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Causes of neglect of the elderly: (i) Diminishing concept of joint family (ii) Pressure of modern life (iii) Poor financial condition and job pr...
1. When the life of a human being is drawing near its end, happy and pleasant memories of one’s earlier life help one in removing the dark shadow of a...
Loneliness (a) An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered clothes tighter to shield his body from the cold and biti...
The heart of the postmaster was almost laden with deep grief and agony. An element of doubt, whether in the early hours of the morning, he saw old Ali...
Ali was not keeping well for many days. His constant sickness deprived him of all his physical strength and stamina. He was also losing hold on his pa...
To the postmaster, All appears to be a pest. It is, perhaps, because he comes daily to the Post Office with a hope to get a letter of his daughter. Ju...
As a coin has two sides, the postmaster also appears to have two aspects of his character. In the first half of the story, he seems very hard-hearted ...
Ali gave up his passion for hunting simply because he grew old and weak physically in his later days. Though he lost his youthful stamina and energy, ...
Ali was familiar figure at the Post Office as all the staff members of the Post Office knew him by face because he came daily to the Post Office. Ever...
Undoubtedly, Ali displays wonderful qualities of love and patience. The title of the story itself speaks volumes of his boundless love for his daughte...
Ali was an old coachman. He went to the Post Office daily with a hope to get the letter of his daughter Miriam who went away from her father after her...
(iv) Ali to deliver Miriam’s letter to him.
(iii) he was unwell and not able to walk to the Post Office
(iii) preconceived notions
(iii) went there with faith and hope
There can be many reasons behind this gloomy aspect: Pain of separation from family. Realisation of past mistakes. Grief over losing someone dea...
The old man seems to wait passionately for someone near to his heart. His eyes are untiringly looking for somebody. He is looking ad and lonely. ...
(i) the strongest warrior