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 | Devi, Will you wear the silk sari I gave you yesterday? You look so thin in these jeans, people will think there is something wrong with you. | |
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| What people? | |
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| Everyone is asking to see you, they are wondering why you have become so unsociable, they had better see that you have nothing to hide. | |
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| ‘Everyone’ was cousins, uncles, aunts. | |
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| They arrived in batches, some for lunch, the less favoured for a quick and steaming hot coffee. Amma entertain them all, a picture of dignity and charm, fielding their questions with expert counter-attacks. |
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