describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother did their feelings for Each Other change
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During his boyhood, the author was completely dependent on his grandmother. She was a part of his life. The turning point in their friendship came when they went to city. She could no longer accompany him to school as he went there by bus. They shared the same room but she could not help him in his studies. She would ask him what the teachers had taught. She did not believe in the things that were taught at school. She was distressed that there was no teaching about God and the scriptures. She felt offended that music was also being taught. She expressed her disapproval silently. After this she rarely talked to him. When he went to university, he was given a room of his own. The common link of friendship was snapped.
However their feelings for each other did not change. They still loved each other deeply. She went to see the author off at the railway station when he was going abroad for higher studies. She showed no emotion but kissed his forehead silently. The author valued this as perhaps the last sign of physical contact between them. When the author returned after five years, she received him at the station. She clasped him in her arms. In the evening she celebrated his homecoming by singing songs and beating an old drum.
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The story describes the entire phase of relationship shared by the author and his grandmother.
In his early childhood, the author shared a strong bond with his grandmother.
However, that tie of friendship loosened a little when they both shifted to his parents’ city house.
She no longer accompanied him to the school and could not help him with his lessons.
There was a further crack in the relationship when the author joined university as he was given a private room and the common link between them was snapped.
They were further distanced from each other when the author went abroad for five years.
In spite of changes in the course of the relationship (due to the demands of the situation), their feelings for each other remained unchanged.
Though she did not display her emotions, when the author was leaving for abroad, she wholeheartedly celebrated his homecoming when he returned.