id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3343 The Namesake (novel) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1595 134 72 The Namesake (novel) Wikipedia The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. The novel moves between events in Calcutta, Boston, and New York City, and examines the nuances involved with being caught between two conflicting cultures with distinct religious, social, and ideological differences. The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, a young Bengali couple, leave Calcutta, India, and settle in Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The traditional naming process in their families is to have an elder who will give the new baby a name, and the parents waited for the letter from Ashima's grandmother. Shortly before leaving for college, Gogol legally changes his name to Nikhil Ganguli. He goes home less frequently, dates American girls, and becomes angry when anyone calls him Gogol. Indian novels adapted into films Novels set in New York City American novels adapted into films All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3343.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3343.txt