Summary and Character Sketch
Khushwant Singh affectionately depicts the bond between him and his deeply religious, serene grandmother.
- Her spiritual devotion: rosary beads in fingers, silent prayers on lips.
- Feeding sparrows in the afternoon was her happiest half-hour.
- At her death, hundreds of sparrows sat mournfully around her body in silence, refusing to touch breadcrumbs, dispersing quietly when her corpse was carried away.
