Question

How do we know that the grandmother is a religious lady from Khushwant Singh's account of her in "The Portrait of a lady" ?​

Answer 1

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★ How do we know that the grandmother is a religious lady from Khuswant Singh's account of her in "The Portrait of a Lady" ?

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In the Story , The Portrait of a Lady , The below lines tells us that her grand mother was a religious lady :

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➝ She hobbled about the house in spotless white saree with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and other telling the beads of rosary.

2. ➝ When the auther was in the village her grandmother usually used to sing her morning prayers during the time of bathing and dressing the author.

3. ➝ The author's grandmother used to go to the temple which was situated near the school. Her grandmother used to sit inside the temple and read the scriptures.

4. ➝ She always used to feed the animals. When she was in village she used to feed the stray dogs stale chapatis and in the city she used to feed the sparrows because she thought it to be a part of a religious ritual .

5. ➝ Even at the last moments of her life she preferred praying and telling the beads rather than talking to family members.

So , by these points , we can easily conclude that , the author's grand mother was a religious lady .

Answer 2

Answer:-

In the short story "The Portrait of a Lady" by Khushwant Singh,the grandmother was a thoroughly religious lady.The following incidences from the story prove that she was very religious.

Explanation:-

● The grandmother used to wake up early every morning and recited her morning prayers in "a monotonus sing-song" manner.She used to sing these religious hyms to the author while bathing him with the hope the he would memorize them.

● She accompanied the author to the village school and the went to the temple adoining it. While the author studied the alphabet at school,the grandmother prayed in the temple and read the scriptures.

● After moving the city,she complained about the lack of religions education in English school.

● She faced death boldly by constantly moving he lips in an inaudible prayer and telling the beads of her rosary.She did not waste any time in talking to family members.

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