The Unusual Dilemmas Faced By Immigrants In The Namesake
The Namesake is about this perpetual dilemma faced by immigrants as they struggle to maintain their identities while trying to shake them off at the same time. The story was about adaptation and learning acculturing and also discovering new things about themselves while finds itself presented with two conflicting realities and cultures and sets of expectations - one of the host countries through the socio-cultural surroundings and the other of the home country through their parents. Whereas the parents maintain ties with their home country and try hard to inculcate in their children reverence for the values of the home country, the children are fascinated more by their peer groups and the society at large of the host country, which,