The Namesake (2006)
Tabu: Ashima
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Quotes
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Ashoke Ganguli : There is something I always wanted to ask you, but never had the courage. All those years ago, why did you say yes to me?
Ashima A. Ganguli : You were the best of the lot.
Ashoke Ganguli : Huh?
Ashima A. Ganguli : Better than the widower with four children or the cartoonist with one arm. I also liked your shoes.
Ashoke Ganguli : Oh. Oh, okay.
Ashima A. Ganguli : Hmm, you want me to say "I love you," like the Americans.
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Ashima A. Ganguli : ...Besides, what kind of a girl is called Max, huh?
Lydia Ratliff : Maybe it's a boy.
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Ashima A. Ganguli : [riding in rickshaw] Why don't you get in my American son? Sonia can sit on my lap. Come on.
Gogol : No. Because being pulled by another human being is feudal and exploitative, and I don't want to be part of something like that.
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Ashima A. Ganguli : For 25 years I missed my life in India. And now, I will miss my life here. And all of you, who became my family.
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Ashima A. Ganguli : He wants to keep Gogol and not Nikhil as his good name. Fine. No big deal.
Ashoke Ganguli : With a president named Jimmy, there is nothing we can do. As long as our kid is happy, you know.
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Ashima A. Ganguli : You know, by the time I was your age, I had already celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary.
Gogol Ganguli : This is America, Ma. People have twins when they're 60.