An expanse of pure white serenity meaning in hindi

The thought
was almost revolting

This
expression ‘the thought was almost
revolting’ is from ‘The Portrait of A Lady’ by Khushwant Singh. This expression
means it was very hard for the author to believe that once his grandmother was
young, pretty, and beautiful. She had been the same
for the last twenty years the author had seen her. So he assumed she had been
the same all her life.

an expanse of pure white serenity

The author
has used this simile to describe the all whiteness associated with his
grandmother. She always wore spotless white dress. Her silver hair quite
matched with the her white attire. She was very spiritual and religious. As a
result she exuded purity and serenity like a winter landscape. So the author
has used this simile to describe her old age, white colour associated with her,
and the tranquility she spread all around with her presence!

a turning-point

Moving to
city brought many changes in her life; changes such as she could not accompany her
grandson to school and read scriptures, she could neither assist him in his
studies, there was less of interaction between her and the author.

accepted her seclusion with resignation

It means she
accepted the new changes of the city life quietly and did not complain about it
to anybody.

a veritable bedlam of chirrupings

It means the
sparrows’ collective chirruping made a noisy ambience around the grandmother.

frivolous rebukes

This expression ‘Frivolous Rebuke’ in the chapter, The Portrait of Lady
means the grandmother would scold the sparrows lovingly when they sat on her
shoulders or at times head.

the sagging skins of the dilapidated drum

This
expression "For several hours she
thumped the sagging skins of the dilapidated drum and sang of the home-coming
of warriors” means, on Khushwant Singh’s return from abroad, the grandmother
thumped the old loose skin drum and sang songs for many hours in the evening
that day. She sang songs of home-coming warriors as in the past home-coming
after a long time was celebrated by singing traditional songs of home-coming of
warriors.