Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Did you know that "The Third and Final Continent," the last story in Interpreter of Maladies, is based on Lahiri's father? (Source)
What if you were named "Rattle"? Because that's kind of what Jhumpa Lahiri's first name means…"jhumpa" is "jhuma" or "rattle" with an added "p"—something Lahiri wasn't all that excited about when she was younger (Source)