why is regional parochialism coming in to the discussion here - Yes it was written by a Bengalee who is an acclaimed author on her own right - is that a crime? Yes the movies's tory centerd around a Bengalee immigrant family - is that a crime? or is it something deeper here - some folks are unnecessarily jealous - why! In that case we have to disregard any indian/international stalwarts with bong name like Vivekananda, Vidyasagar, Rammohan, Rabindranath, Satyajit, Subhas Bose , Amartya Sen, Satyen Bose, Jagadish Bose, Meghnad Saha, Mahalanobis, Ganesh Payne, Bikas Bhattacharya, Kishore Kumar, Ravishankar, Allauddin Khan, RD/SD Burman, Manna Dey, hemant Kumar and list can go on and on ...