Ritu

appearance:

- frail and thin (p.52)

state of mind:

- spends all her time at home, maybe doesn’t like her life (p.55)

background:

- had been chosen as a wife for Inder Lal because of her suitable family background and fair complexion (p.51)

- homesick during the first years of marriage, never stopped crying (p.51)

character traits:

- not very well educated, not very intelligent (p.51)

- very shy -> doesn’t speak very much, tries to avoid the narrator (p.52)