Arranged Marriage, all stories deal with the trans-cultural conflicts which the Indian characters suffer in America. Majority of the characters are new settlers in the alien land, and at the beginning of their life in America, they find it extremely difficult to adapt to the American way of life, American culture, conjugal life, and personal morals. In fact, it is a cultural shock to them but slowly they understand the realities of life and it becomes a question of survival for them. Women suffer more than men, and as dependents on men, especially husbands, they adjust themselves to the new environment even accepting the husband’s extramarital sexual relationship. Even in the midst of suffering and pain, they develop a positive attitude to life, lest they should end up in conjugal bankruptcy. Most of the female protagonists in the stories discussed in this chapter are compelled to develop a positive attitude to life, and they surmount trans-cultural conflicts in the alien land. It is a diasporic dilemma and a discussion of the problem in the ensuing pages affirms the researcher’s contention. Arranged Marriage story deal with the life of Indian immigrants in America, especially women immigrants. As a woman writer, Chitra focuses on the problems of Indian women rather migrated from India or born of Indian parents living in America. In India, women are said to be the custodians of traditions, culture, morals, religion, and family life, and when they are placed in an alien land, they find their life and culture in jeopardy. As orthodox Indian women, they are unable to adapt themselves to the American culture, which they think has no value. Free society, sexual freedom, cohabitation, neglect of parents and elders are unheard of in India, and when an Indian immigrant woman makes an encounter with such factors in America, she is shaken mentally and trans-cultural conflict crops up in her leaving her in a quandary. Some woman refuse to adapt and they suffer, and return to India, while others accept their destiny, and continue to live there.
