Surinder

Surinder is Ranjeet Singh's fiancée. She appears in "A Fate Worse Than Death" and is played by Charu Bala Chokshi.

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Surinder's father is Ranjeet's father's best friend. The two men agreed that their children would be betrothed to each other 20 years ago, when Surinder was 10 and Ranjeet was 12. Ranjeet says she was a very beautiful young girl, but she now resembles an elephant, so he no longer feels attracted to her and wants to escape the marriage by committing suicide. Mr. Brown tries to help Ranjeet hide when Surinder comes to the school to find him, and after climbing out a window and being spotted by Miss Courtney, he sits down with Mr. Brown and Surinder to settle the situation. Surinder agrees not to marry Ranjeet, but is saddened by not knowing who she will marry. Her ex-fiancé tells her that Mr. Brown will marry her, but the teacher instead writes a letter to Surinder's parents explaining why he cannot marry their daughter. Surinder's father, angered and disgraced by Mr. Brown's rejection of his daughter, comes to the school and chases Mr. Brown out of his classroom with a kirpan.