Option 1 -> Suggests indifference, but Maya clearly thinks warmly of home and tries to recreate her mother's recipes, showing she still cares.
Option 2 -> Implies a firm decision never to return, but the passage shows hesitation and ambivalence, not a definitive choice.
Option 3 -> Claims lack of emotional connection, yet Maya fondly remembers family gatherings, her mother's kitchen, and seeks connection through cooking.
Option 4 -> Reflects the passage's explicit statement: "with each passing year, the distance seemed to grow—not just geographically but emotionally."
Hence, Option 4 -> Maya's hesitation captures her internal conflict of feeling "split in two" between her life in Boston and her roots in Kolkata. The passage directly describes this deepening divide, and her attempt to recreate her mother's recipe—though incomplete—shows she's caught between two worlds, belonging fully to neither -> correct