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T H E P O T R A I T O F A L A DY
- Khushwant Singh
About the Author: Khushwant Singh was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and
politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to
Pakistan in 1956, which became his most well- known novel.
The Grandmother:
• Wore a spotless white clothes and had one hand resting on her
waist supporting her stoop and
the other hand telling beads of rosary.
• S
he was beautiful according to the author and compared her aura
to that of the winter’s
landscape in the mountains; peaceful and in a state of happiness
and satisfaction.
• While in village she like to feed the stray dogs and in the city she
used to feed the sparrows.
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