Harish-Harry Character Analysis in The Inheritance of Loss

The owner of the Gandhi Café, the last restaurant in which Biju works. Harish-Harry uses globalization to his advantage in selling generic Indian food to Americans. Though he is kind to Biju, he also takes advantage of him and refuses to pay for a doctor when Biju is injured in the restaurant.

Harish-Harry Character Timeline in The Inheritance of Loss

The timeline below shows where the character Harish-Harry appears in The Inheritance of Loss. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...attempts are unsuccessful until one day he discovers the Ghandi Café. In the dim space, Harish-Harry sits in the back filling out a donation form for a cow shelter in New... (full context)

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In the Ghandi Café, the food is catered to an American market. Harish-Harry has worked to find what he calls the “Indian-American point of agreement.” The customers get... (full context)

Harish-Harry’s wife suggests that the staff could live below the kitchen. By offering free housing, they... (full context)

Harish-Harry is not the only one who lives a divided life—many Indian students come in with... (full context)

Harish-Harry blames his daughter for part of his assimilation. She was becoming more fully American, and... (full context)

...slips on some rotten spinach in the Ghandi Café and his knee pops. He asks Harish-Harry to get a doctor. Harish-Harry exclaims that doctors are too expensive, and Biju responds that... (full context)

Harish-Harry is outraged. He yells at Biju, saying that he has taken him in without papers,... (full context)

Biju returns to the Ghandi Café. Harish-Harry shows the staff pictures of the condo in New Jersey for which he had just... (full context)