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    Khushwant Singh wrote "The Portrait of a Lady" to pay tribute to his grandmother. In the story, he describes his grandmother as a kind, caring, and religious woman who was left alone in her old age as her children became busy with their own lives. However, she peacefully accepted the changes and found solace by caring for birds in her garden. The story highlights how the elderly can feel isolated but can also learn to live with solitude. It provides insight into human relationships and how modern lifestyles can affect the older generation.

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    Khushwant Singh wrote "The Portrait of a Lady" to pay tribute to his grandmother. In the story, he describes his grandmother as a kind, caring, and religious woman who was left alone in her old age as her children became busy with their own lives. However, she peacefully accepted the changes and found solace by caring for birds in her garden. The story highlights how the elderly can feel isolated but can also learn to live with solitude. It provides insight into human relationships and how modern lifestyles can affect the older generation.

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    Khushwant Singh wrote "The Portrait of a Lady" to pay tribute to his grandmother. In the story, he describes his grandmother as a kind, caring, and religious woman who was left alone in her old age as her children became busy with their own lives. However, she peacefully accepted the changes and found solace by caring for birds in her garden. The story highlights how the elderly can feel isolated but can also learn to live with solitude. It provides insight into human relationships and how modern lifestyles can affect the older generation.

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    Love

    AND
    Companionship
    The Portrait of a Lady
    By
    Khushwant singh
    Khushwant Singh
    Khushwant Singh was an Indian author, lawyer,
    diplomat, journalist and politician. He was
    born in 1915 to a Sikh family and grew up in
    the Muslim majority village of Hadali, border
    of Punjab and now in Pakistan. His native
    tongue is Punjabi but he was also fluent in
    Urdu.Later he would become a prolific Urdu
    translator.His experience in the 1947 , partition
    of India ,inspired him to write "Train to
    Pakistan" in 1956, which became his most
    well-known novel.He died in 2014 in New
    Delhi.
    He also worked as an editor for a variety of
    well-known periodicals and magazines,
    including 'The Hindustan Times,' 'The National
    Herald,' and 'The Illustrated Weekly of India.'
    Singh was more recognized for his writing,
    with works such as 'Train to Pakistan' (1956),
    'Delhi: A Novel' (1990), 'The Company of
    Women' (1999), 'Truth, Love, and a Little
    Malice' (2002), 'The Good, the Bad, and the
    Ridiculous' (2013), and others.
    During his lifetime, Khushwant Singh received
    numerous awards The Padma Bhushan (which
    he returned in 1984 in protest against
    Operation Blue Star), the Punjab Rattan Award
    (2006), the Padma Vibhushan (2007), the
    Sahitya Academy Fellowship Award (2010), the
    Tata Literature Live Award (2013), and the
    Fellowship of King's College, London (2014)
    among them
    INTRODUCTION
    The Portrait of lady is a part of an
    autobiography of Khushwant Singh. In this
    story the writer draws the pen portrait of
    his grandmother, he beautifully unfolds
    their relationship and how it goes under
    the several changes. In other words the
    story is a beautiful tribute from a grandson
    to his grandmother, the story gives a
    beautiful picture of human relationship.
    Theme ---- This story describes the
    modern contemporary lifestyle where
    relationships fade as all get busy with their own
    lives. The older generation suffers the most as they
    need time and attention. In this story, the old lady
    seems to have accepted the fact that her children
    are busy making their lives and she peacefully
    accepted the changes. She got herself busy with
    the birds and God. This lesson gives a clear picture
    of the life of an old age person who is left all alone
    and has learnt to live with the solitude.
    Character sketch of grandmother
    Values learnt
     Needs to give love and company
    to elderly people.
     Love and emotion is
    experienced not only by human
    beings but animals and birds
    too.
    Literary Devices
     Alliteration------Shagging skin,dilapidated
    drumdrum, peaceful pallor, pale puckered,
    sparrows sat Scattered.
     Metaphor----Silver lock
     Personification----An expanse of pure white
    serenity breathing peace and contentment.
     Simile----Like everybody's grandmother, like
    the fables of the prophets, like the
    winterscape in the mountains.
     Oxymoron----frivolous rebuke
    Short answer questions
     1.How did the narrator's grandfather appear in the
    Portrait?
     2.Which thought about the grand mother was often
    revolting and for whom?
     3.How did the narrator and his grandmother become
    good friends?
     4.Why didn't the grandmother pray in the evening
    on the day the narrator came back?
     5. Describe in brief how grandmother spent half-an-
    hour with the sparrows. How did she feel then?
    Long Answer Question
    1.The grandmother herself was not formally
    educated but was serious about the author's
    education. How does the text support this
    number ?
    2.Write a character sketch of the author's
    grandmother by using following words -
    affectionate ,caring, kind and benevolent,
    religious and a strong woman?
    Thank you

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