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-she  recalled  she  was being  instructed  to  learn  to  take  life  as  it  came, specially  to  wipe  her  own tears  , in a  new  country  where  the  weather  was  unkind  harsh  cold and  unpredictable  she  would  have  nobody  native  with  her  to  protect  her, she  should  exercise   emotional  control and  confront   challenges  that  she  will  certainly   have  to  face,  also  always  remember  to  not  let  down  amma"s head  in  any  shameful  act,   to  make  them all proud  , how  her  lips  had  fluttered  voicelessly  , the  expression on her  amma's  face  had   sunk  deep  into  her  soul