Character sketch of kabuliwala

A traveling fruit and nut merchant from Afghanistan, the Kabuliwallah develops an unlikely friendship with a five-year-old girl while in Calcutta. After a period of time in jail, the Kabuliwallah returns to meet the girl, only to find her on her wedding day. Upon seeing her grown up, he realizes that he’ll have to re-establish his relationship with his own daughter back in Afghanistan, making him one of the most sympathetic and pathos-rich characters in all of Tagore’s literature.