The Mixed Tape
This morning, while deeply involved in my current read, The Namesake , I came across a familiar term that brought both a flood of memories to mind and a sweetly funny realization. The book’s female author, Jhumpa Lahiri, weaves this tale with precise accuracy and realism from the viewpoint of the story’s male main character. The Namesake is a book my friend Rebecca recommended with such fervor, that I had to pick it up and buy it. It has taken me a while to get around to reading it, but now that I am in the midst of it, I simply cannot put it down. Aside from feeling oddly connected to the hero of the book, Gogol Ganguli, and his account of his life as a first generation American, I also am learning what the immigrant experience must have been like for my parents when they first arrived to America. What is interesting is that Gogol and his family are of Indian origin. His parents came over from Calcutta shortly after their arranged marriage. My family is of Colombian origins and yet, b...