What is Mr. Kapasi's profession?
What confession does Mrs. Das make to Mr. Kapasi?
Where is the Das family from?
What is the symbol of Mr. Kapasi's unfulfilled potential in the story?
How does Mr. Kapasi view his job as a tour guide?
What does the Sun Temple symbolise in the story?
What does Mrs. Das's secret reveal about her character?
How does Mr. Kapasi fantasise about helping Mrs. Das?
What object does Mrs. Das lose at the end of the story?
What theme is most prominent in "Interpreter of Maladies"?
What does Mr. Kapasi fantasise about Mrs. Das?
How does Mr. Kapasi feel about his job as an interpreter for a doctor?
What does the slip of paper symbolise at the end of the story?
What ailment does Mr. Kapasi interpret for his patients?
What is Mr. Kapasi’s reaction to Mrs. Das losing the note with his address?
What does Mr. Kapasi’s wife think of his job as a tour guide?
How do the Das children behave during the trip?
What does the monkey episode symbolise?
How does Mr. Kapasi’s perception of Mrs. Das change by the end of the story?
What does the setting of the story highlight about the characters?
How is the theme of loneliness portrayed in the story?
What narrative perspective is "Interpreter of Maladies" told from?
What does Mrs. Das refer to that excites Mr. Kapasi?
What represents a missed connection in the story?
What aspect of Mr. Kapasi’s job as an interpreter fascinates Mrs. Das?
How does the environment reflect the internal state of the characters?
What is Mr. Kapasi’s reaction to the monkeys at the Sun Temple?
Why does Mrs. Das’s confession impact Mr. Kapasi so deeply?
How do the physical descriptions of Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das contrast?
What ultimately represents the cultural gap between Mr. Kapasi and the Das family?
