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Koly

This character enters into an arranged marriage to a sickly person who dies shortly after they are married.

Hari

This person has a fatal type of tuberculosis and is taken to the Ganges for its healing waters.

Sass

This character loses a child and goes to live with a brother.

Sassur

This figure is a schoolteacher who becomes depressed and dies in bed.

Chandra

This character is a spoiled younger sibling who is a friend to the main character before leaving to get married.

Maa Kamala

This person runs a boarding house for abandoned widows.

Raji

This character is a rickshaw driver to save money for seeds.

Tanu

This person lives at a boarding house until making enough money to move into a nice room with the protagonist.

Mr. Das

This character is an embroidery shop owner and a fair man.

Mala

This person is a beautiful...

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