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1. www.npr.org › 2007/03/09 › 7784461Nair's 'The Namesake': A Life Between Two Worlds : NPR

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   Mar 9, 2007 · The Namesake, the latest movie from filmmaker Mira Nair, uses the immigrant experience to explore the meaning of identity. Based on the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, the film follows a ...

2. www.amazon.com › Namesake-Novel-Jhumpa-LahiriThe Namesake: A Novel - Kindle edition by Lahiri, Jhumpa ...

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   Sep 1, 2004 · THE NAMESAKE, by Jhumpa Lahiri, is a really engaging and intelligent look at the experiences of a young Bengali-American man, Nikhil "Gogol" Ganguli. It starts with a look at his parents' beginnings in the United States, living in a middle class town in Massachusatts, and adapting to the culture of the United States, while maintaining ...

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   Book Summary. The Namesake covers five primary periods in the life of the Ganguli family: 1. From India to America. Chapters 1 and 2 narrate the story of the Gangulis’ early days in America. Ashoke decided to move to Boston and begin graduate school after barely surviving a catastrophic train accident in India.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2007/03/09 › moviesThe Namesake - Movie - Review - The New York Times

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   Mar 9, 2007 · The Namesake. Directed by Mira Nair. Drama. 2h 2m. By Stephen Holden. March 9, 2007. Color is the stuff of life in the movies of Mira Nair, the Indian-born director whose newest film, “The ...

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   Jumping between the equally colorful and vibrant cities of Calcutta and New York, The Namesake is a family drama, but it's about a very different kind of contemporary American family: the Gangulis, who come to the U.S. from India in order to experience a world of limitless opportunities, only to be confronted with the perils and confusion of ...

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   Books. The Namesake. Jhumpa Lahiri. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 - Fiction - 291 pages. "Hugely appealing."--. People Magazine. "An exquisitely detailed family saga."--. Entertainment Weekly. Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home.

7. www.sparknotes.com › lit › the-namesakeThe Namesake Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

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   Analysis. The first chapter of The Namesake introduces many of the themes that will go on to shape the narrative: immigration, naming, literature, train travel, and re-birth. Lahiri’s narrator, writing in the third-person, describes the inner thoughts of Ashima and Ashoke, two recent émigrés to the United States, whose child will be born an ...