The Namesake | List of Characters
Ashima Bhaduri Ganguli—Gogol's mother.
Ashoke Ganguli—Gogol's father.
Gogol (Nikhil) Ganguli—protagonist.
Sonia Gangoli—Gogol's younger sister.
Ben—Sonia's fiancé.
Patty—nurse who helps Ashima with first birth.
Gosh—man who dies in the train.
Maya Nandi and Dilip Nandi—among the first Bengali friends that Ashima and
Ashoke make in the United States.
Alan Montgomery and Judy Montgomery—Ashoke and Ashima live in the basement of the
Montgomery's house and represent typical 1960s hippies.
Mrs....
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