| Kanta | Agarwal | One of Lakshmi's clients. |
| Manu | Agarwal | Kanta's husband. |
| Mrs. | Chandralal | One of Lakshmi's clients. |
| Mrs. | Channa | Radha's history teacher. |
| Gossip | Eater | The people who bullied Lakshmi. |
| Miss | Genevieve | A principal. |
| Mrs. | Gupta | One of Lakshmi's former clients. |
| Jeremy | Harris | Joyce's mother-in-law. |
| John | Harris | Joyce's husband. A British Army Officer. |
| Joyce | Harris | Wife of a British Army Officer. |
| Muhammad | Ismail | Father of Ravi's classmate. |
| Mrs. | Iyengar | Lakshmi's landlady in Jaipur. |
| Jay | Kumar | Samir's old friend. A doctor. Aka: Dr. Kumar. |
| Maharani | Latika | The current maharaja's wife. |
| Maharani Indira | Man Singh | The maharaja's stepmother. |
| Lata | Mangeshkar | A singer. |
| Maharaja | Of Jaipur | The highest ranking royal in Jaipur. |
| Mr. | Pandey | Mrs. Iyengar's other tenant. Sheela's music tutor. |
| Mrs. | Patel | One of Lakshmi's loyal clients. |
| Mrs. | Sethi | The headmistress of Auckland house school. |
| Mr. V. M | Sharma | A wealthy brahmin. |
| Mrs. | Sharma | One of Lakshmi's clients. |
| Sheela | Sharma | Mr. V M Sharma's daughter. |
| Hari | Shastri | Lakshmi's estranged husband. |
| Lakshmi | Shastri | The Henna Artist. Protagonist. Aka: Auntie-Boss, BadLuck Girl. |
| Govid | Singh | Parvati's son. Ravi's younger brother. |
| Madho | Singh | The maharani's parakeet. |
| Parvati | Singh | Samir's wife. A rich woman. |
| Ravi | Singh | Parvati's oldest son. |
| Samir | Singh | Parvati's husband. |
| Baju | | The Agarwal's servant. |
| Dr. Ram | | Radha's ob-gyne. |
| Geeta | | Samir's mistress. |
| Hazi | | Lakshmi's old friend. |
| Jiji | | Oldest sister. |
| Lala | | Parvati's longest-serving nanny. |
| Maa | | Lakshmi's mother. |
| Mala | | Radha's neighbor. |
| Malik | | Lakshmi's servant. |
| Munchi | | The old man who teaches Lakshmi how to draw. |
| Naraya | | The builder of Lakshmi's new house. |
| Nikhil | | Radha's baby. |
| Radha | | Lakshmi's 13-year-old sister. |
