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Characters in "The God of Small Things"

• Ammu - Rahel and Estha's mother, sister of Chacko, daughter of Pappachi and Mammachi.
• Baba - Rahel and Estha's father, tried to beat Ammu and prostitute her, later re-married, of a lower caste than Ammu.
• Baby Kochamma (Navomi Ipe) - Pappachi's sister, aunt to Chacko and Ammu, and grandaunt to Sophie Mol, Estha, and Rahel.
• Chacko - Brother to Ammu, son of Pappachi and Mammachi, father to Sophie Mol and divorced from Margaret Kochamma.
• Comrade Pillai - Leader of the local communist party.
• Estha (Esthappen Yako) - Rahel's twin brother, son of Ammu and Baba.
• Father Mulligan - Baby Kochamma's love interest. A Roman Catholic.

• Joe - Second husband of Margaret.
• Kari Saipu - English paedophile who lived in the History House before Estha and Rahel arrived in Ayemenem; Vellya Pappen pins his ghost to a tree with his sickle, ghost remains there asking for a cigar.
• Kochu Maria - Housekeeper to Rahel, Grandmother.
• Larry McCaslin - ex-husband of Rahel, travels to India to teach and falls in love with Rahel, bringing her back to the USA with him.
• Mammachi (Shoshamma Ipe) - Blind. Wife of Pappachi, mother of Chacko and Ammu, grandmother of Estha, Rahel, and Sophie Mol. Also founder of the family pickle factory.
• Margaret Kochamma - Chacko's ex-wife, mother of Sophie Mol.
• Murlidharan - Homeless, insane person who crouches naked on the welcome sign for Cochin. Carries keys to his last residence around his waist expectantly.
• Orangedrink Lemondrink Man - Paedophile from Estha's past.
• Pappachi (Shri Benaan John Ipe) - Father to Chacko and Ammu, grandfather to Estha, Rahel, and Sophie Mol. He was an imperial entomologist.
• Rahel - Estha's twin sister, daughter of Ammu and Baba, divorced from Larry McCaslin.
• Sophie Mol - Cousin of the twins, daughter of their uncle Chacko and Margaret Kochamma.
• Inspector Thomas Mathew - Police inspector who interviews Baby Kochamma on the night Velutha dies. Somewhat ambivalent about his men's practices of beating Untouchables nearly to death with no substantiated reason.
• Urumban - Velutha's imaginary twin brother.
• Kuttappen - Velutha's paralyzed brother.
• Velutha - The title character, local carpenter, an untouchable (lower social caste) by birth.
• Vellya Paapen - Velutha's father, a Pariah.