In this novel there are many referrences convey the messages to know the characterictics of indian society to differ it from foreign society which is certainly followed by Mali.As there are shown many aspects of indian culture and marriage tradition in the flashback of jagan which made a conclution to readers to identify the differences of the marriage of Jagan and Mali.
The conflict between Mali and Jagan, contains another major theme in the form of cultural tension. After quitting his school studies, Mali becomes fixated on the idea of coming to America. After he travels there and returns, he appears to have fully rejected the Indian culture in which he was raised. He marries an American woman, eats beef, and constantly complains about the "slowness" he perceives in India, contrasting it with the rapid progress he says is always occurring in America. In the same vein, he characterizes his father's inability to see the value in his business venture as a failure of his non-Western point of view. Mali's valuing of American culture ultimately appears to have less to do with an actual understanding of the West and more to do with a repudiation of his father's values.
