Describe the strong bond of love and friendship between the auothr and grandmother ?
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The narrator and his grandmother had a beautiful friendship which did not require wordy conversations, rather it was characterised by companionable silences. His parents would leave him with her when they went to live in the city and they were constantly together. She would wake him up in the morning and get him ready for school. She said her morning prayer in a monotonous sing-song voice while she bathed and dressed him in the hope that he would unconsciously take them in. He listened to them and loved her voice but never bothered to learn them. Then she would fetch his wooden slate which she would keep washed and plastered with yellow chalk, a tiny earthen ink-pot and a red pen, tie them in a bundle and hand it over to him. Post a hearty breakfast, they would set out for school. His grandmother always went to school with him because the school was attached to a temple. The priest taught him them the alphabet and morning prayer while his grandmother sat inside the temple reading scriptures. When they had both finished, they would walk back together. The village dogs would follow them home because his grandmother always packed stale chapattis for them to eat. It was a simple bond which they shared but it was a pure and profound relationship based on mutual trust and camaraderie
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