Question

Ever since I was a child of eleven, I had lived with and by the side of Tilak…What I am today is

because of him. If he wished to reach a goal, I was there to help him to it; if he wrote a poem I

was there to sing it; if he had to beg, I was there to carry the begging bowl…

But now he who had held the strings of my life had left me. A new world sprang up around me.

A new life began.

I could not live in Bombay by bhajans and kirtans. The missionaries offered me a job that was

made for widows. Most women who lose the prefix ―Saubhagyawati‖ (married woman

automatically become matrons of girls‘ hostels. I became a matron at forty-five rupees a month

with spacious living space and permission to keep my family with me. I cannot describe my joy.

It is true Tilak was no more; but at least I had my children, Dattu and Baby, and my daughter-inlaw Ruth, with me…
. The writer of the autobiographical passage 1 is a strong and independent woman. Do you

agree with this statement? Give a reasoned answer in 250-300 words. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

point is very smalllll

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