Character List: Delhi, Mumbai, Agra - Indian Setting
Characters in an Indian Story
Delhi
- Father Timothy: A Catholic priest
- Mr. Agnihotri: Works at Delhi Children's Home for Boys
- Mr. Gupta: A fortune-teller
- Colonel Taylor: An Australian diplomat
- Rebecca Taylor: His wife
- Roy Taylor: Their son
- Maggie Taylor: Their daughter
- Jeevan Kumar: Works for the Indian government, the Australian High Commissioner's servant
- Akshay: A boy in the rain
- Meenakshi: A girl in the rain
- Their parents are robbers.
Mumbai
- Inspector Godbole: A police inspector
- Sethji: A gangster whose real name is Babu Pillai, also called Maman
- Mustafa: Works for Maman
- Punnoose: (Further details needed)
- Masterji: A music teacher
- Some guards and beggars
- Neelima Kumari: A famous actress
- Balwant Singh: An old soldier
- Mr. Ramakrishna: The chawl manager
- Mr. Shantaram: A new resident in the chawl
- Mrs. Shantaram: His wife
- Gudiya Shantaram: Their daughter
- Ahmed Khan: Salim's boss
- Prakash Rao: A customer in a bar
Agra
- Shankar: An orphan
- Swapna Devi: A rich woman
- Lajwanti: A maid
- Nita: Ram's girlfriend
- Nita's Father
- Utpal Chatterjee: A father and English teacher
- Tourists and dinner guests
Definitions
- Warden: Someone whose job is to be responsible for a particular place or thing.
- Deputy: Someone whose job is the second most important in a department or organization.
- Punished: To make someone suffer because they have done something against the law or against the rules.
- Beggar: Someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food.
- Blind: Unable to see.
- Bruise: A mark that you get on your body if you are hit.
- Foundry: A factory where metal or glass is heated and made into different objects.
- Wound: An injury in which your skin is damaged.
- Bullet: A small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage.
- Railing: A fence made of narrow posts supporting an upper bar.
- Sacked: To tell someone that they can no longer work at their job.
- Den: A room in a house where someone goes to be alone.
- Berth: A bed on a train or ship.
- Stain: A mark left accidentally on clothes or a surface.
- Dare: To be courageous.
- Betray: If you betray someone, you do something to hurt them.
- Revenge: Something that you do to hurt someone.