A NEST OF VIPERS
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Uma | Aunty | Kaveri's next-door neighbor. |
| Subhas Chandra | Bose | A young essayist. |
| Mrs. | Chatterjee | Das's wife. |
| Mr. | Das | The magician. |
| Lord | Ganesha | God of New Beginnings. |
| Mrs. | Green | The shopkeeper's wife. |
| Manoj | Guruswamy | The activist that Kaveri met. |
| Pailwan | Harish | A powerful strongman. |
| Charles | Harvey | The inventor. |
| Harry | Houdini | The famous American magician. |
| Inspector | Ismail | Kaveri's friend. The Muslim police. |
| Mrs. | Ismail | Ismail's wife. |
| Lord | Krishna | Kamsa's nephew. |
| Coffeepudi | Lakamma | Uma Aunty's acquaintance. A coffee supplier. |
| Maria Sibylla | Merian | A German entomologist. |
| Kaveri | Murthy | Protagonist. |
| Roma | Murthy | Kaveri's husband. AKA: Ramu. |
| Sarojini | Naidu | The poetess and freedom fighter. |
| Mr. | Nunn | A stage actor. |
| Mrs. | Nunn | Mr. Nunn's wife. |
| The prince | Prince of Wales. | |
| Incredible | Rajamani | The master of tigers. |
| Mr. | Reddy | An admirer of the British Empire. |
| Mrs. | Reddy | Kaveri's friend. |
| Dr. | Roberts | Ramu's supervisor. |
| Miss | Roberts | Dr. Robert's sister. |
| Shanthi | Sharma | Bhargavi's cousin. |
| Raghavendra | Swami | Kaveri's patron saint. |
| Major | Wilks | Dr. Robert's friend. Security-in-charge of the events. |
| Anandi | Kaveri's friend. | |
| Bapuji | The protest leader. | |
| Bhargavi | Kaveri's mother-in-law. | |
| Chandru | The boy who knows the Pailwan Brothers. | |
| Chatterjee | A famous magician. Das's real name. | |
| Daphne | Dr. Robert's wife. | |
| Edward | Prince of Wales. | |
| Gandhiji | An activist. AKA: Mahatma Gandhi. | |
| Ganesh | Harish's brother. Pawan's cousin. | |
| Kalyan | Manoj's colleague. Das's brother-in-law. AKA: Kailash. | |
| Kamsa | The evil demon king. | |
| Kasturi | Venu's cow. | |
| Mala | Kaveri's friend. | |
| Manju | Kaveri's former milkman. | |
| Mansee | The incredible acrobat. Mrs. ChatterJee's stage name. | |
| Manuiamma | Manju's wife. | |
| Narsamma | Kaveri's friend. | |
| Parvati | Goddess of Magic. | |
| Pawan | Anandi's husband. | |
| Priya | Kaveri's competitor. | |
| Putta | Kaveri's dog. | |
| Rajamma | Kaveri's maid. | |
| Shiva | God of Magic. | |
| Suman | Mr. Das's son. | |
| Tamanna | Suman's real name. | |
| Venu | Manju's brother. | |
| Vishnu | The lord. |
