The Narrator Character Analysis in Kabuliwala

Mini’s father and the story’s unnamed first-person narrator and protagonist. The events of this story largely take place in the narrator’s study and just outside of his house. The narrator describes himself as a “Bengali Babu,” a respectful title that implies that he is financially comfortable, educated, and respected in his hometown of Calcutta, India. The narrator loves his only child, Mini, who is five years old at the beginning of the story. While the narrator’s wife finds Mini’s constant chatter tiring, the narrator loves to listen to his daughter prattle away about all sorts of topics. The narrator is a writer, and is working on his novel when the story starts. The novel is an adventure story, which reflects his own curiosity about different places and people around the world. The narrator has never had the opportunity to leave Calcutta, hence his fascination with such faraway places, though he also admits that he’s a homebody. The narrator is friendly with Rahamat because he enjoys seeing him laughing with Mini when he visits, and because Rahamat tells him stories about life in Afghanistan and what he’s seen on his travels as a fruit vendor, or Kabuliwala. Despite his interest in Rahamat, the narrator is quick to forget him after Rahamat is sent to jail. Years later, when the man shows up unannounced after being released from prison, the narrator tries to get rid of him as fast as possible, thinking of him as a criminal rather than as his daughter’s childhood companion and not wanting to be bothered on Mini’s wedding day. It’s only after Rahamat reveals that he also has a beloved daughter Parvati, back in Afghanistan, that the narrator recognizes that they have far more in common than he originally thought. Having established this personal and emotional connection with him, the narrator gives Rahamat money from Mini’s wedding fund to help him get back to Afghanistan and be reunited with his family.

The Narrator Quotes in Kabuliwala

The Kabuliwala quotes below are all either spoken by The Narrator or refer to The Narrator. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

My five-year-old daughter Mini can’t stop talking for a minute. […] Her mother often scolds her and makes her shut up, but I can’t do that. When Mini is quiet, it is so unnatural that I cannot bear it. So she’s rather keen on chatting to me.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mini, The Narrator’s Wife / Mini’s Mother

Page Number and Citation: 113

Explanation and Analysis:

The opening lines of “Kabuliwala” establish the tight bond between the narrator and his daughter, Mini. Mini’s constant chatter reveals that she is intelligent and curious and open to learning as much as possible, as well as share her own knowledge and opinions. This is something she shares in common with her father, who understands her desire to talk, question, and explore. This is also why he enjoys talking with her and, more importantly, allows her to speak. With Mini, silence is “unnatural,” and so the narrator’s refusal to make her feel bad for talking so much (as opposed to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi

[…] I saw my daughter sitting on a bench in front of the door, nattering unrestrainedly; and the Kabuliwala was sitting at her feet, listening—grinning broadly, and from time to time making comments in his hybrid sort of Bengali. In all her five years of life, Mini had never found so patient a listener, apart from her father.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mini, Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”

Page Number and Citation: 115

Explanation and Analysis:

Mini saw the Kabuliwala (Rahamat) once before, and was shy when meeting him, so it is something of a surprise to the narrator to see her “nattering unrestrainedly” with Rahamat just outside of their house. The first time they met, the narrator had politely bought something and chatted for a while with Rahamat, but Mini had refused to talk to him. The position of both Mini and Rahamat—him sitting at her feet and she propped up on a bench with a sari full of raisins and nuts—implies that they have become very comfortable with each other. Rahamat both literally and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusam

Rahamat would say to Mini, “Little one, don’t ever go off to your śvaśur-bāṛi.’ […] She […] couldn’t clearly understand what Rahamat meant; yet to remain silent and give no reply was wholly against her nature, so she would turn the idea round and say, ‘Are you going to your śvaśur-bāṛi?’ Shaking his huge fist at an imaginary father-in-law Rahamat said, “I’ll settle him!”

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala” (speaker), Mini (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 115

Explanation and Analysis:

As the narrator learns more about the unique friendship between the Kabuliwala and Mini, he also learns that they have a number of inside jokes that they go over almost every time they talk together. This particular one about a śvaśur-bāṛi is foreshadows the fact that Rahamat is eventually arrested and sent to prison, since “prison” is one of two meanings of the term śvaśur-bāṛi. It also reveals even more about the fatherly role Rahamat is playing in his friendship with Mini. Rahamat clearly loves Mini and enjoys their time together (just like the narrator does), and he doesn’t want Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beata

I have never been away from Calcutta; precisely because of that, my mind roves all over the world. I seem to be condemned to my house, but I constantly yearn for the world outside. […] At the same time, I am such a rooted sort of individual that whenever I have to leave my familiar spot I practically collapse.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker)

