THE NAMESAKE

Details
• ISBN: 9788177668483
• Edition: 3
• Publishing Year: JUNE 2007
• Pages: 272
• Language: Translated from English to Marathi
• Category: FICTION
• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House
• Binding: Paperback

The Unforeseen Journey of a Name
His life was full of accidents, beginning with the one involving his father’s train. This accident bestowed upon him the name Gogol, a name that would shape his entire existence. His great-grandmother had chosen a different name for him, but her letter was lost during the journey from Kolkata to Cambridge. No one would ever know the name she had selected for him.

When it came time to decide on a name, his father, remembering the accident that nearly killed him, decided on the name Gogol – inspired by the book that had saved him during the incident. But this very name haunted him for many years. As he grew older, he changed his name, hoping to escape its burden, yet the consequences of that initial choice followed him throughout his life.

We never know our future. Everything happens suddenly, and we are never truly prepared for what life throws at us. We carry the balance of these past events with us, unknowingly leading us through our futures. When we try to understand the hidden meanings of these past occurrences, we realize that life is full of events that should never have happened, or perhaps, they are laden with meanings we are unaware of.