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What is the speaker's occupation?
What is the speaker's occupation?
Why is the speaker's wife vexed at Mini?
Why is the speaker's wife vexed at Mini?
What does Ramdayal the door-keeper call a crow?
What does Ramdayal the door-keeper call a crow?
What is Bhola's claim about the clouds?
What is Bhola's claim about the clouds?
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What is the speaker doing when Mini interrupts him?
What is the speaker doing when Mini interrupts him?
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What is the speaker's response when Mini asks what relation her mother is to him?
What is the speaker's response when Mini asks what relation her mother is to him?
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What was the author doing when Mini suddenly cried out about a Kabuliwala?
What was the author doing when Mini suddenly cried out about a Kabuliwala?
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What was Mini afraid of with regards to the Kabuliwala's bag?
What was Mini afraid of with regards to the Kabuliwala's bag?
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What did the Kabuliwala offer Mini besides talking to her?
What did the Kabuliwala offer Mini besides talking to her?
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Why did the author give the Kabuliwala an eight-anna bit?
Why did the author give the Kabuliwala an eight-anna bit?
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What did the Kabuliwala give to Mini after the author gave him the eight-anna bit?
What did the Kabuliwala give to Mini after the author gave him the eight-anna bit?
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How did Mini's mother react when she saw the eight-anna bit?
How did Mini's mother react when she saw the eight-anna bit?
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Study Notes
The Fruitseller from Kabul
- The narrator's five-year-old daughter Mini is very talkative and loves to chat.
- The narrator is writing a novel and is in the midst of the seventeenth chapter when Mini interrupts him.
Mini's Encounter with the Kabuliwala
- Mini sees a Kabuliwala (a fruit seller from Kabul) passing by the window and gets excited.
- She is terrified of the Kabuliwala's bag, thinking it might contain other children.
- The Kabuliwala enters the narrator's house and greets him with a smiling face.
- The narrator makes some small purchases from the Kabuliwala and they have a conversation about politics.
The Second Meeting
- The Kabuliwala meets Mini again and offers her nuts and raisins, but she is still afraid of him.
- Later, the narrator finds Mini seated on a bench, laughing and talking with the Kabuliwala.
- The Kabuliwala has given Mini almonds and raisins as gifts.
- The narrator gives the Kabuliwala an eight-anna bit, which the Kabuliwala then gives to Mini, causing trouble when Mini's mother finds out.
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Description
Extract from Rabindranath Tagore's autobiography, describing his daughter Mini's talkative nature and his own interactions with her.
