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The book focuses to deconstruct the norms and experiences of immigrant people, their sufferings and hardships, the predicament of women, cultural clashes suffered by them in both cross-cultural interactions and within one’s own culture. It also discusses the different manifestations of patriarchy at home, the reasons for the immigrant men’s patriarchal practice even after crossing the borders, and the reactions of the affected women. It discusses love for homeland andIndian culture, nostalgia, assimilation, acculturation, and generation gap. Women face challenges by overcoming the brutality and degradation and come out as survivors.