Bibliography
Course Hero. "Interpreter of Maladies Study Guide." Course Hero. 10 Nov. 2017. Web. 7 June 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Interpreter-of-Maladies/>.
In text
(Course Hero)
Bibliography
Course Hero. (2017, November 10). Interpreter of Maladies Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved June 7, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Interpreter-of-Maladies/
In text
(Course Hero, 2017)
Bibliography
Course Hero. "Interpreter of Maladies Study Guide." November 10, 2017. Accessed June 7, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Interpreter-of-Maladies/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "Interpreter of Maladies Study Guide," November 10, 2017, accessed June 7, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Interpreter-of-Maladies/.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Bibi Haldar | Bibi Haldar is the protagonist of the story "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar." She suffers from a mysterious ailment involving sudden seizures, and no doctor has been able to treat her successfully. Read More |
| Mr. Kapasi | Mr. Kapasi is the protagonist in the story "Interpreter of Maladies." He works as both a tour guide and as a doctor's assistant, and at age 46, he feels trapped in an unexciting marriage. Read More |
| Lilia | Lilia is the child narrator of "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine." Age 10, she forms a close relationship with Mr. Pirzada, perhaps because he badly misses his daughters. Read More |
| Boori Ma | Boori Ma is a hall-porter, or concierge, who is the 64-year-old protagonist in the story "A Real Durwan." Read More |
| Miranda | Miranda is the main character in the story "Sexy." She is a 22-year-old employee in the fundraising department of a public radio station in Boston. Read More |
| Young Indian narrator | The unnamed narrator in "The Third and Final Continent" is the main character in the story. From Calcutta originally, he is a young Indian immigrant who has found a job in the library at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read More |
| Mr. Pirzada | Mr. Pirzada is the title character and protagonist in "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine." From Dacca in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), he is visiting the United States for a year on a government grant to study the foliage of New England. Read More |
| Mrs. Sen | Mrs. Sen is the title character and the protagonist in the story "Mrs. Sen's." She is a babysitter for Eliot, an 11-year-old boy in the Boston area whose mother must commute every day to a distant office for work. Read More |
| Shukumar | Shukumar is a young Indian American husband who plays a leading role in "A Temporary Matter." Shukumar is a graduate student working on his doctoral dissertation. Read More |
| Twinkle | Twinkle is one of the main characters in the story "This Blessed House." She is married to Sanjeev. Read More |
| Bobby Das | In "Interpreter of Maladies," Bobby is one of the Das children. Mrs. Das reveals that her husband is not Bobby's father. |
| Mr. Bradford | Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are an elderly couple who are neighbors of Shukumar and Shoba in "A Temporary Matter." Their marital happiness contrasts with Shoba and Shukumar's grief and alienation. |
| Mrs. Bradford | Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are an elderly couple who are neighbors of Shukumar and Shoba in "A Temporary Matter." Their marital happiness contrasts with Shoba and Shukumar's grief and alienation. |
| Mr. Chatterjee | Mr. Chatterjee is portrayed as a sagacious but ultimately biased and judgmental apartment dweller in "A Real Durwan." |
| Mrs. Croft | In "The Third and Final Continent," Mrs. Croft is the colorful, eccentric character who is the narrator's landlady when he is newly arrived in Cambridge. She is 103 years old. |
| Mr. Dalal | In "A Real Durwan," Mr. Dalal is a resident of the apartment building where Boori Ma is the durwan, or concierge. Mr. Dalal sells plumbing fixtures. |
| Mrs. Dalal | In "A Real Durwan," Mrs. Dalal is an apartment resident who is kind to Boori Ma. |
| Mr. Das | In "Interpreter of Maladies," Mr. Das is an Indian American schoolteacher on vacation with his family in India. |
| Mrs. Das | Mrs. Das is the wife of Mr. Das in the story "Interpreter of Maladies." She is portrayed as selfish, narcissistic, and guilt-ridden; before the time of the story, she had a secret extramarital affair, as she confesses to Mr. Kapasi. |
| Dev | Dev is a married Indian American man who has an extramarital affair with Miranda in "Sexy." |
| Eliot | Eliot is an 11-year-old boy who is cared for after school by the title character in "Mrs. Sen's." |
| Eliot's mother | In "Mrs. Sen's," Eliot's mother arranges for the child's babysitting after school, since she must commute for work at a distant office. |
| Gillian | In "A Temporary Matter," Gillian is a friend of Shoba's who drives her to the hospital when she goes into labor. |
| Haldar | Haldar is Bibi's cousin in "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar." He owns a cosmetics shop and employs Bibi in a minor job. |
| Haldar's wife | In "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar," Haldar's wife resentfully accuses Bibi of having infected or bewitched the Haldars' child. |
| Helen | Helen is Mrs. Croft's daughter in "The Third and Final Continent." |
| Mrs. Kenyon | Mrs. Kenyon is Lilia's teacher in "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine." She is portrayed as authoritarian and narrow minded. |
| Laxmi | Laxmi is Miranda's coworker in "Sexy." As the story opens, she has learned that her cousin's husband has begun an extramarital affair. |
| Laxmi's cousin | In "Sexy," Laxmi's cousin is deserted by her husband, who has decided to embark on an extramarital affair. |
| Laxmi's cousin's husband | The husband of Laxmi's cousin in "Sexy" meets a woman on a plane flight from India to Montreal and decides to begin an affair with her. |
| Lilia's mother | In "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine," Lilia's mother is proud that her daughter will grow up according to American customs and traditions. |
| Lilia's father | Lilia's father in "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" thinks that Lilia should learn more at school about history and current events in South Asia. |
| Mala | In "The Third and Final Continent," Mala is the Indian-born wife of the narrator. After some time, she joins him in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Rohin | In "Sexy," Rohin is the young son of Laxmi's cousin. |
| Ronny Das | Ronny is one of Mr. and Mrs. Das's three children in "Interpreter of Maladies." |
| Sanjeev | Sanjeev is Twinkle's husband in the story "This Blessed House." He is portrayed as conformist and conventional. |
| Mr. Sen | Mr. Sen teaches math at a local university in "Mrs. Sen's." He seems emotionally distant from his wife's efforts to assimilate to life in America. |
| Shoba | Shoba is Shukumar's wife in "A Temporary Matter"; she works for a publishing company near Boston, Massachusetts. Six months before the action of the story, the loss of her baby has scarred her life and her marriage. |
| Tina Das | In "Interpreter of Maladies," Tina is the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Das. |
Have study documents to share about Interpreter of Maladies? Upload them to earn free Course Hero access!