a) Anil contributed to magazines, wrote for a living, didn’t earn much, difficult for Hari Singh to understand his profession
b) No new clothes for Bholi, old dresses passed on to her, nobody cared for or mended her clothes, parents sent her to school as they thought there was a little chance of her getting married.
c) Anne was very talkative, didn’t stop despite being punished, wrote an essay as a punishment, justified her over-talkative nature.
d) One towards the society, one towards the family
e) Custard, the Dragon was very scared, cried for a safe cage, all laughed, it was a coward.
f) Needed for all sorts of functions, like marriages, birthdays, part of traditional cuisine, mothers prepare delicacies.
