A Suitable Boy
E520123
A Suitable Boy is a widely acclaimed epic novel by Vikram Seth that portrays post-independence Indian society through the intertwined lives and marriages of four extended families.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Suitable Boy canonical | 1 |
| A Suitable Boy (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5461723 — 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: A Suitable Boy Context triple: [Indian literature, hasWork, A Suitable Boy]
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A.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
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B.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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C.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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D.
The Gift of India
"The Gift of India" is a patriotic and elegiac poem by Sarojini Naidu that honors the sacrifices of Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during World War I.
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E.
Heat and Dust
"Heat and Dust" is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that interweaves parallel stories of two Englishwomen in India, exploring themes of colonialism, desire, and cultural clash.
- 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: A Suitable Boy Target entity description: A Suitable Boy is a widely acclaimed epic novel by Vikram Seth that portrays post-independence Indian society through the intertwined lives and marriages of four extended families.
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A.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
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B.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
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C.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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D.
The Gift of India
"The Gift of India" is a patriotic and elegiac poem by Sarojini Naidu that honors the sacrifices of Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire during World War I.
-
E.
Heat and Dust
"Heat and Dust" is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that interweaves parallel stories of two Englishwomen in India, exploring themes of colonialism, desire, and cultural clash.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| author | Vikram Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | first post-independence general election in India ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Amit Chatterji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kabir Durrani NERFINISHED ⓘ Lata Mehra NERFINISHED ⓘ Maan Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahesh Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ Pran Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupa Mehra NERFINISHED ⓘ Saeda Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsFamily |
Chatterji family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kapoor family NERFINISHED ⓘ Khan family NERFINISHED ⓘ Mehra family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | A Suitable Boy (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | A Suitable Girl (announced) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of postcolonial Indian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme | search for a suitable husband for Lata Mehra ⓘ |
| notableFor | length among the longest single-volume novels in English ⓘ |
| numberOfPages | approximately 1500 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orion Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| setInFictionalCity | Brahmpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalRegion | Purva Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-independence India ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Indian politics
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arranged marriage ⓘ class and caste ⓘ family relationships ⓘ land reform ⓘ love versus duty ⓘ religious tensions ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | about 8 years ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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