A Temporary Matter of The Permanent End In A Temporary Matter, Jhumpa Lahiri shows a transitory power outage that empowers Shukumar and Shoba to reconnect just to find that they have for quite some time been separated from one another. Shukumar and Shoba face four conditions of light, which figuratively speak to four phases of their relationship. Prior to the power outage, they are questionably far off as they abstain from standing up to one another about their emotions. During the power outage, the couple takes the risk of compromise. In any case, when the power has been fixed, they understand that they can just talk in a brief murkiness. They at last wake up from numbness when Shoba turns on the light and uncovers the reason for their mystery 'game'. Through these stages, Shukumar and Shoba come to concede that they are distraught to be as one. Along these lines, the transitory power outage incidentally prompts the changeless finish of their marriage life.Shukumar and Shoba's relationship is in a vague stage before the power outage.
