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  I could have asked somebody in this village but I was too embarrassed to do so. I felt so very dependent and helpless. We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent? (i) Identify the speaker. (ii) What could have somebody be asked for? (iii) Explain the last line, "We.......independent." or (i) Who is the speaker of these lines? (ii)When did the speaker feel so very 'dependent and helpless'? (iii) By 'independent' the speaker here means ________.                  

Answer:

                   (i) The speaker is the grandmother. (ii) Somebody could be asked to read the story to Krishtakka as the author was not in the village. (iii) If one is wealthy but illiterate and dependent on others, money is useless. Money is useful only if one is literate and self-dependent. or (i) The speaker is the grandmother. (ii) The grandmother was not able to read her favourite novel in the absence of her granddaughter. At that time she felt dependent and helpless. (iii) to be able to read and write.