Kabuliwala
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Kabuliwala is a celebrated short story by Rabindranath Tagore that portrays the poignant bond between an Afghan fruit seller and a young Bengali girl, exploring themes of fatherhood, separation, and human connection.
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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
short story
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| adaptedAs |
Kabuliwala (1957 film)
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Kabuliwala (1961 film) → Kabuliwala (1993 film) → stage play → television drama → |
| author |
Rabindranath Tagore
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| containsEvent |
Kabuliwala is imprisoned after a violent altercation
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Kabuliwala returns years later to meet Mini → Mini fails to recognize Kabuliwala after growing up → |
| countryOfOrigin |
India
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| creator |
Rabindranath Tagore
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| genre |
fiction
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short fiction → |
| hasCharacter |
Mini's father
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| hasMoral |
human connections endure despite time and distance
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parental love transcends boundaries of nation and culture → |
| hasMotive |
Kabuliwala wants to earn money for his daughter in Afghanistan
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| literaryMovement |
Bengali literature
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| literaryStatus |
classic of Bengali literature
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widely anthologized short story → |
| mainCharacter |
Mini
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Rahmat → |
| narrationType |
first-person narration
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| narrator |
Mini's father
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| notableFor |
exploration of universal parental love
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portrayal of emotional bond between an Afghan vendor and a Bengali child → |
| originalLanguage |
Bengali
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| originalTitle |
Kabuliwala
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| partOf |
Rabindranath Tagore’s short story corpus
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| protagonistEthnicity |
Afghan
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| protagonistOccupation |
fruit seller
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| settingLocation |
Calcutta
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| settingRegion |
Bengal
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| symbolism |
Mini symbolizes Kabuliwala’s own daughter
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dried fruits symbolize Kabuliwala’s homeland → |
| theme |
cross-cultural friendship
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fatherhood → human connection → migration → nostalgia → parent-child relationship → separation → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
late 19th century
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Kabuliwala
("Kabuliwala (1957 film)")
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Kabuliwala ("Kabuliwala (1961 film)") → Kabuliwala ("Kabuliwala (1993 film)") → |
adaptedAs |
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Kabuliwala
("Kabuliwala is imprisoned after a violent altercation")
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containsEvent |
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Kabuliwala
("Kabuliwala wants to earn money for his daughter in Afghanistan")
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hasMotive |
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Rabindranath Tagore
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notableWork |
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Kabuliwala
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originalTitle |