A story from the past offers insights into our troubled present. It's a story written in the 19th century that is popular in India. In it, a girl in India becomes friends with an Afghan migrant, which ...

KOLKATA, India — When Ahmed Khan fled to India from his native Afghanistan three years ago, he left behind the constant din of rocket fire and a desperate search for work in a broken economy. He also ...

MUMBAI: There are some stories that slip through the cracks of time and still stay with us, like the scent of old books or the sound of a lullaby. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Kabuliwala’ is one such ...

A still from the 1961 Hindi film Kabuliwala, directed by Hemen Gupta. KOLKATA, India — When Ahmed Khan fled to India from his native Afghanistan three years ago, he left behind the constant din of ...

Generations of Indian schoolkids have read Kabuliwala — the tale of an Afghan migrant in India. The story remains timely today with mistreatment... The migration themes in the 19th century short story ...

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