Indu Prabha Pathak Research Scholar Banathali university (Rajasthan) Communication is the undercurrent theme of ‘Interpreter of Maladies’. The characters in the stories are tormented by maladies which accentuates the need for communication. Shuchen aptly observes: “The nine stories have in common certain themes and motifs, such as exile, displacement, loneliness difficult relationships, and problems about…