2 ways to belong to America
... This transformation is very similar on certain levels to Bharati Mukherjee’s experience as described in her work, Two Ways to Belong to America. ... The culture of America had a great impact on Bharati in just a short period of time. ... Just like the way she described, “America spoke to me – I married it – I embraced the demotion from expatriate aristocrat to immigrant nobody, surrendering those thousands of years of “pure culture,” the saris, the delightfully accented English. ... Both Bharati, author of Two Ways to Belong to America, and I have adapted to our new environment quickly and this new environment help create the unique kind of people we are today.