Mrs. May’s silly slideshow to
accompany the short story,
‘Interpreter of Maladies'
Home town to the
Das family
Mr. Kapasi drives a white Ambassador
just like this one! A very common car
in India.
Spot Puri. This is the area in which the
family are staying.
Assansol is where the parents now
live.
A tea stall – except the man has a shirt
on here!
Another tea stall
A packet of puffed rice.
A better picture of puffed rice.
‘Dallas’ – the TV show Mr. Kapasi uses
as a reference point for American
culture
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The Sun Temple at Konarak (Konark)
Carving of ‘entwined lovers’
Surya – The Sun God
Mr. Kapasi’s favourite statue is of Surya
One of the horse carvings
More ‘erotic’ carvings
…and more
…and even more
Plaque at
the temple
Naked lovers
The American Museum of Natural
History in Washington – Mr. Das takes
his students on a tour here.
Carvings in disrepair
One of the giant elephant statues
surrounding the temple
Notice how
intricate the
carvings are…
Wheel
Giant carvings near entrance to temple
Hmm…not sure what creature this is
meant to be???
The giant wheel carvings – Mr. Kapasi
tells the Das’ they represent ‘life’.
More ‘erotic’ carvings
Another Surya bronze statue
Elephant carvings
Hanuman Monkey
Another wheel carving
The Sun Temple from above
Is she smiling?
Another Surya statue
Rather impressive!
Hanuman monkeys. Where’s the
puffed rice?
To give you a
sense of India
Puri Beach – probably type of hotel at
which the family are staying.
A Pura Beach resort
Mr. Das’ tour guide
Another guide book!
Mrs. Das’ nail polish
Sorry, couldn’t resist
…and guess who’s bag?
Apologies for some of the
blurry pics.
I hope you can now better
visualise the Konarak Sun
Temple.
Go back and read the story
again now!