Kabuliwala (short story)

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Template:Infobox short story Kabuliwala is a Bengali short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1892,^[1]^[2] during Tagore's "Sadhana" period (named for one of Tagore's magazines) from 1891 to 1895. The story is about "The Fruitseller" a Pathan from Kabul, Afghanistan who visits to Calcutta (present day Kolkata), India each year for selling dry-fruits and while living in India he develops filial affection with a five-year-old girl Mini from a middle-class aristocratic family.

Theme[edit]

The main theme of this story is filial affection—the deep love that fathers have for their children.^[3] In the story we encounter three examples of filial affection—the narrator and his daughter Mini; the Kabuliwala "Rahmat" and his own daughter in Afghanistan; and the Rahmat "Kabuliwala" and Mini. In this story Rahmat comes to India every year to sell dry-fruits and to meet this girl named Mini. He encountered a physical confrontation with a person while collecting debts and that's what led the him to end up in jail. After several years, he was pardoned and was released from jail—he returned to meet Mini at her house, she had grown up and could not recognize him due to circumstances.^{[clarification needed]}^[4]^[5]

Adaptations[edit]

The story has adapted a number of times as listed below:

Kabuliwala, a 1957 Bengali movie
Kabuliwala, a 1961 Hindi movie
Kabuliwala, a 2006 Bengali movie
Kabuliwala – as a part of television series Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
Bioscopewala, a 2018 Hindi movie

References[edit]

↑ Radice, William (tr.), 1991.Selected Short Stories. pp. 295-302.
↑ Tagore, Rabindranath (2010). Chattopadhyay, Ratan Kumar (ed.). Selections from Galpaguchchha (3 volumes). Orient Blackswan.
↑ Pothukuchi, Madhavi (10 August 2019). "Kabuliwala is the heart-rending childhood tale of innocence, love & fate". The Print. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
↑ Norris, Rachael (26 June 2020). "Places to Go Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore". thereader.org. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
↑ Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2 May 2009). "Kabuliwala". thereader.org. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

External links[edit]

Onward English Reader – 7 (new Edition), by Strevens P, ISBN 9788125005858
Short Stories from Rabindranath Tagore, by Rabindranath Tagore, translation Pratima Bowes, 1999, East-West Publications (U.K.) Limited, ISBN 9780856921445
Stories of Rabindranath Tagore | Story of a five-year-old girl Mini and a Pathan the Fruitseller
The 'Kabuliwala' Afghans of Kolkata, published by BBC

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[radice1991-1] Radice, William (tr.), 1991.Selected Short Stories. pp. 295-302.

[Chattopadhyay2010-2] Tagore, Rabindranath (2010). Chattopadhyay, Ratan Kumar (ed.). Selections from Galpaguchchha (3 volumes). Orient Blackswan.

[3] Pothukuchi, Madhavi (10 August 2019). "Kabuliwala is the heart-rending childhood tale of innocence, love & fate". The Print. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] Norris, Rachael (26 June 2020). "Places to Go Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore". thereader.org. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[5] Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2 May 2009). "Kabuliwala". thereader.org. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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