Jhumpa Lahiri

Commentary on article “British Society in India under the East India Company” by P.J. Marshall There is a person behind any research and analysis, which means that author’s personal background is significant. According to recommendation letter to pro-vice chancellor on Bristol university’s website, I found out that Professor Peter James Marshall was born in Calcutta and his family is British-Indian on both sides, which defines him as mixed race . There might be an assumption that his family…

Culture 's capacity in The Namesake can be seen as nearly endless when considering the many themes that give themselves to the story. Given that the story pertains to immigration and integration as a whole, culture is obvious to come up under a variety of ideas inevitably impacted by the story telling. A major component of how the story focuses on fostering culture is through it 's growth in areas with similar or familiar inhabitants. This is seen in The Namesake as a way for families and…

communication is needed. Without it, relationships can turn to ruin. In the following short stories, the relationships lack communication which lead to destruction. Throughout A Temporary Matter, When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine, and Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri suggests the themes of miscommunication and unexpressed thoughts which illustrates the importance of communication in continuing a relationship. In A Temporary Matter, the characters relationship suffers due to the fact they no longer…

Between Two Worlds In her novel The Namesake, Jumpa Lahiri presents us with a vivid and insightful interpretation of the life of the Ganguli family and allows us to witness the many struggles that accompany their condition of immigrants. As we witness their efforts to adapt to living in the US, we can clearly appreciate the difficulties immigrants usually go through and what it takes to adapt to living in a foreign land. Ashima Ganguli, the Bengali wife and mother, eagerly tries to adapt to…

When a name is chosen for you, the name becomes your personality, appearance and you. In the book The Namesake, Lahiri compares Gogol/Nikhil's struggle with the struggle of growing up in two different cultures. America is a free country, which allows Gogol to change his name and be anything he wants to be. On the other hand, the culture of his parents and them giving him that name, is anything but free. The name they chose was chosen by respect and honor towards their homeland. The author…

delicate. In order to thrive, it requires love, but without that durable foundation, the smallest of fractures can cause the collapse of the entire relationship. “Sexy” in the collection, Interpreter of Maladies, written by award winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, portrays what basis an extramarital relationship is supported by. Miranda, a young American, is engaged in an affair with a wedded man, Dev, who is different from any other guy she has ever dated. Through the unique perspective of the…

Comparative Analysis: The Namesake & Perfume Analysis of Perfume by Patrick Suskind and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Both texts are post-modern writings that either directly or indirectly focus on the identity of its central characters in the first two chapters. Lahiri being a diasporic writer reflects her diaspora in her work through her characters key features or conflicts. Süskind bases his story in the Victorian era; it is however, influenced heavily by the industrial revolution as well,…

find this for himself. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol/Nikhil's development in the novel displays how he struggles to discover his personal and cultural identity…

numerous individuals who choose to immigrate to a new country, many feel a strong sense of isolation in the new environment. They struggle to adapt to a new culture and language, often wondering if immigrating to a new country was a mistake. In Jhumpa Lahiri 's The Namesake, Ashima Ganguli, an immigrant to America from Calcutta, struggles with alienation to adjust to the new American culture. Ashima, along with her husband, Ashoke, have moved to the United States, as there are numerous…

Introduction: Jhumpa Lahiri deals really with generalizations in her “Interpreter of Maladies” in which many of her women characters depicted in diasporic situations. Her women characters, which are related to husband and wife roles within marriages, are sympathetic in description and they are found as stereotypical of Indian culture by the American readers. Married woman characters of Lahiri often deal with confusions of marriage such as; relation to cooking, working outside the home, and…