Cultural Identity In Jhumpa Lahiri’s THE NAMESAKE Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the author of The Namesake‚ was born in London‚ the daughter of Indian immigrants from the state of West Bengal. Her family moved to the United States when she was three. Lahiri grew up in Kingston‚ Rhode Island‚ where her father Amar Lahiri works as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island. When she began kindergarten in Kingston‚ Rhode Island‚ Lahiri ’s teacher decided to call her by her pet name‚ Jhumpa‚ because it was easier
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httpl/ /www.rockpebbles.inlISSNt 2230 - 8954 DIASPORIC SENSIBILITY IN THE NOVEL *THE NAMESAKE"BY ]UMPHA LAHIRI x Prakash Bhadury Abstract: The word ’Diaspora ’‚ etymologically means ’dispersal ’‚ and involves‚ at least two countries‚ two cultures‚ which are embedded in the mind of the migrants‚ side by side. Although the past is invoked now and then‚ the focus is persistently on the ’moment ’. The past is invoked to indicate a certain contrast‚ wliich must be incorporated‚ and
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake is the fictional narrative of Gogol Ganguli‚ a second generation immigrant in America‚ and his haunting feeling of not being able to identify with his name. Gogol feels that his name “has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian.” (Lahiri 70) This essay will argue that Gogol’s problematic relationship to his name stems from a need for a sense of belonging. Coming from a family that values their heritage
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies depicts the convergence of the remorseful lives of Indian immigrants with American culture‚ estranged physically or spiritually from their homelands and facing adversity adjusting to America’s sterility. In the story‚ “Mrs. Sen’s‚” the sense of transforming into an American lifestyle indicates Mrs. Sen’s quiet strength‚ but an overbearing loneliness sinks into her life as readers begin to sympathize with her life. Mrs. Sen’s resistance to assimilate to American
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PORTRAYAL OF MALE CHARACTERS IN JHUMPA LAHIRI’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES ABSTRACT This study analyzes the male characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s three selected short stories. The formalistic theory chosen to dissect the texts has enable readers to be objective in their interpretation by separating the elements of theme‚ plot‚ point of view and the setting of the story. By concentrating only on the characterization factor‚ the characters of each of the male characters were revealed. Using
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Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of the fictional bestseller‚ “The Namesake”‚ a moving novel exploring the life of the married couple‚ Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli‚ immigrants from India in the United States of America. The two both adapt to the new cultural changes in America though once they give birth to Gongol Ganguli‚ a name Ashoke has given after he was “rescued” by that author in a train accident‚ they have both yet to experience parenthood. As the years go by‚ and Ashima and Ashoke begin to get accustomed
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Claude Levi-Strauss once said ‘being human signifies‚ for each of us‚ belonging to a class‚ a society‚ a country‚ a continent and a civilization.’ Belonging is a human desire of being accepted with people or places. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s story‚ The Namesake‚ the story follows the Ganguli family from their traditional Indian life in Calcutta through their uneasy transformation into America. This family is strewn with opposing fidelities and the underlying concept of the difficulties of cultural belonging
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun‚ and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world or the Blue Planet.[22] Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago‚ and life appeared on its surface within its first billion years.[23] Earth’s biosphere then significantly altered the atmospheric and other basic physical conditions‚ which enabled the proliferation
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There is a fact that our planet is protected and supported by the tree all over the world. With the recent uncontrolled forest exploiting‚ some people think that this possibly leads to the end of the earth. In my point of view in this essay‚ if people keep destroying this green natural resource‚ they will soon face many serious consequences such as global warming‚ disaster‚ or even extinction. Firstly‚ it’s knowledgeable that people now have to suffer the climate change resulted by greenhouse
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EARTH the planet on which we live land as opposed to the sea‚ the air‚ etc. the material in which plants grow the inhabitants of this planet‚ especially the human inhabitants: The planet on which we live; the world: “the diversity of life on earth”. The earth is the third planet from the sun in the solar system‚ orbiting between Venus and Mars at an average distance of 90 million miles (149.6 million km) from the sun‚ and has one natural satellite‚ the moon. It has an equatorial diameter of 7‚654
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