# My Reminiscences — Character guide

> Key figures in My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore.

- [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/narrator.md): He is the remembering self at the centre of these reminiscences, moving from a strict household of tutors and elders into the first stirrings of his own literary voice. What drives him is not confession but craft: he ope
- [Srikantha Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/srikantha_babu.md): He is the household's beloved teacher of song, equally at home with the narrator's father, brothers, and boys, and incapable of taking offence. His warmth is almost excessive: he weeps over Vidyasagar's Banishment of Sit
- [Rajendrahal Mitra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/rajendrahal_mitra.md): He is the brilliant polymath the narrator visits at the Court of Wards, where the older man sets aside his work to deliver discourses on language, philology, and whatever subject he has lately studied. Hard of hearing an
- [Akshay Chowdhury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/akshay_chowdhury.md): He is the friend who arrives in boyhood and becomes an invaluable companion in literary progress, an M.A. in English who loves Bengali authors and Vaishnava poets equally. He composes lyrics carelessly, scatters them wit
- [Bankim Chandra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/bankim_chandra.md): He is the presiding literary figure of the age, the man who introduces Pandit Sashadhar to the public and whose prose flows as gaily as the best talk. The narrator, emerging from his corner into controversy, spars with h
- [Rajnarain Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/rajnarain_babu.md): A family friend and elder who offers guidance to the narrator.
- [Father DePeneranda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/father_depeneranda.md): A European priest who teaches the narrator Latin and other subjects.
- [Jyotirindra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/jyotirindra.md): He is the charioteer of the family's artistic life, refashioning classic melodic forms at the piano while Akshay Babu and the narrator fit words to the tunes, and he treats his younger brother as an intellectual equal wh
- [Satya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/satya.md): A childhood friend and playmate of the narrator.
- [Ganendra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/ganendra.md): An elder relative who participates in family literary discussions.
- [Iswar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/iswar.md): A servant in the narrator's household, noted for his loyalty.
- [Mrs. Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/mrs_scott.md): The wife of Dr. Scott, a kind acquaintance during the narrator's stay in England.
- [Ashu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/ashu.md): A young relative or friend who joins the narrator in childhood adventures.
- [Gyan Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/gyan_babu.md): A tutor who instructs the narrator in various academic subjects.
- [Babu Priyanath Sen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/babu_priyanath_sen.md): A family acquaintance and occasional visitor to the narrator's home.
- [Loken Palit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/loken_palit.md): Loken Palit is Tagore's class fellow in English literature at University College, four years his junior but never treated as a junior in spirit. Surcharged with high spirits, he turns shared study hours into rippling mer
- [Govinda Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/govinda_babu.md): A neighbor and family friend who participates in cultural activities.
- [Gunendra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/gunendra.md): A cousin of the narrator, involved in family literary circles.
- [Braja Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/braja_babu.md): A family friend who offers advice on the narrator's education.
- [Nabagopal Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/nabagopal_babu.md): A friend of the family who participates in literary discussions.
- [Kishori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/kishori.md): A childhood friend or relative of the narrator.
- [Vidyasagar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/vidyasagar.md): A renowned scholar and social reformer whom the narrator meets.
- [Lenu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/lenu.md): A young woman who admires the narrator's early poetry.
- [Mrs. Barker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/barker.md): A kind landlady or acquaintance during the narrator's stay in England.
- [Dr. Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/dr_scott.md): A physician and friend who hosts the narrator in England.
- [Asutosh Chaudhuri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/asutosh_chaudhuri.md): A friend or colleague involved in literary activities.
- [Adam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/adam.md): A European acquaintance met during the narrator's travels.
- [Rabi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/rabi.md): A childhood nickname or friend of the narrator.
- [Munshi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/munshi.md): A language tutor who teaches the narrator Persian or Urdu.
- [Pandit Vedantavagish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/pandit_vedantavagish.md): A Sanskrit scholar who instructs the narrator in Hindu philosophy.
- [Ruby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/ruby.md): A young woman encountered during the narrator's time in England.
- [Ramesh Chandra Dutt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/ramesh_chandra_dutt.md): A noted Bengali writer and civil servant whom the narrator meets.
- [Mahananda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/mahananda.md): A servant or family retainer mentioned in the narrative.
- [Father Henry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/father_henry.md): A Christian missionary or priest encountered by the narrator.
- [Tarak Palit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/characters/tarak_palit.md): A friend or relative of Loken Palit, met during travels.

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