Shukumar’s Mother Character Analysis

Shukumar compares Shoba to his mother, stating that after the death of his father, his mother had “fallen to pieces […], abandoning the house he grew up in and moving back to Calcutta, leaving Shukumar to settle it all.” Shukumar admires Shoba’s careful planning and preparation, especially compared to his mother’s lack thereof—it’s perhaps for this reason that Shukumar takes Shoba’s grief-induced indifference especially hard.