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Alcohol and Drinking
In Unaccustomed Earth, the consumption of alcohol symbolizes escapism and disconnection, especially when that disconnection occurs due to a character’s shifting cultural identity. Because Indian culture has a history of stigmatizing drinking, alcohol is…
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Photographs
Throughout Unaccustomed Earth, photographs represent alienation, loss, and grief. In the collection’s stories, photos preserve special moments of connection while emphasizing the characters’ distance from those happy memories—an idea that mirrors the immigrant characters’…
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