Question

why was grandmother in tears?

Answer 1

grandmother was in tears because she was helpless and she was not able to read the chapter of novel kashi yatra that came in the weakly magazine named karmaveera

Answer 2

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when the narrator returned home she found her grandmother in tears she crying over her inability to read the next episode of kashi yatre in the absence of her grandmother she was very keen to know what had happen next in the story. she found her self being dependent and helplessness.
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