Question

Question 5.
What was Khushwant Singh’s and his grandmother’s routine in the village?
Question 6.
Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother.

Answer 1

Answer 5:

The grandmother used to wake Khushwant Singh up in the morning, bathe him, dress him, and accompany him to school. While he studied, she sat in the temple and read scriptures. On return, she fed stale ‘chapattis’ to the village dogs. She used to prepare his wooden slate by plastering it lightly with yellow chalk.

Answer 6:

The relationship changed from total dependency during their village stay to a hint of withdrawal during the city stay as the grandmother could not comprehend the efficacy of a curriculum based on science, sans religious instructions. Later, this changed to an overall affection for the author.