The Namesake (2006)

Tabu: Ashima

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Quotes 

• 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.

• Ashima A. Ganguli : ...Besides, what kind of a girl is called Max, huh?

  Lydia Ratliff : Maybe it's a boy.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.