Nandana Character Summary

Nandana character

Badami’s picturization of Maya’s family in Vancouver was alluring, there was the lovable father Alan, the beautiful and intelligent mother Maya and the talkative cute daughter Nandana. Nandana and her father Alan share a very lovely relationship. Alan was the one who introduced her to books and she developed a liking for them. Her father painted and designed her dresser drawer for her; they do many activities together as a family, which made the little girl miss her parents a lot. Though there were no separate chapters on Alan, who yearned for such a father was beautifully pictured.

During her seven years of stay in Vancouver, Maya wrote letters to her mother and called her every week, though Sripathi did not like it.

Since her early childhood Nanadana has heard about her grandfather’s stubborn nature and life in India. She was unwilling to come to India. On the journey, Nandana refused to talk to him or to let any one touch her purple backpack. The backpack was her connection to the memory of her parents. Though she remind unresponsive and silent, gradually anchored her and began to put down roots. Her grandmother feed and hug her and hold her, bathes her, dress her. Ignoring her silence, Arun talked to her, tell her stories, and read to her. Beautiful descriptions of grandparents showering love on their grandchildren was found in “The hero’s walk” Nirmala became Nandana’s primary caregiver after the death of Nandana’s parents in a road accident. She liked being fussed over mamma lady who gave her only nutritious food, vegetables and fruits. She seem to forget that Nandana was a child and that children like to have chocolates, ice-cream and cakes. She even liked to be fed by mamma lady, “No-no, china, you mustn’t waste good food. and slowly, she would put a piece at a time into Nandana’s mouth, kissing her every time she ate one. Which she had to admit she liked, even though she wasn’t a baby and could eat it by