Unaccustomed Earth - 2

I believe the first story Unaccustomed Earth dealt with all different types of love. It focused on many aspects of love between a husband and wife, mother and child, father and child, grandparent and grandchild love. The husband and wife love is shown in two different ways, the relationship between Ruma's parents and her own with her husband. The love her parents shared seemed to be that of a gradual love, there are hints throughout the story that their marriage was arranged, and I believe that their love was more gradual and was a more appreciative type of love that came from their shared life experiences. Ruma's own marital love is by her own choice, she chooses to follow her own path and found her husband and they share a different relationship than her parents did. The love and relationship between a mother and child is played on through the whole story. The need for a mother and missing her own mother is constantly brought up by Ruma. Ruma's mother hasa very established and comfortable role with her daughter and is very involved with her and with her grandchild. And once she passes there is a void that seems hard to fill for Ruma. The relationship between Ruma and her father is completely different.  There is a constraint and wall between them almost their whole lives and an almost professionalism to their relationship. They never needed each other until the mother passes away which after a while forces them together. The many different types of love are shown through this story and also are shown to change as they did with the relationship between Ruma and her father.