Question

How and why was the narrator surprised? (How I taught my grandmother to read )?

Answer 1

Krishtakka was not only narrator's grandmother but also her student. Krishtakka had a great zeal to learn to read Kannada and also to become independent. She wanted to overcome her inability to read. She had been born in an era education for women was not given much importance. Later she understood the importance of education in life and thus wanted her children to study well.