Cultures travel across borders, through human bodies. Cultures dwell in the hearts of humans – in forms of internalised nostalgia. A concept we call our ‘Roots’. People migrate from one place to another, but can they dislocate from their roots?

The Setup

‘The Namesake’ directed by Mira Nair, based on the book that goes by the same name written by Jhumpa Lahiri, is a film that portrays the cross-cultural conflicts of migrated people, on different levels.

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