Interpreter of Maladies Resources

You might be wondering why a page all about Jhumpa Lahiri features an interview with acclaimed Chinese/American writer Ha Jin. But did you know that Jhumpa Lahiri was in the same fiction-writing workshop as Ha Jin? And that she liked one of the stranger stories he wrote for the class? Great minds, thinking alike…

The official website for Jhumpa Lahiri.

And here's the other "official" website…

You know you've really made it if even your book has its own Facebook page.

No movie's been made of the stories in Interpreter of Maladies, so while you're waiting for that to happen, just sit back and watch the movie adaptation of Lahiri's novel The Namesake.

For a super-positive take on Lahiri's book, check out this review.

An interview with Jhumpa Lahiri about Interpreter of Maladies—very research-paper worthy.

An interview that gets Lahiri talking about some of her lesser-known stories.

Want to write like Jhumpa Lahiri? Here's her guide to doing just that.

You can't get this article for free. Look at it this way though: if you do decide to shell out some bucks and subscribe to the New Yorker, or if someone in your family already does, you'll get access to literary gems like this personal essay on cooking with her mother by Lahiri herself.

Live interviews FTW.

Nickelodeon made a video clip celebrating Lahiri's ability to transcend cultures.

And of course NPR has something for us.

Like all covers of famous books, this one's gone through a few evolutions. Check out the earliest here.

A series of maps of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as the area went through Partition:

Click on any of the states or territories and the site will give you a summary of the politics of that region. Or just sit back and take in the whole big picture.

Maybe these are some reasons why Lahiri's likes Boston settings.

This is what the Das family visited:

Another Das family jaunt.