In "The Namesake" it seems that Gogol or Nikhil acts as two different people in two different scenario's. When he is around his college classmates and others who are around his age he goes by Nikhil but once he is with his family especially his parents he only goes by Gogol. Gogol and Nikhil seem to have completely different personalities and priorities. When Gogol goes by Nikhil, he is a partying college student who goes out and loses his virginity to a random chick in a bar, but when he goes by Gogol he is respecting and connected to his roots. It's like Gogol no longer wants to be how his parents raised him and doesn't want to be the same kid he was growing up, but instead he wants to fit in to the environment he has inhabited.
Apparently the only way he can do this is without his parents knowing what's going on. Gogol never discusses with his parents why he changed his name to Nikhil and I don't think that he will anytime soon. I don't think he will tell them because Ashoke just told Gogol about his train accident and how Gogol's name originated in the end of chapter 5.
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