sen, the visiting groom, and moves with him to his home in California. Initially afraid of her new husband, she eventually grows to love him as she learns about the American culture. As she slowly adjusts to her new environment, Sumita eventually fears herself becoming westernized, such as trying on clothes that she would never wear in India, and tries to hold on to her traditional Indian ways. Somesh wishes

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