This document contains summaries of chapters from the book "How I Taught My Grandmother to Read" by Sudha Murthy. It describes how the author taught her grandmother to read when she was 12 years old. The grandmother was illiterate and the author would read stories from magazines and newspapers to her. The grandmother decided she wanted to learn to read herself so she could read her favorite stories independently. The author patiently taught her grandmother the Kannada alphabet and by the next Dussehra festival, the grandmother could read on her own, showing her appreciation by touching her granddaughter's feet. The document also includes character sketches of the grandmother and granddaughter, as well as questions about the chapter.

1. ENGLISH
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2. SUBMITTED TO:-
MRS. ANURADHA MAM
(ENGLISH)

3. HOW I TAUGHT MY
GRANDMOTHER TO
READ

5. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
( SUDHA MURTHY)

6. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
(SUDHA MURTHY)
• SUDHA MURTHY WAS BORN ON 19 AUGUST 1950.SHE IS AN
SOCIAL WORKER AND WRITER IN KANNADAAND ENGLISH
LANGUAGES.MURTHY BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A
COMPUTER SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER.SHE IS THE CHAIRPERSON
OF THE INFOSIS FOUNDATION.
• THE WIDE RANGE OF SUDHA’S SOCIAL WORK COVERS THE
SECTORS OF HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION ETC.
• SUDHA MET N.R. NARAYANA MURTHY WHILE EMPLOYED AS A
ENGINEER AT TELCO IN PUNE.
• SHE BLESSED WITH TWO KIDS AKSHATA AND ROHAN MURTHY.
• THE BOOK “HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER TO READ” HAS
BEEN TRANSLATED IN 15 LANGUAGES.

7. SUMMARY

8. SUMMARY
• IN THIS CHAPTER THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED HOW THE
NARRATOR TAUGHT HER GRANDMOTHER TO READ.WHEN THE
NARRATOR WAS ABOUT TWELVE SHE USED TO STAY IN THE
VILLAGE IN NORTH KARNATAKA WITH HER GRANDPARENTS.
DUE TO THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM, THEY USED TO GET THE
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES LATE.
• AT THAT TIME TRIVENI WAS A POPULAR WRITER IN KANNADA.
HER STORIES WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE
ORDINARY PEOPLE. HER NOVELS TITLED “KASHI YATRE” WAS
APPEARING THEN AS A SERIAL IN THE KANNADA WEEKLY
KARAMVEERA.

9. • THE NARRATOR’S GRANDMOTHER KRISHTAKKA
WAS ILLITERATE. NARRATOR READING THE SERIAL
TO HER GRANDMOTHER.
• THE NARRATOR’S GRANDMOTHER WOULD RELATE
THE EPISODE TO HER FRIENDS IN THE TEMPLE
COURTYARD.
• GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT HER GRANDDAUGHTER
ABOUT HER.THE NARRATOR COULDNOT
UNDERSTAND WHY HER GRANDMOTHER TOLD ALL
THIS TO HER.
• THE GRANDMOTHER TOLD THE NARRATOR THAT
SHE HAS DECIDED TO LEARN THE KANNADA
ALPHABET. SHE HAD MIXED SWARASWATI POOJA
DAY DURING DASSARA WHEN SHE WOULD BE ABLE
TO READ THE NOVEL ON HER OWN.

10. • THE NARRATOR STARTED TEACHING HER
GRANDMOTHER. SHE PROVED TO BE VERY
DETERMINED IN LEARNING.
• THE DASSARA FESTIVAL CAME AS USUAL.THE
NARRATOR GIVE THE KASHI YATRE NOVEL TO HER
GRANDMOTHER AND THE GRANDMOTHER GIVE THE
FROCK MATERIAL TO THE NARRATOR.
• GRANDMOTHER TOUCHED THE FEET OF NARRATOR
AS A MARK OF HER TEACHER. NARRATOR BELIEVES
THAT HER STUDENTS PASSED WITH FLYING
COLOURS.

11. CHARACTER SKETCH OF
(GRANDMOTHER)

12. CHARACTER SKETCH OF
(GRANDMOTHER)
• IN THIS CHAPTER THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE
NARRATOR DEPENDS ON NARRATOR FOR
READING HER FAVOURITE NOVEL ‘KASHI
YATRE’ TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT READER.
• KRISHTAKKA IS THE GRANDMOTHER WHO
COULD NOT GET EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THE
DEATH OF HER MOTHER IN HER YOUNG AGE.
ALSO,EDUCATING A GIRL WAS NOT
CONSIDERED ESSENTIALSHE ACCEPTED THE
FATE AND TO BE CONTINUED WITH THE
FAMILY.
• GRANDMOTHER IS A RELIGIOUS PERSON. SHE
GOES TO TEMPLE AND SHARES THE RELIGIOUS
STORY ‘KASHI YATRE’ WITH HER FRIENDS.

13. • SHE DECIDED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT
READER.SHE IS VERY EMOTIONAL. WHEN SHE
COULDNOT FIND ANYONE TO READ ‘KASHI
YATRE’ SHE CRIES A LOT.
• KRISHTAKKA IS A GOOD STUDENT AS SHE CAN
GRASP THE THINGS VERY QUICKLY.
• SHE ALSO RESPECT HER TEACHER(HER
GRANDDAUGHTER)BY TOUCHING HER FEET.

14. CHARACTER SKETCH OF
(GRANDDAUGHTER)

15. CHARACTER SKETCH OF
(GRANDDAUGHTER)
• THE GRANDDAUGHTER WAS A
CARING,INNOCENT ,RESPONSIBLE CHILD. IT
WAS HER CARING ATTITUDE THAT MADE HER
READER OUT TO HER ILLITRATE
GRANDMOTHER NEXT EPISODE OF HER
FAVOURITE EVERY WEEK DILLIGENTLY. HER
INNOCENCE GET HIGHILITED WHEN SHE FIRST
MAKES FUN OF HER GRANDMOTHER
RESOLUTION OF GETTING LITERATE AT THE
AGE OF 82 YEARS.
• WE GET TO SEE HOW RESPONSIBLE SHE IS
WHEN SHE TAKES HER GRANDMOTHER’S
DECISION AS A CHALLENGE AND WORKS HARD
ALONG WITH HER TO TEACH HER THE
KANNADA ALPHABETS.

16. QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHAPTER

17. QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHAPTER
• Q1- WHY COULD THE GRANDMOTHER NOT GO TO
SCHOOL?
• Q2- WHY DID THE GRANDMOTHER FEEL HELPLESS
WHEN HER GRANDDAUGHTER WENT TO ATTEND A
MARRIAGE?
• Q3- HOW DOES THE NARRATOR DESCRIBED HER
GRANDMOTHER AS A STUDENT?
• Q4- WHY DID THE GRANDMOTHER TOUCH THE FEET
OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, THOUGH SHE WAS A
CHILD?
• Q5- WHAT MESSAGE DOES THE STORY “HOW I
TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER TO READ”?

18. WORD MEANINGS

19. WORD - MEANINGS
• WORD MEANING
• MEMORABLE WORTH MEMORY
• COMMUNICATE TALK
• TERRACE OPEN ROOF
• FEEDING GIVING FOOD
• PROTAGONIST HERO
• PRINCIPLED HAVING PRICIPLES
• EMBRASSED SAD
• OBSTACLE DIFFICULTY
• ORPHAN ONE WHO HAS LOST PARENTS

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