The Importance of Moushumi Keeping Her Old Wedding Dress

When reading the Novel we are even a quick little detail that I think is of extreme importance, and is not capitalized enough in this novel. I think Moushumi keeping the wedding dress is a form of revolt against her parents and even the marriage itself. It is said many times in the novel that this marriage worked out perfectly two Bengalis marrying each other; this is not want Moushimi wanted she wanted a marriage were she married an American man not another Bengali man. Even though she loves Gogol, I think she is upset with herself for marrying a Bengali man almost being biased against Gogols ethnicity.  This point of herself being unhappy with marrying a Bengali man is also capitalized in her affair with Dimitri. I think the dress is almost a reminder to her that she almost went through with this revolt against her parents, and it almost worked. I think this is also foreshadowing the state of their marriage she is not willing to get rid of everything from her past relationship. So she  is not ready to completely accept Gogol as her husband. Also the keeping of her maiden name is another indicator of her unhappiness with marrying another Bengali man. She does a very american thing in keeping her maiden name, and this is the exact opposite of what Indians are supposed to do. In conclusion I think the wedding dress is an important indicator of Moushumi's unhappiness not with Gogol, but with marrying another Bengali man.