The Namesake
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is an interesting story about a Bengali family immigrated to US. This story captured my interest particularly because I came to US because of marriage just like Ashima and I am from Calcutta. While Ashima made Halwa with Cream of Wheat, I have tried making Idli with Cream of Wheat (it comes out pretty good). However, there’s a generation gap between us and for that I am thankful. I am happy that it didn’t take me as long as Ashima to make America my home.