Shoba’s mother appears only in a memory of Shukumar’s. He describes her as a serious, religious woman. Shukumar thinks back to when Shoba’s mother came from Arizona to live with the couple after the baby’s death. Shukumar had mentioned the baby in conversation. Shoba’s mother looked up from her knitting only to respond, “But you weren’t even there.” Shoba’s mother reinforces Shukumar’s fear that his physical absence from the tragedy denies him the right to mourn the baby’s death.
Shoba’s Mother Quotes in A Temporary Matter
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[Shoba’s mother] was polite to Shukumar without being friendly. She never talked to him about Shoba; once, when he mentioned the baby’s death, she looked up from her knitting, and said, “But you weren’t even there.”
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Shoba’s Mother Quotes in A Temporary Matter
The A Temporary Matter quotes below are all either spoken by Shoba’s Mother or refer to Shoba’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Temporary Matter
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[Shoba’s mother] was polite to Shukumar without being friendly. She never talked to him about Shoba; once, when he mentioned the baby’s death, she looked up from her knitting, and said, “But you weren’t even there.”
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