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Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

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Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

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The author and his grandmother might have used their mother-tongue to converse with each other. As the author, Khushwant Singh belongs to Punjab, the language used by them might be Punjabi.

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अध्याय 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Thinking About Language [पृष्ठ ७]

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एनसीईआरटी English Hornbill (Core) Class 11
अध्याय 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Thinking About Language | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ७

संबंधित प्रश्न

India, my India, where the first human eyes awoke to heavenly light! All Asia’s holy place of pilgrimage, great Motherland of might! World – mother, first giver to humankind of philosophy and sacred lore, knowledge thou gav’st to an, God – love, works, art, religion’s opened door.
O even with all that grandeur dwarfed or turned and can vaunt thy mighty name?
Before us still there floats the idea of those splendid days of gold; a new world in our vision wakes, Love’s India we shall rise to mould. India, my India, who dare call thee a thing for pity’s grace today? Mother of wisdom, worship, works nurse of the spirit inward ray!

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