The Treatment of Bibi Haldar
E309720
"The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of illness, social exclusion, and female solidarity through the life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Treatment of Bibi Haldar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Treatment of Bibi Haldar Context triple: [Interpreter of Maladies, containsStory, The Treatment of Bibi Haldar]
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Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small prison cell in Fort William where a large number of British prisoners were allegedly confined overnight in 1756, resulting in many deaths and becoming a notorious symbol of colonial-era atrocity.
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Panihati
Panihati is a suburban town in eastern India known as part of the Kolkata metropolitan area in the state of West Bengal.
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C.
Great Calcutta Killings
The Great Calcutta Killings refers to the large-scale communal riots and massacres that erupted in Calcutta in August 1946, resulting in thousands of deaths amid rising Hindu-Muslim tensions on the eve of Indian independence and Partition.
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D.
The Butcher of Amritsar
The Butcher of Amritsar is the notorious epithet given to British officer Reginald Dyer for ordering the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, India.
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E.
Hijra
The Hijra is the pivotal journey of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the formation of the first Muslim community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Treatment of Bibi Haldar Target entity description: "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of illness, social exclusion, and female solidarity through the life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta.
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A.
Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small prison cell in Fort William where a large number of British prisoners were allegedly confined overnight in 1756, resulting in many deaths and becoming a notorious symbol of colonial-era atrocity.
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B.
Panihati
Panihati is a suburban town in eastern India known as part of the Kolkata metropolitan area in the state of West Bengal.
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C.
Great Calcutta Killings
The Great Calcutta Killings refers to the large-scale communal riots and massacres that erupted in Calcutta in August 1946, resulting in thousands of deaths amid rising Hindu-Muslim tensions on the eve of Indian independence and Partition.
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D.
The Butcher of Amritsar
The Butcher of Amritsar is the notorious epithet given to British officer Reginald Dyer for ordering the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, India.
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E.
Hijra
The Hijra is the pivotal journey of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the formation of the first Muslim community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| collection | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicFocus | Indian diaspora literature ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints on women’s lives in urban India
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stigma around illness ⓘ women’s community support ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| focusesOn | life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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short fiction ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Bibi Haldar ⓘ |
| includedInPrizeWinningBook |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2000 (Interpreter of Maladies)
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
contemporary literature
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bibi Haldar ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person plural ⓘ |
| narratorType | collective female neighbors ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jhumpa Lahiri bibliography
ⓘ
linked to:
Interpreter of Maladies
|
| protagonistCondition | mysterious illness ⓘ |
| protagonistDesire | to get married ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | marginalized woman ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Calcutta ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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economic dependence ⓘ female solidarity ⓘ gender roles ⓘ illness ⓘ loneliness ⓘ marginalization ⓘ marriage ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Treatment of Bibi Haldar Description of subject: "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of illness, social exclusion, and female solidarity through the life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta.
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