Lahiri Mahasaya

Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake follows the story of a rebellious Bengali boy named Gogol who struggles to find his own identity. While searching for a new identity, Gogol sacrifices his former self and conforms to the beliefs of those around him, causing him to become disconnected from his family and his Bengali roots. The choices that Gogol makes, such as his decisions to change his name, push away from his family, and disconnect himself from his culture, establish the themes of identity, family,…

Many people feel so comfortable with themselves that they are not ready to make such a big change, but others feel they need to branch out and try new things. In the story “Two Ways to Belong in America”, two sisters, Bharati and Mira, move from Calcutta, India to Detroit, Michigan in America. Mira does not want to change and assimilate to the American culture and become a citizen. Bharati on the other hand, wants to see what it’s like being an American and becomes a U.S. citizen. The story…

Written by Jhumpa Lahiri focus on how Gogol affected by his father’s death. And through series of events Gogol is more familiar with his cultural. Moreover, he understands and willing to accepts his family instead of refusing to be a part of it. The sudden death of his father leads the breaking up with Maxine, the traditional marriage with Moushumi, and the book from his dad all contributed to change Gogol’s perspective to his family and culture. In the novel, The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri shows…

magery in Interpreter of Maladies In Interpreter of Maladies a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri uses the literary elements of imagery in the forms of a camera and puff of white rice, to illustrate a tale the difficulty of communication can drive a family into a family and guilt-filled marriage. Mrs. Das an ill-equipped mother and a cheater are looking to pass along the suffering and blame to a different person as in the form of Mr. Kapasi, the taxi driver, While Mr. Das an ill-equipped father…

was released in 1989 and is extracted from her novel, The Joy Luck Club. Also, in her other short story entitled Mother Tongue, she focuses on the salient differences between Amy Tan and her mother, based on language. Other writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri examine the experience of immigrants in America. She uses her short stories, Mrs. Sen’s and The Third and Final Continent in the author’s collection, Interpreter of Maladies. Lan Cao and Chitra Banerjee also examine the challenges of immigration…

stories Interpreter of Maladies she wrote about the various problems that come about in different relationships. There is no denying the fact that depression and insecurity are significant personal problems portrayed through the characters Jhumpa Lahiri created. A problem in some relationships is depression. In her article “Depression Symptoms, Treatments, & Causes,” medical author and psychiatrist Roxanne Dryden-Edwards states, “Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and…

shock to Ashima but the idea of assimilating into the American culture was about as foreign as she was. Throughout her novel Lahiri paints the picture of what it was like for a Bengali foreigner to try and hold onto their culture in America. Along with trying to raise a Bengali family surrounded by ever pressing American influence. In the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the author explores the theme seed of cultural dissonance by showcasing how each member of the Ganguli family struggles…

The Container: Critique “What’s happened? Have we stopped?” “The Container” written by Clare Bayley and directed by Tom Wright gives us the story of five immigrants who struggle to get to one destination to achieve the same thing, a better life. Produced in 2007 by Tom Wright and acted by William El-Gardi, Mercy Ojelade, Deborah Leveroy, Chris Spyrides, Edward Mostafa and Doreene Blackstock who bring the story to life by giving us a better understanding of their character role by showing us…

Few films capture the essence of being an outsider in a foreign nation, namely and Indian in the United States of America, and one of these films happen to be Mira Nair’s The Namesake. Based on the titular book by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story focuses on the difficulties of a Bengali family after migrating to America, and the conflicts their son faces throughout his life after receiving an uncommon name, Gogol, at birth. Despite having such a simple premise, The Namesake shows the significance a name…

towards existing colonial and patriarchal hierarchies in the postcolonial through the effort of imagination. The book manifests the themes of cross-cultural which create a natural opportunity to compare the presence of juxtaposed cultural values. Lahiri recounts the lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are caught between the culture they inherited and the world in which they now find…