A River Sutra | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Asha - This character is a professor's young female assistant.

Ashok - This character is a Jain monk, and has renounced his billionaire lifestyle to become an ascetic.

Naga Baba - This character renounced the world and wandered the countryside, bathed in the ashes of the cremated, and begged for sustenance.

Nitin Bose - This character is a once-wealthy young man who believes he is possessed.

Mr. Chagla - This character is a clerk at the guesthouse who must ride 19 kilometers from his town of Rudra to the government rest house each...
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