By Nigar Nazar
Gogi is a spirited and modern young woman who draws inspiration from her grandmother. While confident and forward-thinking, she holds traditional values close. Her motto of life, “trust until proven otherwise,” stems from Nani’s wisdom. Gogi believes in equality as the key to the nation's progress and faces life’s challenges with humor and optimism.
Butt Bhai is Gogi’s cousin, a medical student with little money but endless philosophies. He often takes Gogi out for coffee, though she ends up paying. His stories captivate Gogi but don’t always impress her. Despite his financial struggles, Butt Bhai is always full of ideas and insights, trying to share life lessons that Gogi sometimes finds hard to take seriously.
Chacha Ji, Nani Amma’s cousin, is a retired bureaucrat and proud Aligarh University graduate. Known for his stories and anecdotes, which the family has heard many times, the kids often finish them for him. He maintains a strict diet and exercise routine, and often nostalgically compares the disciplined childhoods of his time to the tech-savvy lives of today’s kids.
The energetic and youthful matriarch of the family, Nani Amma reads editorials as bedtime stories to Gochi. Her paan daan is her pride, and she considers it part of preserving cultural heritage. Despite her age, she embraces technology, surprising everyone with her computer skills and determination to keep up with modern advancements.
Gochi is the family’s youngest and smartest member, a budding prodigy who loves reading and writing stories. She dreams of co-authoring a “desi answer to Harry Potter” with her friends. Quiet and reflective, Gochi often surprises others with her insightful remarks and tries to keep Babloo out of trouble, though he rarely listens.
Babloo is Gogi's much younger brother, known for his love of food, especially junk food. As a baby, he’d fall asleep with half-eaten cookies in both hands. He's not keen on studies but is passionate about sports, valuing fun over academics. His life motto is to enjoy as much as possible until responsibilities, like passing exams and earning a living, come knocking.
