A Fine Balance - Characters

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)
• 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 uncle)
• 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.) 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)