Nomita, a character sketch, Prepared by Rakhi

   Nomita is the central character of the story Matchbox written by Ashapurna Debi. She is the wife of Ajith,  a wealthy aristocratic man and  the daughter of a widowed mother and dung picker. She looks like a queen. She is quite conscious of her rights and when her rights are denied she hisses like a snake and roars like a lion. She is very mature and knows where to react and how to keep silence to the derogatory comments by other women . She is pressurized by her husband's attitude, attitude of other womenfolk and her own mother. She is kind-hearted, mature , duty-bound, tolerant and a loving woman . She is a very bold woman , who inspires other woman how to empower themselves. She is the mouthpiece of many Indian woman.

Prepared by Rakhi B Nair, XII B