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....there was around two laks in cash  in  that was kept for payment,  that too was burned  to ashes with  the fire,  abbu  collapsed defeated,  ,  all the savings were lost,  the shop was rented, , they had nothing left to reopen their shop,  ammi suggested they took loan and  tried again,  but he rejected the idea,  , he got another job as a salesman in a general store,  the salary was meager,  , it wasn't easy to  run the  house  but they were managing  somehow,  

It was definitely their bad luck  that they fell from  heavens to the ground,  abbu never refused  giving  good life to his family but now he had  to change his open generosity  to controlled  lifestyle,  he  avoided  looking directly at the family in their eyes , feeling guilty  or shifting tbe guilt  on others , mother and sisters all were put off, saira was a first year student in the government College,  the fees wasn't much  but the van commuting was now  unaffordable,  abbu  made her give up her college