Question

Which incident affected the relationship of grandmother and the narrator and how did she behave when her grandson had to go for higher studies

Answer 1

The incident that affected the relationship between the grandmother and the narrator was when they shifted in the city.

The grandmother's reaction after hearing the plan of the narrator of study abroad did not make her sentiment instead she came to say good-bye to the narrator at the railway station.

Explanation:

• "The Portrait of the Lady" is a short story written by Khushwant Singh. The story narrates the story of the narrator and his grandmother and the relationship that they shared.
• The narrator's grandmother like any other grandmother was a religious old lady. When the narrator was young, his parents left him with his grandmother and went to live and make money in the city.
• After some time, the narrator's parents called them to the city to live with them. This shift from village to the city brought a shift in the relationship between the narrator and his grandmother as well. The grandmother was no longer able to accompany the narrator to his school, she was not able to teach him as he learned English in the new school and his grandmother did not know the language. They both began seeing less of each other.
• When the narrator shared his plan of going abroad for further studies, he thought his grandmother would become sentimental, but to his surprise, she easily plied to the plan and even came to the railway station to drop the narrator and say good-bye.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The turn in the relationship came when the author began to tell his grandmother the words that he was learning in English and little things of western science which made her unhappy. She could not help him with his lessons anymore as she had not been taught in English, nor was she aware western learning. She did not believe in the things that the author was taught at the English school and was distressed to learn that there was no teaching about God and the scripture. One day when the author announced that he was being given music lessons, she was very disturbed. To her, music had lewd associations of being the sole domain of harlots and beggars, not suitable for gentlefolk. She disapproved of such practices but said nothing. She rarely talked to the author after that. When the author went up to the University, he was given a room of his own and the common link of their friendship was snapped. His grandmother accepted her seclusion with resignation and devoted herself solely to her prayers and spinning wheel.