Nikhil Out Loud
E799616
Nikhil Out Loud is a middle-grade novel by Maulik Pancholy that follows a gay Indian American boy navigating identity, family, and community after moving to a small Midwestern town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nikhil Out Loud canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9429525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikhil Out Loud Context triple: [Maulik Pancholy, notableWork, Nikhil Out Loud]
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A.
Jhankaar Beats
Jhankaar Beats is a 2003 Hindi musical comedy film known for its tribute to R.D. Burman, its popular soundtrack, and its story of three friends forming a band.
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B.
My Brother… Nikhil
My Brother… Nikhil is a 2005 Indian drama film that sensitively portrays the life of a young Goan swimmer diagnosed with HIV and the social stigma he and his family face.
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C.
Umang Lai
Umang Lai are forest deities in the Meitei religion of Sanamahism, revered as guardians of sacred groves and natural spaces in Manipur.
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D.
Shwaas
Shwaas is a critically acclaimed Marathi-language film known for its poignant portrayal of a grandfather’s struggle to save his grandson’s eyesight, which brought renewed national attention to Marathi cinema.
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E.
Nini
Nini is a supporting character in *Moulin Rouge! The Musical*, portrayed as one of the club’s dancers and a confidante within the bohemian world of the Moulin Rouge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikhil Out Loud Target entity description: Nikhil Out Loud is a middle-grade novel by Maulik Pancholy that follows a gay Indian American boy navigating identity, family, and community after moving to a small Midwestern town.
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A.
Jhankaar Beats
Jhankaar Beats is a 2003 Hindi musical comedy film known for its tribute to R.D. Burman, its popular soundtrack, and its story of three friends forming a band.
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B.
My Brother… Nikhil
My Brother… Nikhil is a 2005 Indian drama film that sensitively portrays the life of a young Goan swimmer diagnosed with HIV and the social stigma he and his family face.
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C.
Umang Lai
Umang Lai are forest deities in the Meitei religion of Sanamahism, revered as guardians of sacred groves and natural spaces in Manipur.
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D.
Shwaas
Shwaas is a critically acclaimed Marathi-language film known for its poignant portrayal of a grandfather’s struggle to save his grandson’s eyesight, which brought renewed national attention to Marathi cinema.
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E.
Nini
Nini is a supporting character in *Moulin Rouge! The Musical*, portrayed as one of the club’s dancers and a confidante within the bohemian world of the Moulin Rouge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Maulik Pancholy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | gay Indian American boy ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBTQ+ fiction
ⓘ
middle-grade fiction ⓘ realistic fiction ⓘ |
| intendedAgeRange | 8–12 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | children's literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nikhil Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Indian American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistIdentity | gay ⓘ |
| publisherType | mainstream trade publisher ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
ⓘ
coming out ⓘ community ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ homophobia ⓘ identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nikhil Out Loud Description of subject: Nikhil Out Loud is a middle-grade novel by Maulik Pancholy that follows a gay Indian American boy navigating identity, family, and community after moving to a small Midwestern town.
Referenced by (1)
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