Interpreter of Maladies

"Oh, Mina and I were both born in america'" mr. Das announced with an air of sudden confidence. "Born and raised." I think this quote speaks grestly of one of the themes of this story, that though many people in America have different cultures, it is what makes American so special and what givers her her unique identity. The line "Mr. Kapasi found it strange that mr. Das hook refer to his wife by her first name when speaking in front of the little girl". This furthermore describes the differences between some cultures, in this case between a New Jersey tour guide and a family of Indian lineage. These two different races and cultures represent the hundreds of cultures that have combined in American to make it a melting pit of sorts of all different cultures form numerous parts of e world. Despite theirs differences however, I think the line "but Mr. Das squeezed hands like an American do that Mr. Kapasi felt it in his elbow," is also very key yk the theme of Jhimla Lahari's Interpreter of Maladies, that though America is a huge melting pot of culture and diversity, each citizen is indeed American and each is proud to admit so.