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)
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