Write a character sketch of the author’s grandmother.

Explanation

The grandmother was a typical Indian old lady who felt the pangs of seclusion caused by her migration to the city. She was a silent observant who noticed everything. She was very old. Her wrinkled face seemed to have remained as it was for the last twenty years. She was short, fat and slightly bent. She was a religious lady. She spent all her life telling beads and praying. She read scriptures. She used to feed dogs in the village and sparrows in the city. Thus, she was a true lover of animals. She never shooed away the sparrows. She was a lady of strong character.She had a narrow thinking as she hated music and felt that it is for harlots and beggars. She had foreseen her end. She told in advance that her end had come, though it was a mild fever. The character of the grandmother makes us sentimental.