Interpreter of Maladies

At the end of this story question #5 really stuck out to me "How do the characters' views of one another differ from the way the reader is encouraged to view them?" I think this question stuck out to me because I thought it was really weird the way the characters interacted with one another. First of all, it was odd how Mr. Das referred to Mrs. Das as Mina when talking to their daughter. Sometimes my brother calls my mom Karen and I honestly don't think there is something in the world that upsets her more so I really found it strange that the father actually set an example to call the mother by her first name. Next there is Mrs. Das who obviously does not care about her family quite as much as she does Mr. Kapasi. The way she talks to him about his job being romantic is really odd. I think there was much more dialogue (or mention thereof) between Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi than there is between Mr. and Mrs. Das. Mrs. Das seems very cold and distant the way she wore her glasses almost throughout the story. Also, I didn't really like the way in which she ignored her children (like when her daughter was asking her to paint her nails). Finally Mr. Das seemed very indifferent to everything. He never really showed any authority or concern for his children. When they were playing with the goat or making noise in the cab he simply acted as if nothing was wrong. In conclusion I thought the characters in the story made the story seem pretty far-fetched or unrealistic (not to mention the crazy monkeys jumping on the car).