First Friday Program as on 04/05/13
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(BOOK CLUB MEETING)
                                                                The book club meeting was conducted by Sharada Ramaswami on the Jhumpa Laheri book ' The Namesake'. It is best selling novel which received the  prestigious Pulitzer prize.
                                                                She reviewed the said book which tells the success story of Indian American Immigrant family which immigrated from Calcutta to Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a story  of struggle and adjustments of Ashok and Ashima and their next generation i.e. Son Gogol and Daughter Sonia.  They had immigrated from traditional Indian family in to the new American culture. They successfully adjusted and merged with  the Main Stream of American Life. It was easy for Ashok to adjust with American Life but was little difficult Ashima. She concluded that book represents the dream of Indian American immigrant and deep rooted  Indian culture.
                                                               Thereafter there was a discussion which was received very well by Seniors. Meera Ramchandran, Ramaswami, Dhanu Siva and Bharat Desai actively participated in the said Discussion. The session continued up to 12 noon and thereafter Yoga was conducted.
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