Day 1 class 7 The Kabuliwala

Open Ended

Imagine you had to leave your favorite place and go somewhere completely unfamiliar. What would you miss the most, and why?

Multiple Choice

When you meet someone from a different cultural background, what is one positive outcome?

• Feeling more lonely

• Learning something new about them

• Losing your own identity

• Forgetting your culture

Open Ended

Write about one thing you and a person from a different background had in common.

Multiple Choice

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win which award?

• Pulitzer Prize
• Booker Prize
• Nobel Prize in Literature
• Man Booker International Prize

Open Ended

Describe your "safe place" in one or two sentences.

Multiple Choice

Kabuliwalas who came to Bengal were mainly:

• Teachers and scholars

• Farmers

• Traders of dry fruits and spices

• Soldiers

Match

Match the Kabuliwala’s reality with the description:

• Left families behind

• Stayed in India for months/years

• Built bonds with locals

Homesickness

Cultural outsiders

Relationships across cultures

• Homesickness

• Cultural outsiders

• Relationships across cultures

Multiple Select

Which are key themes in The Kabuliwala?​ ​

• Displacement
• Cross-cultural friendship

• Parental love

• Greed and wealth