the grand-mother was never pretty, but always beautiful.explain the statement, in the context of story ?
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The statements are a portion of the story “Portrait of a lady” by Khuswant Singh.
In the story Khswant has introduced his grandmother very decently and unbreakable relationship with his grandmother.
In his statement that his grandmother was never pretty but beautiful, Khuswant describes an inner meaning of beauty.
He meant to say that beauty is not only a physical expression but much wider.
It takes into account the truthfulness of heart and soul.
The author's grandmother was a person of powerful character.
She was an image of personality.
She had her own thoughts about his learning at school.
She considered the teaching of scriptures is more important than science and music.
Grandmother sang for several hours celebrating his home-coming.In the last few hours of her life, grandmother used to reciting prayers.
Thus that she was never pretty but always beautiful.