THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY PART ONE

LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUL, TUTORIAL FOR THE STUDENTS OF CBSE CLASS 11.

The Portrait of a Lady’ PART THREE

The Portrait of a Lady’ PART THREE Summary of The Portrait of a Lady ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ is one of the greatest works of Khushwant Singh. The author gives a pen picture of his close and affectionate association with his grandmother. He draws a picture of warm relations with his grandmother from his early childhood right up to his homecoming from abroad. Appearance His grandmother was short and fat and had a slight bent. She had wrinkles on her face. She kept on hobbling about in pure white with one hand resting on her waist and the other hand telling the beads of her rosary. She was pure and pristine like a stretch of a serene winter mountain. Togetherness with grandmother in the village The author’s parents left him and his grandmother back in the village. She used to wake him up early in the morning; said morning prayer; got him ready for school and accompanied him to school. Not only that, she would sit inside and read the scriptures whi...

The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role, Part Four

The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement ’ s Role PART FOUR The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role Nani Palkhivala Understanding the text 1. Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’. Ans. The following lines support the title, ‘The Ailing Planet’. 1. The earth’s vital signs reveal a patient in declining health. 2. “Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?” 3. A three-year study using satellites and aerial photography conducted by the United Nations, warns that the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty-eight countries investigated. 4. It has its own metabolic needs and vit...

ENGLISH WITH PAUL MASIH

Search This Blog