1. How does the writer offer an excuse for the Kabuliwala’s violent behaviour?
He explains that one of his neighbours had falsely denied that he owed Rahmat some money. Rahmat could have hurt him in fury at the injustice meted out to him.
2. Why did Mini ask the Kabuliwala if he was going to his father-in-law’s house?
That was one of their usual jokes when he would reply that he would beat up his father-in-law. But that day the joke had a special significance because he was going to a prison. A prison is jokingly referred to as the father-in-law’s house.
3. Why was Mini not amused that day when they shared their joke?
She saw him in bloodstained clothes with his hands tied and escorted by policemen and may have sensed a danger she could not understand.
4. What about the Kabuliwala, according to the writer, had remained unchanged? How does this move us?
The writer noticed that the Kabuliwala had thought that Mini would still be the little girl he had seen years ago. His affection for her remained unchanged just as his grin did. He called her ‘khokhi’ as he used to do earlier. He had even borrowed a box of fruits and nuts to give her. This evokes a feeling of empathy for the Kabuliwala who was seeing his own daughter in Mini… a daughter whom he had not seen for years…
5. As for Mini, even her father would have to admit that her behaviour was very regrettable.
a. Which behaviour of Mini’s did the speaker find regrettable? Why?
b. Was Mini’s behaviour natural? Did her friend change in a similar manner?
a. Usually, Mini would ask Rahmat, ‘Are you going to your father-in-law’s house?’ and Rahmat would reply, ‘I shall hit the father-in-law.’ Mini would laugh at the joke. This time, Mini was not amused because when she asked her usual question, Rahmat replied yes, instead of his usual response.
b. The Kabuliwala’s words are not funny; in fact, they are sad and moving because instead of staying near his little friend to joke and laugh with her, he was going to prison for several years. His words mark a change from their happy past to a future that was not going to be happy for him.
6. Their first meeting came to my mind. I felt a strange ache in my heart.
a. Why did their first meeting come to the speaker’s mind?
b. Why do you think the speaker felt a strange ache in his heart?
a. The speaker found it regrettable that Mini forgot her old friend, the Kabuliwala, very easily when he went away to prison, and made friends with the horse-keeper in his place. The speaker says it was regrettable because Mini and Rahmat had been very good friends and the speaker knew that Rahmat was very fond of her.
b. Mini’s behaviour was natural because after all, she was a five-year-old child who could not understand the seriousness of Rahmat’s situation and who could not be expected to remember a friend if she did not meet him for a long time. It would be natural for her to find new friends with time. Her friend, Rahmat, did not change in a similar manner—he was in prison, and there was little chance for him to make new friends. He remembered Mini very well .
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