INTRODUCTION Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake is a deeply evocative novel that explores the complexities of identity, culture, and belonging experienced by immigrant families. The story unfolds across two generations of the Ganguli family, originally from Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, who build new lives in the United States while striving to maintain their Bengali heritage. The narrative begins in 1968 as Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli settle into a small apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ashoke, a graduate student at MIT, and Ashima,...