Nilanjana Sikdar

Nilanjana Sikdar
Details
Also Known As	Nils
First Mentioned	"The Missing Sky"
Status	Alive
Occupation	Scientist
Affiliations	Carlos (boss) Scientists of Night Vale
Friends	Darryl Ramirez (friend/ex-boyfriend)
Known Physical Features	Is slightly overweight

Nilanjana Sikdar is a one of Carlos's top scientists.

Personality

Nilanjana sees science as a way of helping people and is interested in creating new pharmaceutical drugs and better pesticides. She is not really interested in money or fame. She is not religious at all and considers religion to be a fairytale.

Although she may not always feel happy or have many friends (partly due to being an outsider) she seems to be content with her life, claiming "I don't need to be happy when I'm fine."

She is against factory farming and doesn't eat meat.

History

Nilanjana's mother was a chemistry teacher and her father was an immigrant, who came to the United States in search of a better life. She was born in Indiana and came to Night Vale in order to study it, as it is the most scientifically interesting place in America. She found employment in Carlos' lab doing various experiments.

Following Carlos' request she investigated strange rumblings heard in Night Vale, which led her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God and Darryl Ramirez. She helped to kill the giant centipede the church believed to be the Smiling God.

Mentions

• Episode 107 "The Missing Sky"
• Episode 111 "Summer 2017, Night Vale, USA"
• Episode 130 "A Story About Us"
• Episode 142 "UFO Sighting Reports"
• Novel: It Devours!
• Novel: Welcome to Nightvale: a Novel