This Month’s Films: Shakespeare Wallah & The Namesake
Cuisine: Indian

I can only go so long without getting in the kitchen to make Indian food. It’s been quite awhile, several months at least, since I made so much as a quick kettle of curry, so ’tis time for Indian food. To go with my cravings, I’ve decided to feature not one but TWO Indian-themed films this month: Shakespeare Wallah & The Namesake. What I like about this pairing of films is that it presents a theme of cultural displacement: Shakespeare Wallah focuses on an English family living in India, and The Namesake focuses on an Indian family living in the U.S.

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