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perennial realities Of psychological and philosophical truth.since Malamud is committed to the defence of life, he likes tobring out the possibility of understanding between man and man,especially under pressure of pain and suffering. Thosesituations in which pain and suffering are focussed areInformed by the employment of myths. The amount of love a man1s able to give life is the measure of his grace in Malamud'suniverse.Mukherjee's wlll to slnk into an allen culture, asdlstinct from remaining a member of a self-conscious minorityin a more pluralist society lrke Canada or the United States,has inspired many of her stories. Meltlng Into America, hercharacters are plagued with confusion and brutality. Indiannessbecomes a metaphor for a partlal, painful understanding. Thenewcomer's feelings about the West span a spectrum fromstranded expatriation to vibrant identification to momentarynostalgia for old homes. Mukherlee also uses the element ofmyth to create her stories that are complex and ironic.Protagonists actually try to come to terms with therr complexinheritance and to have roots. They try to belong bylntegratlon of the dlverse experiences, psychic needs andmyths.Tara In Bharati Mukherjee's The Tiser's Daushter finds itdifficult to relate herself to her famlly, city, culture in