question_answer 1)

Mention the three phases of the author's relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.      

Answer:

(i) For the author, Khushwant Singh, his grandmother, like everybody's grandmother, was an old woman who could never be young and pretty but was always beautiful. Her presence always exuded peace and contentment.   (ii) When the auhor's parents went to live in the city and left him with his grandmother, she took utmost care of him right from waking him up in the morning, to getting him ready for the school, taking him to and bringing him back from the school. Both enjoyed an easy companionship.   (iii) The author's parents asked for them to come to the city. This was the time when Khushwant Singh's relationship with his grandmother changed. The author went to a city school and subsequently, to the university, and slowly the friendship between them weakened.