Moushumi Mazoomdar

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Moushumi Mazoomdar is a cosmopolitan, intellectually driven Bengali-American woman whose complex marriage to Gogol Ganguli explores themes of identity, desire, and cultural dislocation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Namesake."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengali American woman
character in a novel
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Namesake
appearsInGenre contemporary fiction
immigrant literature
associatedWithTheme cross-cultural relationships
marital dissatisfaction
search for identity
characterTrait cosmopolitan
intellectually driven
createdBy Jhumpa Lahiri
culturalContext Indian American diaspora
gender female
hasEthnicity Bengali
hasGivenName Moushumi
hasNationality American
hasSurname Mazoomdar
languageContext English-language literature
marriageType complex marriage
narrativeRole explores themes of cultural dislocation
explores themes of desire
explores themes of identity
spouse Gogol Ganguli

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The Namesake mainCharacter Moushumi Mazoomdar