Why did the grandmother keep one hand on her waist?
The grandmother was very old. She was slightly bent. She couldn’t stand and walk with her body in an upright position. She had to keep one of her two hands on her waist. She did so to balance her stoop.
What does Khushwant Singh describe in ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
Was the narrator’s grandmother once young and pretty? If not, why?
Give a pen-picture of the narrator’s grandfather as he appeared in the portrait.
Did the narrator like his grandmother telling him of the games she played as a child? If not, why?
