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The Portrait of A Lady is written by Khushwant Singh who was a prominent Indian English writer and journalist. He was famous for his work ‘The Portrait of a Lady” and Train to Pakistan. He is well known in Indian literary history as one of the finest historians and novelists, a forthright political commentator and outstanding observer, and a critic of social life.

The Portrait of a Lady extra questions

Why was it hard for the author to believe that his grandmother was once young and pretty?
How did the grandfather appear in his portrait?
What sort of a person did he look like in his portrait?
How does the author portray his grandmother?
Why does he say, ”the thought was almost revolting”?
The grandmother had a divine beauty. How does the author bring this out?
What was the grandmother’s routine in the village?
How did the grandmother take care of the writer during his childhood?Was she a good companion of the writer in the village?
What lesson did the writer learn from the village priest?
How did the grandmother spend her time at the temple?
Was she a religious person? How?
Why didn’t the grandmother accompany the writer to school in the city?
Why couldn’t the grandmother help the writer with his lessons at the city school?
Why was she disturbed about music lessons at the English school?
What were the three ways in which the grandmother spent her days when the author went to University?
How did the grandmother see the author off at the railway station?
How did she receive him when he came back home from abroad?
What was her happiest moment on the first day of his arrival?
How did she celebrate his return in the evening? Does her behavior appear odd to you?
How did she pass away?
How did sparrows react when the author’s grandmother died?
”Next morning the sweeper swept the bread crumbs into the dust bin” What does this line imply?