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Sharma and Gupta’s discussion in this passage makes clear the central place that gender roles and the conflict between tradition and modernity hold in their lives—and in the story more broadly. Debriefing their confrontation with Miss Das moments before, Gupta references “Indiraji’s Raj,” or the period when Indira Gandhi was prime minister of India. The first (and only) female leader of the country, Indira Gandhi presided over a massive modernization of everyday life, including significant changes to women’s role in society.
Gupta’s allusion to this hints at his unfamiliarity with having women in power; it also underscores the transformations experienced…