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प्रश्न
Can Velu read Tamil and English? How do you know?
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उत्तर
Velu could read Tamil but not English. When he saw the huge signboard, he could not understand what it meant because the writing was in English. Later, when the girl pointed at a large building, Velu read the Tamil sign and came to know that the building was the Central Jail.
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