The Interpreter of Maladies and Sandesh Cupcakes #EDBooks Pulitzer Prize winning Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of nine short stories by Indian American writer Jhumpa Lahiri. Mostly based on the immigrant experiences, culture difference, love and family, this wonderful concoction immerses you into the flavor of its characters. From the married couple in A Temporary Matter, where an electrical outage forces them to confront their unspoken pain over the loss of a child, an Indian American girl bonding with a Pakistani in when Mr. Pirzada comes to dinner, the infatuation of the tour guide in the Interpreter of Maladies, the refugee of partition Boori Ma in The Read Durwan, the recently immigrated newlywed in Mrs. Sens, the bonding of an immigrant and the 103 yr old Mrs. Croft in the Third and Final Continent, you connect with your own experiences in India and here. The is a lot of reference to food in the stories, food being central to many Indian families as a way to connect and get together. The longing for food back home is something that many of us would relate to! While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world for nearly thirty years. I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination. Narrator, The Third and Final Continent, p. 198 The Interpreter of Maladies and Sandesh Cupcakes A lot of the background is Bengali culture so decided to incorporate the beautiful flavors of the Bengali sweet (rose, pistachios) in cupcakes! Recipe in comments
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