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 ...

"It's the only book I've read in my adult years that I keep thinking about every so often, even long after finishing it." ...

Lahiri’s (The Namesake) haunting second novel crosses ... born in Calcutta in the years just before Indian independence and the... Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Sunil Malhotra. Random House Audio ...

The author surveys school book reports and some fan mail, from M. Night Shyamalan, in her archives, which she recently sold ...

1. In “The Namesake,” Jhumpa Lahiri describes the culture shock an immigrant mother feels upon giving birth in America.

While traveling by train to visit his grandfather in Jamshedpur, Calcutta born, Bengali-speaking Ashoke Ganguli meets with fellow-traveler, Ghosh, who impresses upon him to travel, while Ashoke is ...