Boori Ma
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Bengali woman
destitute person
elderly woman
fictional character
literary character
short story character
Boori Ma is a destitute, elderly Bengali woman who serves as the self-appointed gatekeeper of an old Calcutta apartment building in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “A Real Durwan.”
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali woman
ⓘ
destitute person ⓘ elderly woman ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ short story character ⓘ |
| ageStatus | elderly ⓘ |
| analyzedFor |
themes of memory and loss
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themes of migration ⓘ urban class dynamics in Calcutta ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"A Real Durwan"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"Interpreter of Maladies" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
memory
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ post-Partition displacement ⓘ poverty ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ |
| characterIn | a short story set in post-Partition India ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicStatus |
homeless
ⓘ
poor ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
South Asian American literature syllabi
ⓘ
postcolonial literature courses ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1999 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | "Interpreter of Maladies" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
durwan
ⓘ
gatekeeper ⓘ |
| knownFor |
guarding the entrance of the building
ⓘ
sweeping the stairwell of the apartment building ⓘ telling elaborate stories about her past ⓘ |
| language | Bengali ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
symbol of class tensions
ⓘ
symbol of displacement ⓘ symbol of unreliable memory ⓘ |
| nameOf | Boori Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| occupation | self-appointed gatekeeper ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Houghton Mifflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToTenants |
caretaker
GENERATED
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outsider GENERATED ⓘ |
| residesIn |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
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an old Calcutta apartment building ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | a dilapidated Calcutta tenement ⓘ |
| storyCollectionGenre | short story collection ⓘ |
| storyGenre | realist fiction ⓘ |
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