Class 11 English Core Hornbill PROSE Chapter - 1. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Class 11 English Core Hornbill PROSE Chapter - 1. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class 11 English Core Hornbill PROSE Chapter
- 1. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY - Khushwant Singh MAIN POINTS ☞
The author is Khushwant Singh. ☞
The author draws a life like pen portrait of his grandmother ☞
The grandmother and the narrator were good friends. ☞
His parents left him with her when they went to live in the city. ☞
She went to school with him because the school was attached to the temple. ☞
The narrator's parents sent for them to settle in the city with them. ☞
It was a turning point in their friendship. ☞
When the narrator went to the university, their common link (of sharing same
room) was broken. ☞
From sunrise to sunset she sat by her spinning wheel spinning and reciting
prayers. ☞
She came to leave him at the railway station when the narrator went abroad for
further studies. ☞
She collected the women of the neighbourhood and celebrated the homecoming of
her grandson by thumping an old drum and singing songs. She even fo…
