Give a pen-picture of the narrator’s grandfather as he appeared in the portrait.
The narrator’s grandfather also looked like a hundred years old man in the portrait. He had a long white flowing beard. It came up to his chest. It looked as if he had lots and lots of grandchildren. Actually, he looked older than the grandmother.
Did the narrator like his grandmother telling him of the games she played as a child? If not, why?
The grandmother often told her grandson about the games she played as a child. Her stories looked quite funny. They seemed to be quite strange and exaggerated. She looked childish while narrating such funny stories. The narrator didn’t take them very seriously.
What does Khushwant Singh describe in ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
In The Portrait of a Lady’ Khushwant Singh draws a pen-picture of his grandmother. He describes how he spent his childhood with her in the village. He also describes the changes that came in their relationship in the city. Ultimately, he describes the moving scene of her death.
Was the narrator’s grandmother once young and pretty? If not, why?
It was hard to believe that the narrator’s grandmother was once young and pretty. The very idea was revolting. She had always a wrinkled and pale face. She looked the same terribly old lady for the last twenty years. No change was ever visible in her. The narrator had never seen her being young and pretty.
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