Sharma
Sharma, the protagonist of “Sharmaji,” is an office worker, husband, and father of three—soon to be four—daughters. Sharma is a slacker with a poor track record in the office (and especially in his particular department…
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Gupta
Gupta is a clerk in the accounts department and one of Sharma’s few friends in the office. Gupta is also a shirker, frequently leaving his desk to drink tea or smoke cigarettes with Sharma…
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Miss Das
A personnel officer in the company, Miss Das is a relatively young woman occupying a position of power and living a thoroughly modern, nontraditional lifestyle. Not only does Miss Das work, but she chose not…
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Borwankar
Borwankar is Sharma’s manager and direct supervisor. The reader learns little about Borwankar’s personality, which is largely established in contrast with Sharma and Miss Das. Borwankar is unsympathetic to and impatient with Sharma…
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Adesh Singh
Adesh Singh is the general secretary of the workers’ union and a worker on the production floor. A powerful figure in the office because of his position, Adesh frequently clashes with the managers, who are…
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Adesh’s Supervisor
Adesh’s supervisor is an unnamed manager on the production floor who attempts to prevent Adesh from leaving his work to help Sharma. When Adesh asks to leave for water instead, the supervisor once again…
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Mahesh
Mahesh is a clerk in the personnel department and a personal enemy of Sharma’s in the office. When Sharma reacts negatively to Mahesh pointing out his lateness and begins to shout, Mahesh begs Sharma…
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Harish
Harish is a peon from the purchase department who is sent by Borwankar to call Sharma to his office immediately. Harish warns Sharma that Borwankar is already in quite a temper and that he should…
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Minor Characters
Rahul
Rahul is a clerk in the purchase department and, according to Sharma, a notorious gossip; he is the one who tells Gupta and others in the office that he saw Miss Das smoking.
Mohan
Mohan is a peon in the personnel department. Quick to laughter, Mohan joins Sharma and Gupta in mocking Mahesh, but he also makes fun of Sharma for his difficulty climbing the stairs after lunch, an inappropriate comment in Sharma’s eyes, considering his status in the office.
