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    Jhumpa Lahiris “The Namesake” explores the link to belonging in detail. The emphasis is on Gogol Ganguli. Gogol struggles with a sense of belonging to his family and his Bengali culture and heritage throughout his life in the course of the novel. Born and raised in the U.S.‚ while his parents spent their entire life in India following Bengali culture and practices and moved on to America as young adults. Gogol must try to find a sense of belonging as he deals with trying to belong in American society

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    Death Do Us Part? At the start of Gogol and Moushumi’s marriage‚ as the reader you’d think they are a match made in heaven. In the beginning they are in a particular phase called “The Cupcake Phase”. Like the quote “All good things come to an end”‚ their marriage started out all “lovey dovey” but ended horribly. Their marriage failed because of a lack of understanding for each other’s needs‚ because Moushumi had her own desires she still wanted to pursue‚ but Gogol wanted that real housewife he could

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    United States‚ their adopted home. Gogol‚ their son‚ however‚ was born in the United States and is somewhat embarrassed by his parents Bengalese practices. Gogol is also uncomfortable with his name. It is neither a Bengalese nor an American name. No one he knows has a name like his. In school‚ kids make fun of it. But the conflict goes deeper than that. Gogol’s father tries to explain why he gave that name to his first-born child‚ but Gogol could not care less. Gogol‚ in his attempts to get out from

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    In the age of globalisation‚ the issues of diaspora‚ transnationalism‚ cultural mongrelization‚ hybridity‚ identity crisis continuously enrich the diasporic literatures of the twenty first century. Topographical shifting‚ cultural transaction‚ multiculturalism‚ fluid identity forms a complex framework in the field of global migration. Apart from these‚ the concept of root‚ home‚ nostalgia‚ memory‚ alienation‚ hybrid identity are interlinked with the diasporic phenomenon. According to the various

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    handful of earth and some money in front of the baby to determine their future career. The objects are layed in front of Gogol and he turns away. An ‘uncle’ then proclaims that‚ “most children will grab at one of them…but Gogol touches nothing’. The inability of the baby Gogol to choose anything forshadows uncertainty plaguing him throughout his life. This contrast between Gogol and ‘most children’ makes him become different‚ which emphasis Gogol’s struggle to belong in both American and Indian civilization

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    thirty years in the life of the Ganguli family. The Calcutta-born parents emigrated as young adults to the United States‚ where their children‚ Gogol and Sonia‚ grow up experiencing the constant generational and cultural gap with their parents. A film adaptation of The Namesakewas released in March 2007‚ directed by Mira Nair and starring Kal Penn as Gogol and Bollywood stars Tabu and Irrfan Khan as his parents. Lahiri herself made a cameo as "Aunt Jhumpa". The present paper explores to what extent

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    Genre: Growing Up‚ Family Drama Themes: Identity: In The Namesake‚ everybody is seems lost under various terms . Every character struggles with his or her identity‚ as they feel allured by the different cultures‚ traditions‚ and personal ambition. Gogol‚ in particular‚ is torn between two cultures – the Indian traditions of his parents and the modern American culture in which he grows up. His struggle is the same one that his sister Sonia goes through. It’s also related to the struggle his parents

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    The pages of The Namesake drift across decades effortlessly‚ and suck the reader into the daily lives of two generations: the immigrants: Ashoke and Ashima‚ and their children: Gogol and Sonia. Naturally‚ it is also a chronicle of all their romantic relationships. As we witness their lives unfold before our eyes‚ we see love go right‚ and quite often‚ wrong. This allows for an analysis of the finer details of their personalities‚ their backgrounds‚ and how they affect their endeavors in the new

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    struggles of the first-generation immigrants to assert a western identity‚ as well as to maintain rich eastern traditions. It also explores the challenges faced by the children‚ being second-generation immigrants‚ as represented by the main character‚ Gogol‚ who attempts to shed the Bengali identity to fully embody the American status. Yet‚ the journey towards re-invention and self-discovery finally teaches him the value of family‚ one’s roots and cultural pride. This study concludes that this novel reflects

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    Even so‚ lower-ranking officials still had arbitrary power to decide local fairs. As a result‚ officials would demand briberies or attributes to both commoners or minor officials to make decisions or facilitate approval. In The Overcoat‚ Nicolai Gogol portrays a poor minor official at the bottom of the bureaucratic hierarchy‚ to criticize the backward‚ corrupted tsarist government and Russian

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