On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a ...

The Namesake is a 2006 English-language drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sooni Taraporevala based on the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It stars Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan and ...

Jhumpa Lahiri offers a very good comparison for what it feels like to immerse oneself totally in a new language. Setting out to learn Italian, she writes, was as if she were sgoing off every day into ...

1."The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. This book resonated with me on such a deep level. Even though I’m Mexican and not Indian like the characters, I could still relate strongly to the main ...

I always had the feelings of incompleteness, uncertainties and even alienation when I needed to express myself fully. It was after reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s book In Other Words that I was able to ...