• M. Suguna

Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian American author. The Namesake is Jhumpa Lahiri's first novel. Jhumpa Lahiri was born Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, but uses her nickname Jhumpa. She was born in London in 1967. The family moved to the US when she was three. She grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island. She herself was a bit unhappy over her name and chose to be known by her nickname, Jhumpa, as it was easier to pronounce. This was the inspiration for her novel, The Namesake. She has a master's degree in English, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and a Doctorate in Renaissance Studies. Her first published work, a collection of short stories titled Interpreter of Maladies, won a Pulitzer Prize. In this novel Lahiri’s experiences of growing up as a child of immigrants resemble that of her protagonist, Gogol Ganguly. Lahiri belongs to the second generation whose ongoing quest for identity never seems to end. Lahiri finds herself quite a stranger to both of the countries -in India, she is an American and in America, she is an Indian. Through Gogol, Lahiri presents identity crisis which she herself has faced acutely. She contradicts the idiom “What’s in a name?” Rather she is obsessed with ‘it’s everything that matters in a name.’

Jhumpa Lahiri's Quest in The Namesake

"Jhumpa Lahiri's Quest in The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.725-729, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06154.pdf

"Jhumpa Lahiri's Quest in The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp725-729, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06154.pdf