Keltuda is usually quite greedy and malicious towards Nonte and Phonte.However, he is usually tricked by Keltuda and then ultimately deceived by Nonte and Phonte in the end of many story panels and decides to thrash Keltuda. The superintendent is a loathsome, corrupt, and lazy individual who believes in beating the students.They may fight but often some good comes to a bystander under amusing circumstances. Their tension is akin to that of Handa and Bhonda in the Handa Bhonda strips. In many of the earlier strips and comic books, Nonte and Phonte do not always get along.
Often the compulsion behind an action is to eat a good meal or to stash away some goodies, something many who have lived in hostels in India (or elsewhere) may be able to relate to. All the major characters in Nonte Phonte are fond of eating.
