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Vinita: The Protaganist
Vinita Sharma is a feisty, young teenager with a talent for writing, an outsized crush on Shah Rukh Khan, and the low ambition of marrying a rich guy (if Shah Rukh is taken, that is)
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Vinay: Big Brother
Vinay Sharma, is Vinita’s ‘boring older brother’. He loves cricket, abhors ‘pesky younger sisters’ and is eternally pained by the relentless preparation for the IIT entrance exams that he knows he won’t make.
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Vineet: Much Adored Dad
Vineet Sharma, is Vinita’s much adored dad. A career bank manager, he is a simple man with simple pleasures – a cup of hot tea with his morning paper, a drive in his second hand Premier Padmini, and evenings with friends where he can sing to them and make up his own lyrics if he forgets the words to the song!
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Seema: Saintly Mom
Seema Sharma, is Vinita’s saintly mom. A quiet lady who keeps in the background, working tirelessly to keep her home humming; her family greatly underestimates the depths of her passions and ambitions.
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Naina: The Beautiful
Naina Ambwani, is Vinita’s very best of friends. She’s a cutie with a big heart – always seeing the good side of people and things. Her one ‘shortsightedness’ is her unnecessary embarrassment over needing to wear glasses.
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Jaggu: the Clown
Jagdeep Singh Kalsi aka Jaggu is a close friend. A hilarious guy with a joke for every occasion, his two weak spots are his over-appreciation of the female form and lack of appreciation for people who exaggerate sardarji jokes.
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Gargi: The Nemesis
Gargi Sengupta is one of the gang that Vinita reluctantly acknowledges as a friend. Tough and opinionated, with a devil may care attitude, she seem to be an open book; but she hides deep secrets that none of the gang can begin to guess.
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Ashley: The Nerd
Ashley Matthews, complete the gang. A returned from America computer geek with a fondness for using too long words, he just rubs Vinita the wrong way. He isn’t too fond of Vinita either, or is he?
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Marcus: The Stud
Marcus is Ashley’s American friend, on holiday in India. An All American young man with the looks to go with it, little does he know that he is a hot favorite to replace Shah Rukh Khan in Vinita’s heart.
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Maggie: The Iron Lady with the soft heart
Maggie or Uma ma’am is Vinita’s beloved English teacher. A dedicated teacher and a strong woman to boot, she wants her students to achieve their fullest potential. To that end, she can be both kind and tough with them; and like Margaret Thatcher for whom she is named, Uma ma’am is never one to mince words.