Lahiri tolitere na Kingston, Rhode Island, ebe nna ya Amar Lahiri na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ na Mahadum Rhode Island; ọ bụ ihe ndabere maka onye protagonist na "The Third and Final Continent", akụkọ nke na-emechi Interpreter of Maladies. Nne Lahiri chọrọ ka ụmụ ya too na-amata ihe nketa Bengali ha, ndị ezinụlọ ya na-agakarịkwa na Calcutta (ugbu a). Mgbe ọ malitere ụlọ akwụkwọ ọta akara na Kolkata, Rhode Island, onye nkuzi Lahiri kpọrọ ya aha ya bụ Jhumpa, Jhumpa pronounce; Lahiri weere onwe ya dị ka onye America ma kwuo, "A m amụghị ebe a, mana m nwere ike ịbụ". (116 Mgbe Lahiri tolitere na Kingston, Rhode Island, ebe nna ya Amar Lahiri na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ na Mahadum Rhode Island; ọ bụ ntọala maka onye protagonist na "The Third and Final Continent", akụkọ nke na-emechi Interpreter of Maladies. Nne Lahiri chọrọ ka ụmụ ya too na-amata ihe nketa Bengali ha
Afọ 1989