Naga Character Analysis

A radical left student grown into a successful mainstream journalist, Naga is a lifelong friend of Biplab, and a temporary husband to Tilo. As a young person, Naga has radical politics that turn him into an “unemployable intellectual,” but when he gets older, he begins working with the Indian government in a way that he doesn’t realize is corrupt, but in which he essentially tells the stories on the news that they want him to tell. It’s possible that Naga is never aware of the extent to which he is simply a puppet for the government. When Tilo is taken into custody by the Indian police in Kashmir, it is Naga whom Biplab sends to pick her up from the police. After this, Naga and Tilo get married—much to the chagrin of Naga’s Brahmin parents, who don’t like the idea of him marrying a caste-less, dark-skinned woman—although the marriage doesn’t last.