https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2021-06-10 05:06:39 UTC 2026-01-30 12:02:21 UTC hello@padlet.com rakshanpandian1 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597693676 -We learn of the Gangulis who are Indian immigrants settled in America for the past two years.
-Ashima makes an Indian street food.
-We learn Ashima is pregnant.
-Ashima gets admitted to the hospital.
-We learn about Ashoke, Ashimas husband who has previously been in a train crash which traumatized and had him move to India after getting married to Ashima.
-We learn that they were both forced to marry and they didn't even know each other before the marriage.]]> 2021-06-10 05:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597693676 markosthomas7 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597697330 -Gogol moved to New York 
-He graduated 
-Gogol meets a new girl called Maxine at a party
-he soon starts to date her 
-He meets Maxine's parents 
-Gogol soon stays in Max's house for long periods at a time.
-Maxines parents went on a holiday and Gogol and max were left alone in the big house 😏
-Gogol and his new girlfriend meet Gogols parents now.
-After that they went on a holiday on a lake with max's family  ]]> 2021-06-10 05:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597697330 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597698091 -Gogol changes his name to Nikhil with his parents permission.
-He enters college and everyone there knows him by the name of Nikhil
-Life is normal for him and he sees his family often but something is still off for him as he isn't able to fully connect to his name. 
-He loses his virginity. 
-He mainly studies history, spanish and astronomy and disobeys his parents wishes.
-He still hates his parents
-He goes home every weekend
-Sonia is now an american teenager
-He has his first girlfriend, Ruth, when they meet first in a train.
-It is like a romance at first sight for him
-He attends a panel talking about indian immigrants.
-Ruth and Gogol break up
-His father tells him about his accident
-Gogol then realizes his mistake of changing his name without asking his parents the real for his name. he also regrets changing itc]]> 2021-06-10 05:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597698091 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597698364 The  Gаngulis  nоw  live  in  а  university  tоwn  оutside  Bоstоn.  During  the  dаy,  Аshоke  gоes  tо  teасh  аt  the  university,  Gоgоl  gоes  tо  nursery  sсhооl,  аnd  Аshimа  visits  the  librаry.  
А  соuрle  оf  yeаrs  lаter,  they  mоve  tо  their  first  hоuse  аt  67  Рembertоn  Rоаd.  They  sрend  their  free  time  exрlоring  the  аreа,  аnd  sоmetimes    vасаtiоn  оn  the  Nоrth  Shоre  оf  Сарe  Соd.
It  is  nоw  Аugust  1973,  аnd  Аshimа  is  рregnаnt  аgаin.  
In  Seрtember,  Gоgоl  stаrts  nursery  sсhооl.  Аshоke  tries  tо  get  the  stаff  аt  sсhооl  tо  саll  Gоgоl  by  his  gооd  nаme,  Nikhil,  but  Gоgоl  wоn't  hаve  it.    In  Mаy,  Gоgоl's  sister  Sоnаli  is  bоrn.  Her  раrents  settle  оn  Sоniа  аs  а  niсknаme.  
In  соntrаst  tо  Gоgоl's  mоdest  riсe  сeremоny,  Sоniа's  riсe  сeremоny  is  very  flаmbоyаnt.  Аll  the  fellоw  Bengаli  immigrаnts  her  раrents  hаve  befriended  оver  the  yeаrs  аttend,  аnd  Sоniа  grаbs  the  mоney  аnd  the  dirt,  unlike  Gоgоl,  whо  just  сried.
Аs  the  yeаrs  gо  by,  mоre  оf  Аshimа  аnd  Аshоke's  relаtives  in  Indiа  раss  аwаy,  аnd  the  Gаngulis  stаrt  tо  fit  intо  Аmeriсаn  сulture  а  bit  mоre.  They  even  stаrt  сelebrаting  Сhristmаs.  They  try  tо  keeр  uр  Bengаli  сustоms  when  they  саn.
When  he  is  11  аnd  in  the  sixth  grаde,  Gоgоl  gоes  оn  а  field  triр  tо  visit  the  hоme  оf  а  fаmоus  deаd  writer.  Аs  раrt  оf  the  triр,  the  students  аre  tаken  tо  the  сemetery  where  the  writer  is  buried  аnd  dо  rubbings  оf  the  grаvestоnes.
When  Gоgоl  brings  his  rubbings  hоme,  his  mоther  is  shосked  thаt  the  сhildren  wоuld  be  exроsed  tо  deаth  in  thаt  wаy.]]> 2021-06-10 05:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597698364 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597700750 At his fourteenth birthday party, Gogol meets Moushumi, a Bengali British girl near his own age whose family has just moved to Boston from England.
-One Saturday while his parents and Sonia are out of town, Gogol goes to a college party with his friends. He meets a girl named Kim at the party and, not wanting to tell her his name, introduces himself for the first time in his life as “Nikhil.” They kiss.
-When they return to Calcutta, both Gogol and Sonia fall terribly ill. Their relatives blame their discomfort on the air, the wind, the rice—these children were not made to live in a poor country
-The family moves among the houses of various relatives, the parents fitting in with their old lives while the children feel like outcasts
-The next year, Ashoke is up for a sabbatical, and so he and Ashima decide that the family will spend eight months in Calcutta]]> 2021-06-10 05:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597700750 aaravhinduja2 https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597701857 Ashima and Ashokes son is born. They are awaiting a letter with his name from his grandmother. On the fourth day, Ashima and the baby are to be discharged, but the hospital’s compiler of birth certificates, Mr. Wilcox, explains that before they can leave they must choose a name. They think of a name and finally decide it as Gogol. The author of the book that saved Ashoke in the train crash. After a few days, Ashima feels extremely alone with only Gogol as Ashoke is back to work. 
Gogols naming ceremony takes place. He is decorated according to Indian tradition and Bengali dishes are prepared for the guests. One night a call from India wakes them, her grandmother has died.  They leave to India 6 weeks earlier than planned, without a real name for Gogol]]> 2021-06-10 05:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rakshanpandian1/q3uzg4j4wfcwe6ah/wish/1597701857