The narrator had known his grandmother to be old and wrinkled for the last twenty years. She was terribly old. Perhaps she could not become older. People said that she had once been young and pretty. They said that she even had a husband. The narrator found it hard to believe.
The narrator’s grandmother was terribly old. She could not appear young and beautiful. Her face was a criss-cross of wrinkles. She was short, fat and slightly bent. The very idea of her being young and pretty did not appeal to the mind.
The grandmother was very old. She was slightly bent. She had to keep one of her two hands on her waist. She did so to balance her stoop.
The grandmother often told her grandson about the games she played as a child. Her stories looked quite funny. She looked childish. The narrator didn’t take them very seriously.
The narrator’s grandfather looked like a hundred years old man in the portrait. He had a long white flowing beard. It came up to his chest. It looked as if he had lots and lots of grandchildren.
The author treated the stories of grandmother’s youth and beauty as fables as he had always seen her old and he found it was hard to accept that she could once be pretty and young.
Yes, the author’s grandmother reminds me of my own grandmother who loved me a lot and she was adorable. Like Khushwant Singh’s grandmother, she was also a religious lady who believed in praying all the time and serving the poor. She had a great love for dogs. We own a dog whom she loved very…
Yes, the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character. Her unwavering commitment to her religious practices demonstrates her spiritual strength and deep convictions. She adapts to significant changes in her life, such as moving from the village to the city and her grandson’s growing independence, without losing her sense of self or values. This…
In the beginning, when living in the village, the author and his grandmother were very close. She was involved in his daily life, taking care of him and teaching him. When they moved to the city, and the author started attending an English school, their relationship changed since she could no longer assist him with…