Mukherjee jasmine essay

Bharati Mukherjee described herself as a ‘Hindu Bengali Brahmin’ who was born in Calcutta on 27th July 1940. She maintained her attachment with her religion, beliefs and race living at United States and Canada.

In Mukherjee's short story "The Tenant," Maya's claim that " [a]ll Indian men are wife beaters" (99) may be an exaggeration, but the more disturbing revelation is that "the groom's mother was absolute tyrant of the household" (Mukherjee, Jasmine 147) in India.

The death of Prakash, a progressive Indian man who serves as Mukherjee's mouthpiece for rejecting feudalism, is significant.

It convinces Jasmine that there is nothing else redeeming about strife-ridden and regressive India, and that her only alternative is to go "alone to America, without job, husband, or papers" (Mukherjee, Jasmine 97) to complete Prakash's mission.