Ashima gets ready to visit her parents in Calcutta. She buys everything she can from stores: pens, paintbrushes, pencils, etc. As she exits the train to go home with Gogol, She realizes she has left all the items on the train. She returns home upset at the fact that she will not be bringing any gifts to her family. Ashoke decides to call metro station and it turns out all of Ashima's items were found and nothing was taken. This makes Ashima feel a little bit closer to Cambridge. Ashima and Ashoke get a call from Ashima's brother. He first talks to Ashoke and them to Ashima. Ashoke tells Ashima that her father has died. She decides to leave the gifts she bought for her father on her train and not bother to get them back. They leave a couple of days later to Calcutta. As they board the train Ashima tells Ashoke she doesn't want to go.
Question: Why is Ashima afraid to see her family?
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I think Ashima is afraid to see her family because she hasn't seen them in a long time and that they mght begin to judge her parenting skills. They might see that Gogol has become "Americanized" and that he does not practice Bengali customs theway he should be.
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