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Page Number and Citation: 116

Explanation and Analysis:

The narrator discusses his personal lack of experience with the world outside of his hometown of Calcutta, India. Within the narrator, there is a tense conflict between wanting to escape his mundane domestic routine to adventure to faraway lands, and his crippling fear of actually doing so. This inner conflict is reflected in the way his treatment of Rahamat develops over the course of the story. Rahamat is from Afghanistan and has traveled from there to India, and therefore has seen far more of the world than the narrator. This makes him appealing as an acquaintance because Rahamat’s stories provide Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate

Mini’s mother is very easily alarmed. The slightest noise in the street makes her think that all the world’s drunkards are charging straight at our house. […] She was not too happy about Rahamat the Kabuliwala.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), The Narrator’s Wife / Mini’s Mother

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Page Number and Citation: 116

Explanation and Analysis:

The narrator describes his wife’s feelings towards the world outside of their Calcutta neighborhood, and it could not be more different than his own. Mini’s mother’s attitude towards the world is rather extreme: everything is a danger, nothing is safe, and the unfamiliar is invariably bad. For this reason, not only does Mini’s mother never develop even the bare bones of a friendship with Rahamat, but she wrongly assumes that his motivation for befriending Mini is selling her into slavery—quite the opposite of their true father-daughter bond. Even though Mini prefers the company of her father to that of her Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non invent

Mini came straight out with her ‘Are you going to your śvaśur-bāṛi?”

‘Yes, I’m going there now,’ said Rahamat with a smile. But when he saw that his reply had failed to amuse Mini, he brandished his handcuffed fists and said, “I would have killed my śvaśur, but how can I with these on?’

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mini (speaker), Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala” (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 117

Explanation and Analysis:

Late in the year, Rahamat is preparing to go home to Afghanistan, and one of his final tasks is to go door to door to all of his customers and collect payment for the products he sold them. Unfortunately, one customer refused to pay Rahamat what he owed and they got in a physical altercation that ended with Rahamat stabbing the customer and promptly being arrested. As Rahamat is being led away by two policemen, they happen to pass by Mini’s house and, seeing him, she runs out and greets him with a line from one of their inside jokes. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Q

Living at home, carrying on day by day with our routine tasks, we gave no thought to how a free-spirited mountain-dweller was passing his years behind prison-walls. […] [Mini] even stopped coming to her father’s study. And I, in a sense, dropped her.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mini, Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”

Page Number and Citation: 117

Explanation and Analysis:

Rahamat is convicted of assault for stabbing a customer who would not pay him, and is sent to prison for eight years. The narrator and Mini do initially fall right back into their usual domestic routine, but over time there are some distinct changes in their relationship. The incident with the Kabuliwala marks the end of Mini’s early childhood. For Mini, the sight of her beloved friend in handcuffs and covered in blood changes her perspective of him. Rahamat’s kindness toward Mini quelled her early fear that he was a kidnapper, but covered in the evidence of a violent crime, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipis

I had never confronted a would-be murderer before; I shrank back at the sight of him. I began to feel that on this auspicious morning it would be better to have the man out of the way.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”

Page Number and Citation: 118

Explanation and Analysis:

After eight years in prison in Calcutta, Rahamat is released and allowed to go where he pleases. The day after he’s released, Rahamat goes to the narrator’s house with boxes of grapes and nuts for Mini, but his reception is not as warm as he expected. Mentally and emotionally speaking, Rahamat is no longer a part of the narrator’s “familiar spot” in which he feels safe and confident. Having committed a violent crime, Rahamat is now a very unfamiliar figure—he is even physically unfamiliar, having lost his hair and become emaciated in jail. As a result, the narrator is both Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia solut

Every year Rahamat carried this memento of his daughter in his breast-pocket when he came to sell raisins in Calcutta’s streets: as if the touch of that soft, small, childish hand brought solace to his huge, homesick breast. My eyes swam at the sight of it. I forgot then that he was an Afghan raisin-seller and I was a Bengali Babu. I understood then that he was as I am, that he was a father just as I am a father. The handprint of his little mountain-dwelling Parvati reminded me of my own Mini.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”, Mini, Parvati

Related Symbols: Parvati’s Handprint

Page Number and Citation: 119

Explanation and Analysis:

