Question

What is the role of the 'Letter' in the story written by Dhumaketu?

Answer 1

Coachman Ali walks to the post office daily in anticipation of receiving a letter from his daughter Miriam who left him after marriage. But, unfortunately, he would be in for a disappointment every time. The letter was the only way to reconnect the father and daughter. Everyone including the post master used to term him a mad man. Finally, he dies without getting the letter he longed for.

Years later, the post master is eagerly awaiting a letter to know about his daughter’s recovery from an illness. As he rummages through the mail, he sees Miriam’s letter to her dad and realizes what agony Ali must have experienced.

Answer 2

the letter has the most important role in the story by Dhumaketu...Ali an old coachmen had been waiting for his daughter's letter ...in hope of letter form his daughter he had been going to the post office from the last 5 years...Ali thought that he was becoming old and would die so he asked the clerk that if Miriam's letter come then put it on his grave... at last he died.