Ashima Ganguli Timeline and Summary

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• At age 19, Ashima meets Ashoke in Calcutta and agrees to marry him.
• By August 1968, Ashima and Ashoke have moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ashima gives birth to the star of our show, Gogol.
• In November, Ashima and Ashoke receive a letter informing them that Ashima's grandmother has suffered a stroke.
• When Gogol is six months old, Ashima holds a celebration for his annaprasan.
• In the fall of 1969, Ashima goes on a shopping spree for gifts for her family back in Calcutta, whom she plans to visit over Christmas break. But she receives a phone call from her brother. Her father has died, so they go to Calcutta six weeks sooner than planned.
• In 1971, the Gangulis move to a university town outside Boston, and by August 1973, Ashima is pregnant again. She gives birth to Sonali in May. Six months later, the Gangulis celebrate Sonali's annaprasan.
• In 1984, the Gangulis head to Calcutta for an eight-month stay. They return in August.
• Ashima and her husband become empty nesters now that both Gogol and Sonali have graduated from college. But the two children visit Ashima every once in a while.
• When Ashoke receives a research fellowship in Ohio, he moves there, leaving Ashima alone in the house. She takes a part-time job at the library to fill up her time.
• Ashima is addressing Christmas cards when she gets the news that Ashoke is in the hospital. She learns the next day that he has passed away.
• After her children return home to help her, Ashima spends the holidays with them, mourning Ashoke.
• By the time the year 2000 rolls around, Ashima has sold the house and plans to spend part of each year in Calcutta, and the other part in the United States with her children.