Interpreter Of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahri is an Indian American author. She mostly in all her stories wrote about Indians. One of her debut short story released in 1999 was "The Interpreter of Maladies". In these short stories she addressed a lot of themes which includes: dilemmas in the lives of Indian immigrants, marital difficulties, and a separation between the first and second generation United States immigrants. However apart of all these she also attractively uses the relationship between Mr.Kapasi and Mrs.Das to illustrate lonliness.
Lahri firstly uses the concept of "failed marriages" between both Mr.Kapasi and Mrs.Das to highlight the solitary of both their lives. Both these individuals were suffering from loveless marriages. Mrs Das got married before she knew what life was and Mr.Kapasi kept on suffering from his wife's grief after their sons death. And it was exactly when both the secluded characters with desolate lives met. Mr.Kapasi imagined Mrs.Das to be a good friend observing her reluctant behaviour towards her family and assumed they would have something in common which was not exactly the case. Through this the writer signifies that how deeply Mr.Kapasi is looking for a friend that a simple observation made him think that he found a friend in his lonely life, who was actually just a simple passenger.
A much awaited appreciation he felt along the lines of "romantic" interpreter. The thrust for charm drove his infatuation towards Mrs.Das. This portrays a deep craving for attention. A simple letter containing her address to Mr.Kapasi fascinates his entire day in the hope for exchanging romantic letter in the days to come. The sheer lonliness comes to light of the tour guide as he yearns affection from a tourist. And aching for a partner to share and communicate is further reflected through