![]() He’s Nikhil now, a Yale School of Architecture grad with the Ratliffs, he’s Nick or Nicky. Gogol, proper name Nikhil, has dispensed with his pet name, which humiliates him. His parents settled and raised their kids in the bland suburbs north of the city, a short drive but psychologically far from Gogol’s posh 1990s Manhattan apartment - though he spends most of his time at either his fancy architecture job or the Ratliffs’ cavernous and lovely redbrick Greek Revival in Chelsea. His father, Ashoke, is away on a teaching gig. Gogol Ganguli has grudgingly brought his girlfriend, Maxine Ratliff, home to meet his mother, Ashima, en route to Maxine’s summer house for a long stay with her folks. It’s a small moment in The Namesake, directed by Mira Nair and adapted from the first novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. Photo: Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo ![]()
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