Turbulent Time

Gogol had quite turbulent time in chapter seven and eight. After Gogol is throwing a party, he is told from Sonia that his father died due to the heart attack. This causes and reminds that Sonia and Gogol hadn't been meeting with their parents because they were too busy with their independence. He now feels bad because he didn't came when their parents invited them for thanksgiving party. He now mistakes that random guy outside the street is his father. Gogol and Sonia now feel what their parent had felt when their parents died in Calcutta. Gogol rides the train for the nostalgic experience, remembering about his father standing on this platform until the train disappeared with his son going to Yale.

                After Gogol’s father’s death, Gogol is taking a test to be licensed architect, Maxine is now dating with someone else, and Sonia lives with her mother. He also have this weird relationship with women named Bridget, making him to be in awkward and guilty affair. Ashima advices Gogol to call one of the people from his young age, Moushumi. Moushumi is a girl from a family who were close to Gogol’s family. Gogol founds that he has that secret bond with Moushumi because she remembers Gogol with his original name not Nikhil. She calls him Nikhil, but she is the only one knowing that his original name is Gogol. They start doing something couple would do, such as buying a hat and eating together. Gogol finds out the past of Moushumi. She was actually going to have marriage in few weeks, but Graham talked negatively about her family causing the wedding to be canceled. She now plans to stay in NYU to study furiously. This part of the book explains about the new start for Gogol. He starts a new relationship with Moushumi, who also recently broke up with her fiancé.