Characters with Characteristics

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Across
  1. 2. A silent adorable brother
  2. 3. A loyal patriot yet a good wife
  3. 5. Influenced by other's opinion
  4. 9. Rightly Chooses his doctor's instincts over nationalism
  5. 11. Finds Interstices to write more than 40 books
  6. 13. Cannot bear the neglect of the road-side sellers
  7. 16. Picks up courage to express creativiy
  8. 17. got only stronger by childhood oppression
  9. 18. Helplessly watches her mother getting old
  10. 20. Embodiment of compassion and trust
  11. 21. Thumb-prints on one's windpipe
  12. 23. takes stupid egotictic challenges
Down
  1. 1. Airy-fairy and unrealistic
  2. 4. Teaches us to stop for a while and re-think our prioties
  3. 6. Doesn't believe in God-given lineage
  4. 7. Finds hope in Immortal tales of the mighty dead
  5. 8. Emerges stronger after drowning incident
  6. 9. Charitable, yet object of envy among studio workers
  7. 10. Realises he is above all temptations now
  8. 12. Humiliated through Shingling of her hair
  9. 13. Usually carefree but today attentive
  10. 14. One Indian student among 52
  11. 15. Wants Freedom from fear of the British
  12. 16. Grounded approach contrasting Sophie
  13. 19. Regretful and reproachful
  14. 22. Victim but still a victor