Sarita Choudhury
1) The namesake
Author
Language
English
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[Lasell] Arab American Heritage/AAPI Heritage Month
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Regis: Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Regis: Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Description
"With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. In The Namesake,...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
[Lasell] Arab American Heritage/AAPI Heritage Month
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Natick-Morse AANHPI Heritage Month
Regis: Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Natick-Morse AANHPI Heritage Month
Regis: Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Interpreter of Maladies: These eight stories take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life.
“Glorious.... Showcases a considerable talent in full bloom.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother...
“Glorious.... Showcases a considerable talent in full bloom.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother...
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An unexpected discovery forces an undocumented motel employee to make a life changing decision. Starring ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK actress Diane Guerrero, and HOMELAND actress Sarita Choudhury, the second short of award-winning director Sonejuhi Sinha had its world premiere in Cannes at the Shorts Critics' Week 2015.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The iconic characters and world of Sex and the City are the exciting jumping off point for this all-new series, which finds Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte navigating the complicated reality of friendship, family, and New York in their 50s.
10) After Yang
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his young daughter’s beloved A.I companion malfunctions, Jake uncovers details of the robot’s previously unknown life hidden in the android's interior core. A secret stash of video memories suddenly leads Jake to surprising discoveries about himself and his family in this mysterious and haunting sci-fi film. Scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto in one of his final films & based on the short story "Saying Goodbye to Yang" by Alexander Weinstein.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set in the fictional land of Jalpur, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the Queen. Along with her friend Prince Neel, a talented inventor, creative cousin Priya, and comical mongoose sidekicks Mikku and Chikku, Mira will stop at nothing to solve a case.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1127
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twenty-something Mina spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius, their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the complex swimming pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect he new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
16) A perfect murder
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
To Manhattan's elite, Wall Street wheeler-dealer Steven Taylor seems like a devoted husband. He isn't. Beautiful, accomplished Emily Bradford Taylor seems like a faithful wife. She isn't. And when Steven hires Emily's lover to kill her, it seems like a perfect murder. It isn't. In fact, very little is what it seems.
17) Just a kiss
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
Dag is a successful director of television commercials who shares his home with his beautiful girlfriend, Halley. Dag, however, has a serious case of roving eye and is given to frequent flings with other women. Halley tries to turn a blind eye to Dag's infidelity, but when she discovers he had a one-night stand with Rebecca, a beautiful but troubled dancer who is dating Dag's close friend Peter, she decides things have gone too far.
18) The War Within
Author
Language
English
Description
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the complex swimming pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect he new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.