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While the origin of ABCD has the 'C' standing in for 'confused', we've chosen to leave its interpretation up to our members. an РІР‚Вintroduce yourselfРІР‚в„ў thread will be posted during the first week of each monthР”В¬lick here to see our wiki for more detailed info about /r/ABCDesis, including our Crisis Resources list and other original material, community-sourced info, and related subreddits. But their paths keep crossing with both comic and painfully revelatory consequencesРІР‚В¦ until Gogol begins to see the links between the world his parents left behind and the new world that lies in front of him.Our purpose at /r/ABCDesis is to foster a sense of community among the South Asian Diaspora. As Gogol attempts to forge his destiny - rejecting his given name, dating a rich American girl, heading to study architecture at Yale - his parents cling to their Bengali traditions. As a first-generation American teenager, Gogol must learn to tread a razor-thin line between his Bengali roots and his American birthright in the search for his own identity. But life isn't as easy for Gogol as his parents might wish. Under pressure to name him quickly, Ashoke settles on Gogol (Kal Penn), after the famous Russian author - a name that serves as a link to a secret past and, Ashoke hopes, a better future. Virtual strangers to one another and with Ashima now living in a new and very strange land, their relationship quickly takes a turn when Ashima gives birth to a son. On the heels of their arranged marriage, Ashoke (Irrfan Kahn) and Ashima (Tabu) jet off from sweltering Calcutta to a wintry New York where they begin their new life together.

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