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....Maha was doing the dishes in the kitchen,  she was a most stunning young woman  and her sister and sister's husband were waiting for her  when  their new neighbor    walked in painfully  sighing and moaning  , all her joints were  giving her trouble,  shabana baji was  calling  all of them for a Quran recital  , chattering nonstop  was her habit,  she almost dumped herself in a coir cot placed in the veranda,  Maha emerged from the kitchen with  soapy hands  to greet her new neighbor aun5y to stop her from  gossip  if once started  Maha  s sister and her husband would  embarrass her,  aunty asked if she was kept busy in the kitchen,  household chores were full time  occupation  , where was Maha  s ammi  , the visitor looked around and pointed towards others who were they, Maha introduced her sister and her husband  come from Hyderabad,  aunty unwittingly told Maha her elder sister looked younger,  and aunty began comparing herself  with Maha that sometimes the younger look older and the older look younger,  her  chattering was cut short by  a painful moan  , her joints were  troubling her,  Maha s brother in law  expressed his view it was her old age related joint pains,  aunty didn't like it for she was still young at heart  , there was no problem with her till a year ago when her eldder son got married,  the bride  brought with her viral fever and all were down with it , aunty  recovered but lost her good looks  she was better looking than Maha, Maha glared at her,  Walid tongue in cheek  prompted he would  send her body massage oil from Hyderabad  which after rub or two  can make you look younger