Sometimes the separation is caused by the individuals and other times it is caused by the circumstances by which the cultures were put together.
Many people say that a house is a house until a family is in it, and then it is a home.
In Grace and Inder s case, their house was always just a house. The main reason for the clash between Grace s culture and her husband s is Inder s family. Grace separates herself by her differences with Inder s family from the moment she meets Inder and goes to visit his family in India. Before Inder s family finds out about Grace, Grace asks him if he has told them about their relationship. From the beginning of their marriage, Grace sees Inder more or less, as an American.