Question

Summary of the story How I taught my Grandmother To Read By Sudha Murty of class 9,, with in 200 words

Answer 1

EnglishFull Screen Summary The writer was twelve years old and she used to stay with her grandparents in north Karnataka. Since there were very few diversions, the entire family would eagerly wait for a weekly magazine called Karamveera. This magazine was publishing famous writer Triveni’s novel, ‘Kashi Yatre’ as a serial. The novel dealt with the protagonist’s struggle to visit Kashi. Since grandmother believed in Kashi-Yatra as a pilgrimage, she could identify with the trials and tribulations of the main characters. Every Wednesday, the writer would read the next episode of the story to her. The grandmother would not only listen with great attention but also memorize it by heart. Later she would discuss it with friends in the temple courtyard. One day the writer had to go to the neighbouring village for a cousin’s wedding and stayed back there for a week. When she returned, she was surprised to see her grandmother in tears. At night, the grandmother narrated how her past life, feeding and bringing up children, kept her busy, sparing no time for education of any kind. Moreover, education for girls was not considered as important in those days. Without the granddaughter, she had a tough time trying to decipher and guess the next episode of ‘Kashi Yatre’. She had felt very desperate and helpless, mutely gazing at the pictures, unable to read a single word. This incident fanned the grandmother’s desire to learn the Kannada alphabet and she vowed to learn it by Dassera. The granddaughter’s pleas, her mockery of the grandmother’s age, all fell on deaf ears. No wonder, the grandmother proved to be an ideal student. In no time, she could read, repeat and write Kannada. The writer presented her with a copy of the novel ‘Kashi Yatre’ as a token of appreciation and grandmother touched the feet of her granddaughter, her teacher, as a befitting tribute.

Answer 2

Answer:In this story writer is telling about her grandmother's dedication and boundation of education for girls at her time. The name of her grandmother was Krishana who love to listen a Novel Kashi yatre written by Triveni Sudha used to read it for her. But on day Sudha has to go in a marriage and she stayed there for 1 week. Her grandmother miss her daughter very badly and wanted to read that novel but she can't because she don't know how to read. When Sudha came back at home she saw that there were tears in her grandmother's eyes. She asked her why she was crying and kristaka told everything that how she was busy with her family caring and she don't get right to study in her childhood. Than Sudha Murty said that she would help her to read Kannad language and krishtka agreed and made a deadline till durga Pooja that till tha she should be able to read by herself and she did it. It was her great hardwork and dedication to read which made this possible. On that day she bowed down to touch her granddaughter feet as a respect for being her teacher and writer was shocked but later she came to know that it was not only a tradition to touch elders feet only and her grandmother gifted her a piece of cloth for making frock in return Sudha Murty gifted her whole novel Kashi Yatre. The moral was that there is no age bar for learning.