Horen Naskor Character Analysis

Horen is a fisherman who lives on an island that neighbors Lusibari. In his youth, he greatly admires Nirmal and Nilima and often offers to do favors for them, as when he takes Nirmal, Nilima, and Kanai to Lusibari in the absence of any ferries in the right direction. Horen was married at age fourteen and had three children before his twentieth birthday. Kusum was a distant relative of his, and Horen was instrumental in keeping her from harm and specifically, from the predatory landowner Dilip Choudury. In 1978, Horen and Nirmal reconnect with Kusum on Morichjhãpi. Though Horen's emotions seldom factor into Nirmal's writing in his notebook, Horen later confesses to Kanai that both he and Nirmal were in love with Kusum. He admits that he'd been in love with Kusum for some time, and even offered to marry her when she was still a teen and he was already married. Kusum and Horen had sex the night before the assault on the island. In the present, Horen is an older and distinguished man who's an exceptional guide through the Sundarbans. He believes fully in the religious practices of the region and regularly leaves offerings for the goddess Bon Bibi.