A conservative woman and community figure who hires Nikki to teach, struggling with personal grief and navigating generational tensions within her immigrant community.

A younger widow in Nikki's class, focused on improving her English skills, who harbors resentment towards British norms and has complex personal motivations.

Nikki's love interest, an American Sikh with a rebellious streak and a mysterious personal life, sharing a kinship with Nikki's struggles with identity.

Nikki’s older and more traditional sister, studying to be a nurse and seeking an arranged marriage, balancing family expectations with modern life.