Question
Answer the following about novel adaptations by Indian-American director and producer Mira Nair. For 10 points each:
[10m] Nair’s BBC miniseries adaptation of this novel attracted controversy for depicting Lata kissing Kabir in front of a temple. Kabir is one of the title candidates sought by Lata’s mother in this Vikram Seth (“SATE”) novel.
ANSWER: A Suitable Boy
[10e] Nair made a movie adaptation of The Namesake, a novel by this author of The Interpreter of Maladies.
ANSWER: Jhumpa Lahiri [or Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri]
[10h] After getting an advance copy, Nair made an adaptation of a Mohsin Hamid novel titled for a “reluctant” example of this type of person.
ANSWER: fundamentalist [accept The Reluctant Fundamentalist; accept radical or extremist or terrorist or enemy of the state or defector or kidnapper or insurrectionist; accept jihadist; prompt on criminal prompt on fighter or gunman or bomber or soldier]
<Jim Fan, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~23746~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.61 | 89% | 39% | 8% |