The narrator tells the Kabuliwala that he needs to leave when he suddenly shows up unannounced in the narrator’s study on the day of Mini’s wedding, but as he is going the Kabuliwala reveals to the narrator that he has only come for love of his own daughter, Parvati. The revelation takes the narrator by surprise, although, in hindsight, it explains why Rahamat was so enthusiastic about befriending Mini. The placement of Parvati’s handprint on a piece of paper kept close to Rahamat’s heart shows just how much he loved and missed his daughter, even during his eight long years Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore cor

Mini now knew the meaning of śvaśur-bāṛi; she couldn’t reply as before—she blushed at Rahamat’s question and looked away. I recalled the day when Mini and the Kabuliwala had first met. My heart ached.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mini, Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”

Page Number and Citation: 119

Explanation and Analysis:

Once again, the old joke about a śvaśur-bāṛi reveals the state of Mini and Rahamat’s relationship. In the beginning, this joke was a source of delight as Mini questioned the friendly old Kabuliwala and he theatrically threatened to “settle him!” As he’s being taken away by two policemen, Rahamat attempts to make Mini laugh by smiling and laughing about going to his śvaśur-bāṛi, but without eliciting any response, good or bad. Now, however, Mini blushes and can’t look Rahamat in the eye. She now knows exactly what śvaśur-bāṛi means (both definitions of the term), she has lost her innocence, and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidun

Mini left the room, and Rahamat, sighing deeply, sat down on the floor. He suddenly understood clearly that his own daughter would have grown up too since he last saw her, and with her too he would have to become re-acquainted: he would not find her exactly as she was before. Who knew what had happened to her these eight years?

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Rahamat / The “Kabuliwala”, Mini, Parvati

Page Number and Citation: 120

Explanation and Analysis:

The narrator grants the Kabuliwala’s request to see Mini one more time, but when she comes down and Rahamat tries to rekindle their friendship by repeating an old joke, she becomes timid and turns away from him without responding. When Mini was a precocious five-year-old and Rahamat first met her, she became a surrogate for his own daughter of a similar age, Parvati. Just as Mini reminded him of his daughter during their friendship, Mini’s unfavorable reaction towards Rahamat serves as a disheartening warning for what his own daughter might be like when he finally sees her again. Rahamat kept Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis

The Narrator Character Timeline in Kabuliwala

The timeline below shows where the character The Narrator appears in Kabuliwala. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

The narrator ’s precocious five-year-old daughter, Mini, started talking very young, and now she “can’t stop talking... (full context)

One morning while the narrator is working on the 17th chapter of his book, Mini approaches him and tells him... (full context)

The narrator continues working on his book—an adventure story in which the main characters are escaping from... (full context)

...so she runs away to another part of the house. Not wanting to be rude, the narrator invites the Kabuliwala in and buys something from him while they talk about Afghani politics... (full context)

A few days after the Kabuliwala’s first appearance, the narrator walks out of the house and sees Mini sitting and talking with the Kabuliwala, who... (full context)

Later, when the narrator gets back home, his wife is in the middle of scolding Mini for somehow getting... (full context)

...the Kabuliwala—whose name is Rahamat—involves her eventually having to leave to go to her śvaśur-bāṛi. The narrator notes that while most Bengali girls Mini’s age would know what this means, Mini does... (full context)

The narrator notes that it is “perfect autumn weather,” which makes him think about the “ancient times”... (full context)

The narrator ’s wife is very different from the narrator: she is “very easily alarmed” and is... (full context)

...home. He is busy all day during this time, but never fails to come to the narrator ’s house to see Mini. Even though the sight of Rahamat in his baggy clothes... (full context)

One morning during this time, the narrator is up early and working in his study. He is enjoying the pleasant morning sun... (full context)

The narrator goes outside to ask what happened and, between what the Kabuliwala and the policemen tell... (full context)

The Kabuliwala is sentenced to prison for many years, and the narrator and Mini soon forget him. As she grows up, Mini’s behavior, according to the narrator,... (full context)

Years later, once again during autumn, the narrator and his wife arrange Mini’s marriage. They are terribly sad to think that their “pride... (full context)

The narrator nervously asks the Kabuliwala to leave because they are busy, but as he’s leaving the... (full context)

...with him when he leaves home to sell fruit. With tears brimming in his eyes, the narrator says he “forgot then that he was an Afghan raisin-seller and I a Bengali Babu,”... (full context)

...to her śvaśur-bāṛi, but now that Mini knows what the word means, she is embarrassed. The narrator ’s “heart ache[s].” Mini silently leaves the room. With a great sigh, the Kabuliwala sits... (full context)

The narrator gives the Kabuliwala some money and tells him to go back to Afghanistan, and that... (full context)

The Narrator Character Analysis

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The Narrator Character Timeline in Kabuliwala