The grandmother was a thoroughly religious lady. How?
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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 :
1. The grandmother used to wake up early every morning and recited her morning prayers in “a monotonous sing-song” manner. She used to sing these religious hymns to the author while bathing him with the hope that he would memorize them.
2. She accompanied the author to the village school and then went to the temple adjoining it. While the author studied the alphabet at school, the grandmother prayed in the temple and read the scriptures.
3. After moving to the city, she complained about the lack of religious education in the English school.
4. She faced death boldly by constantly moving her lips in an inaudible prayer and telling the beads of her rosary. She did not waste any time in talking to family members.