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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THEIVANAI AMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 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
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Lahiri’s Writing Style Having read Lahiri’s novel‚ The Namesake‚ it is apparent that she occasionally adopts a particular writing style‚ by which she projects thoughts into future. In other words‚ there are numerous examples in the book‚ where Lahiri chooses to ‘give away’ to the reader additional information about the characters which refers to their future situation and will either appear later in the book‚ or will never be mentioned again. Projecting thoughts into future is a way
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to other people. It is something that you grow into‚ as well as something that you already are. Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (2004) emphasizes the essence of that. It is being characterized by the protagonist of the book‚ Gogol Ganguli‚ a second-generation immigrant that is trying to find his own identity. This paper is build upon the thesis that the problem of alternating two cultures can only be solved by constantly evolving your identity‚ and that the borders of a country do not limit this process
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yet this tension was in the makings even before his birth. Ashoke and Ashima being immigrants set Gogol up to live in two different cultures‚ American and Bengali. Many children of immigrants may feel like Gogol‚ having one foot in each world. Gogol framed his struggle with cultural identity through something tangible‚ his name. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel‚ The Namesake‚ Gogol’s struggle with cultural identity is exposed most greatly by the name others call him and his reaction to it. On Gogol’s
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My two texts are “The Namesake” and “Bend it like Beckham”. Our prescribed text‚ 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
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Scholarly Article on “The Namesake” By Jhumpa Lahiri The article I chose is titled‚ “From Hybrids to Tourists: Children of Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake‚” written by Natalie Friedman. This in depth article focuses on the inner personal struggle of an immigrant family to the United States with emphasis on Gogol Ganguli. Friedman distinguishes “the Namesake” from most other novels of its kind. As opposed to stories about immigrants coming to the United States in search of financial
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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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Assignment: “The Namesake”: The Greatest Journeys Are the Ones that Bring You Home” The film “Namesake” that we viewed in class depicts the story of two young newlywed Indian immigrants who moved from Calcutta‚ India to settle in the United States of Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. Initially‚ the story begins to pick up pace when their son Gogol & his little sister Sonia is born
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