Anita Desai points out that the unequal opportunities among the children were created by the parents. As a result, it can bring lots of impact in their lives unknowingly. For example, Arun, who was sent to study abroad as undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was considered to be privileged compared to his sister. However, Arun, at this very young age, has some negative impact on his own life with this privileged opportunity. He landed in an isolated area for the first time, having a tough time mingling with the new environment since he does not have any idea of the lives in the United States. On the one hand, he was privileged to be abroad, since he will get experience, knowledge and exploration of a new culture and tradition, but on the other hand, he was like in exile from his own family and country, living in a new environment where he knows no one and has no experience at all. …show more content…
This is not his fault, since his parents were so orthodox and this hampered his life. Children have no idea and no hand in the creation of the unequal opportunities between themselves; it was the custom, the tradition, the orthodox minded people in their community and in their family that made them suffer, and experience the differences between the genders. As a women being born in Indian society, they even don’t have the privileged to work outside and take up their own desire job. Desai has mentioned in her story how the mothers react when their daughters are offered to do