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CABULLIWALA BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE Ever since my five-year-old Mini has learnt to speak, she has created a problem. She cannot stop talking even for a moment. Not a moment does she waste in silence. Her mother often scolded her in order to shut her up. But although I was a busy man working on a novel, I never had the heart to do so. So Mini would always come to me with her queries and there would ensue lively discussions between us. One day I was at a stage of writing when my hero and heroine were in a situation of the greatest suspense. Just then Mini came rushing in. “Father, our gatekeeper is stupid. He calls a kak (Bengali for crow) a kaua (Hindi equivalent)“.....
