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Notes 10.4 Keywords

Wrinkle : A slight line or fold, especially in fabric or the skin of the face.
Pale : Containing little colour or pigment.
Shroud : A length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is
wrapped for burial.
Pious : Devoutly religious.
Scriptures : The sacred writing of christianity contained in the Bible.

10.5 Review Questions

1. How did Khushwant Singh establish his reputation as a writer?
2. Khushwant Singh’s short story is not flamboyant but modest. Elucidate.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. false 2. true
3. true
4. (d) Khushwant Singh 5. (a) Hadali
6. (d) Khushwant Singh 7. (a) second person

8. (c) biographical mode 9. (d) grandmother.

10.6 Further Readings

Books Portrait of a Lady, Collected Stories, Penguin Books India, 2009

Online links http://www.scribd.com/doc/50521724/The-Portrait-of-a-Lady

http://iscexamnotes-content.blogspot.com

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