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 ...

It was below freezing the other Friday morning, in Long Island City, when the author Jhumpa Lahiri walked into a nondescript brick building beneath the Queens Boulevard overpass. She was wearing a ...

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 ...

Among the many buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, I see, was the “McNally House”, a Queen Anne-style masterpiece listed in the US National Register for Historic Places. Built in ...

The Namesake Abigail 3 in 1 Convertible Metal Crib is part of the Cribs test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Cribs models like the Abigail 3 in 1 Convertible Metal Crib are rated on ...

The namesake for the University of Cincinnati's College of Pharmacy, James Winkle, has died. STORY HIGHLIGHTS James Winkle, 90, died in Loveland. He donated $10 million to the University of ...

It was after reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s book In Other Words that I was able to discover the sources of my discomfort in conversation. Lahiri was able to artfully and with intelligence express various ...

Bruins legend Ray Bourque has teamed up with two local brands on the release of a namesake beer. Bourque’s Brew was brewed by Jack’s Abby and in collaboration with Legal Sea Foods. As is ...

BANGOR — Former President Jimmy Carter visited Kitsap County on Friday to participate in a change-of-command ceremony for his namesake submarine at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. The 39th president ...

Based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel by the same name, Mira Nair’s The Namesake is about a Bengali couple Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) trying to adjust to life in America. In Life of Pi, Irrfan ...