UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Singing in non-English language). FRAYER: In McCleod Street, this old colonial street in downtown Kolkata, allegedly there is a Kabuliwala who once settled here.

FRAYER: Kabuliwala is a migrant from Kabul, Afghanistan. The movie and the short story it's based on is about an Afghan man who sells dried fruit on the streets of 19th-century Calcutta.

And just like the Kabuliwala in Tagore's 19th-century tale, Khan too sells dried fruit on the street, and he too has a little girl he was forced to leave behind back home. KHAN: (Speaking Hindi).

And just like the Kabuliwala in Tagore's 19th-century tale, Khan too sells dried fruit on the street, and he too has a little girl he was forced to leave behind back home. KHAN: (Speaking Hindi).