Question

Diseribe how the author's grandmotherwasa religious erson in 'The portrait of a lady'.​

Answer 1

The author's grandmother was a religious person because she always read religious scriptures, and carried a bead and chanted God's name.

Explanation:

• The chapter The Portrait of a Lady was written by Khushwant Singh, in which he wrote about the memories of his grandmother.
• According to the author, his grandmother was a religious person because he remembered her moving around the house in her white saree always chanting the name of Gods.
• His grandmother would go to the school with him, and while he was having his lessons in the school, she would sit in the temple attached to the school.
• She would always read scriptures and visited temples regularly.
• She also used to feed the stray dogs, squirrels and birds because she believed that it was her religious teachings.
• Even in her last days she spent most of her time praying.
• All of these describes the author's grandmother as a religious person.