Interpreter of Maladies

     Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri was a little weird, but I still liked it.  Something that really struck out to me was when Mr. Kapasi asks Mrs. Das " 'Is it really pain you feel, Mrs. Das, or is it guilt?' " (Lahiri, 164).  I thought that it was kind of ironic that something that was meant to start a conversation would end up ending all discussion that there was.  Both of them did not find what they were looking for when the started the conversation.  I think that this is just tragic because I feel like they both need someone to relate to and to help them but neither of them are that person.  They are too different and really just want different things.  I believe that this really shows who each of them are and what they desire.  I realize that since everything goes downhill after that question, they were both searching for something in each other that they did not have. It is just too bad because I can sense the loneliness in both of them.  Mr. Kapasi responded in a terrible way, and it just lead to more terrible events.