Status Updates From Unaccustomed Earth

every story has brought me nearly to tears

The second story is about a Bengali family who welcomes a fellow Bengali man into their family. The wife definitely likes him as more than a “brother”, so when he tells them he is dating an American woman, it is devastating for the wife. But there is jealousy on both sides if only both women could learn to communicate it.

The first story is about an Indian woman whose mother has unexpectedly died, and her father comes for a visit. She isn’t sure if she wants to invite her father to live with her and her family, but it turns out, he doesn’t want to because he has found a new life - and a new woman - in traveling.