I'm reading The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani.
Priya has just moved in with her husband and in-laws in America after an arranged marriage and has been noting all the cultural differences between India and America for the first couple of chapters. Women in her country do not normally work. Their main job in life is to keep the house clean and raise their children, yet Priya is now in search of a job. Another difference between the two cultures is that women are less modest in America, which she notices this after joining a gym. People also are more open about their private lives in America. Priya notes that one person asked another person, a complete stranger, how things were going in a line at the post office. In only a few minutes the man had told his life story, including his recent divorce. Priya also claims that American clothes are smaller and there are many more goods available to the consumer.
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