Dina and the beggars discuss their lives and how Maneck has changed from a pleasant and friendly college student to a distant refrigeration specialist. Om and Ishvar leave, promising to visit after the weekend. Dina washes up their plates, and returns the plates to the cupboard, where they are to be used later by Nusswan and Ruby. Characters Dina Shroff (later, Dina Dalal when married to Rustom Dalal) Ishvar Darji Omprakash "Om" Darji (Ishvar's nephew) Maneck Kohlah Nusswan Shroff (Dina's brother) Zenobia (Dina's friend) Mrs. Gupta (Zenobia's Client/Dina's boss) Vasantrao Valmik (the proofreader and lawyer) Ibrahim (the rent collector) Dukhi Mochi (father of Ishvar and Narayan) Thakur Dharamsi (killed Om's father and is later in charge of the Family Planning and holds political office) Ashraf Chacha (Dukhi's friend. A tailor) Nawaz (Ashraf's friend) Rajaram (initially, a hair collector and later, Bal Baba) Monkey-man (a resident of the slum who kills Beggarmaster) Aban Kohlah (Maneck's mother) Farokh Kohlah (Maneck's father) Avinash (Maneck's good friend that mysteriously disappears, President of the Student Union and Chairman of the Hostel Committee) Sergeant Kesar Shankar (the crippled beggar) also known as Worm who rolls on the ground Beggarmaster (Step or Half Brother of Shankar) and who controls all the beggars Shanti (a girl in the slum) Jeevan (Tailor who was with Om and Ishvar in their first assignment) Ruby Shroff (Nusswan's wife) Rustom Dalal (Dina's deceased husband) Shirin Aunty (Rustom's aunt) Darab Uncle (Rustom's uncle) Mr Toddywalla (chatty man at the music recitals) Fredoon (Dina's male friend) Xerxes and Zarir (Ruby and Nusswan's children) Narayan Darji (Ishvar's brother, and Om's father) Ordered flogged, burned and hanged by Thakur Dharamsi because he (along with two other men) demanded they be given a ballot. Kim (lazy child) Pandit Lalluram (a Brahmin) References External links An analysis of the novel at Let's talk about Bollywood 1995 Canadian novels Novels by Rohinton Mistry Canadian historical novels New Canadian Library Novels set in Mumbai Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning works Canadian novels adapted into plays Works about the Emergency (India) Cultural depictions of Indira Gandhi