Kabuliwala

by Rabindranath Tagore · first published 1988

Kabuliwala is a Bengali short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1892, during Tagore's "Sadhana" period (named for one of Tagore's magazines) from 1891 to 1895. The story is about a fruit seller, a Pashtun (his name is Rahmat) from Kabul, Afghanistan, who visits Calcutta (present day Kolkata, India) each year to sell dry fruits. While living in India, he develops a filial affection for a five-year-old girl, Mini, from a middle-class aristocratic family, who reminds him of his own daughter back home in Afghanistan.

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Original language:

Bangla

Reader rating:

★ 2.5 / 5 (2 on Open Library)

Year page:

1988