Michael Rushdie

In mukherjee's  "the management of grief"  i get a sense of attempting to preserve a cultural identity but failing in the mists of western momentum. For instance when the girl says shed rather go to wonderland, or the boy is lost in his walkmen. It seems  the only reminder of india remaining is left in the brittle sounds of tea and teapots. the story maintains its grounding by holding on this thread of keeping hope, especially from the standpoint of a mother, but can be related to maintaining hope in other aspects than death. the narrators tone is also quite different than the others weve dealt with. The character is less fantastical yet keeps almost two separate standpoints in her narration. the things she does and says and the things she would like to. It also shows the effect of returning to culture after leaving and the alienating aspect of such a reality.