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ОглавлениеThe Cast of Characters
(presented in order of appearance)
| Basantibala Majumdar | The widow of a cousin of the zamindar of Panipur; matriarch of a large, extended Hindu family, the poor gentility of the village | |
| Sujit Ghosh | Basantibala's neighbor, a small landowner and a caste Hindu | |
| Altaf-uddin | The elected chairman of Panipur Union, a Muslim and a major player in the riot | |
| Sunil Mondal | A middle-aged Namasudra (low-caste Hindu) farmer, owner of land sufficient to necessitate hired help and lucrative enough to enable him to send his sons to university | |
| Raghu Nandan | A Hindu police officer who fought in the riot | |
| Mofizuddin | A Muslim farmer with holdings roughly comparable to Sunil's; an old man who fought in the riot and is now a matabbar of the village | |
| Nayeb Ali | Mofizuddin's friend, also a Muslim, a little older and of comparable worth and status | |
| Kumar Tarkhania | Appearing only by reputation, the Namasudra farmer whose crop was eaten; he subsequently migrated to India and died there | |
| Golam Fakir | A Muslim farmer with small holdings, the owner of the wayward cow | |
| Jogendra Pal | A Hindu elder who tried to intervene in the riot | |
| Bhupendranath | An educated Namasudra man living at Panipur | |
| Sidheshwar Tarkhania | A Muslim who participated in the riot | |
| Sona Miah | A retired Muslim government officer and amateur historian from a northern district |
