Write a brief character sketch of the author's Nanny on the basis of the discussion the boy had with her during his childhooD
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In this story narrator describes his grandmother as old woman. People said that she had once been young and beautiful but according to author her grandmother had been old ever since he had seen her the author could not imagine her as a child or as a young and beautiful lady. For him she was his grandmother, a woman who had been always old and never young. She was short, fat and slightly bent. Her face was a full of wrinkles . Narrator maintains that she was beautiful because she was kind, warm, loving, attentive and caring. The author’s grandmother was strong woman in character and was very religious too. She was always dressed in a spotless white dress.
In his childhood years, the narrator lived with his grandmother. He describes her as a good friend. She would wake him up on school days and prepare him a simple breakfast .She had as pathetic attitude towards animals . She carried several stale chapattis with her for the village dogs . When she was in village she used to feed dogs but as and when she came to the city she started feeding the sparrows. She was a religious woman , as she spend her time in temple in reading the scriptures .She was a woman who love her traditions and culture. With her one hand, she was always telling the beads of her rosary. She spent most of her time reading the holy books whether at home or in the temple. She spent her time in spinning wheel and reciting her prayers also. She never omitted to sing her prayers.
She did not like the western learning by his grandson .She was also against learning of music. She was left alone when narrator went abroad but she passed her time with spinning feeding sparrows and reciting prayers .She felt happy when narrator came back after a long time. She made her ill by beating the drum in happiness .She was so devoted to religion that in her last times she pray. She was a lady to the last