Khushwant singh himself is the narrator. He was born in Hadali, Punjab on 2nd feb 1915. his parents left him with his grandmother when they went to live in the city. He was a renowed author. He was a great journalist, politician and lawyer. He began his writings in 1956 when he wrote the novel "Train to Pakistan" He left this world for heaven on 20 March , 2014. In the Portrait of a lady khushwant singh describes a graphic pen-picture his grandmother. He and his grandmother lived in their village home when he was a small child. She was a religious lady. She always would move her lips in a silent prayer. She died , with prayer on her lips and rosary in her hand. Now let us about love , devotion and emotions in the stroy. My grandmother , like everybody's grandmother, was an old woman