Hell-Heaven

I think this short story was a story about perspective. The mother, Boudi, resented Deborah for taking Pranab Kaku away from her. She hated the fact the Prenab Kaku was marrying this American and that he was leaving his Bengali culture behind without any hesitation. She had fell in love with Pranab Kaku and this American girl, with no Indian background, had swept him off his feet. It wasn't until Pranab Kaku and Deborah got divorced that Boudi discovered that Deborah felt terrible for taking Pranab Kaku away from them. She had always been the one to invite Boudi and the family over for events, but Boudi hadn't known this. She even went to the extent to say that she was jealous of the relationship that Boudi and Pranab Kaku had. Deborah felt like she could never know Pranab Kaku on that level. She was not a part of the Bengali culture and she could never totally become a part of it. Boudi on the other hand was jealous of Deborah and how she was able to fall in love with Pranab Kaku and marry him. She hated that she never got to spend time with Pranab Kaku anymore. It's funny that both Deborah and Boudi were jealous of each other. They never thought about how the other felt. They never tried to see things in the perspective of the other. Both of these women only saw the situation from their perspective and thus they both had a little bit of resentment built up for the other. It wasn't until they both sat down to talk that they realized they weren't that different of people.