How did the grandmother celebrate the homecoming of her grandson?
The grandmother was really very much excited and happy when the narrator returned from abroad. She came to the station to receive him. She took him in her arms. She was in a mood of celebration. She collected the women of the neighbourhood in the evening. She continued beating an old drum and sang for hours. She even forgot to pray.
I would be away for five years, and at her age one could never tell. ’ Why did the narrator think so?
Why did the grandmother stop talking to anybody before her death?
How did the sparrows mourn the death of the grandmother?
Why didn’t the sparrows take any notice of the bread crumbs thrown to them? How would you explain their strange behaviour at the death of the grandmother?
