9th Class English How I Taught My Grandmother to Read by Sudha Murty Question Bank 9th CBSE English How I Taught My Grandmother to Read by Sudha Murty

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    At that time, Triveni was a very popular writer in the Kannada language. She was a wonderful writer. Her style was easy to read and very convincing. Her stories usually dealt with complex psychological problems in the lives of ordinary people and  were   always  very  interesting. Unfortunately for Kannada literature, she died very young. Even now, after forty years, people continue to appreciate her  novels. (i) Identify 'She' in the current extract. (ii) What were the two special characteristics of her stories? (iii) What is the relevance of her novels in the current story? or (i) What had made Triveni a popular writer? (ii) What made Triveni's stories very interesting? (iii) How does Sudha Murty react to Triveni's death at an early age?        

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                     (i) 'She' refers to Triveni, a popular writer in the Kannada language. (ii) The two special characteristics of her stories were that they dealt with complex psychological problems in the lives of ordinary people and secondly, they were quite interesting, (iii) The author's grandmother had a deep passion for the novel named 'Kashi Yatre' written by Triveni. or (i) Her style was easy to read and very convincing. (ii) Her stories  usually dealt with  complex psychological problems in the lives of ordinary people and thus were always very interesting. (iii) She remarks that her early demise was 'unfortunate' for Kannada literature.


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