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....I feel  unreasonably that I am wasting  her on the alter of marriage  just because she happens to be a daughter,  my decision is  I will never stop her from  progressing in life  to lead a good quality life,  if she is a daughter so what,  she also has a full right to  attend university  like any other student  explained baba Jan to mama Jan  about his personal statement 

Just forget it drop this  weird idea,  nobody before her has ever seen and been to any university,  don't lose control over her  tighten the reigns   she screamed in rage 

Come on beghum  there never was anyone brilliant like her in the  family , daughter is extraordinary  bright intelligent and ambitious his tone was quite sober  as he praised  her attributes in admiration 

What would you do about Mair s proposal,  bhai sahib will be terribly offended,  her feelings  were  of a woman who just lost a prince of her dreams 

Nothing matters more than my daughter and her education let her complete her  education  then according to her status  another suitable match will arrive  then we shall see

She began swinging between  my daughter and bhai sahib 

My daughter is sulking for  two weeks  let me    talk to her bhai sahib comes later  he spoke rather   carelessly   as if Mair was not important at all 

You both father daughter are crazy  she scowled 

There is a limit to get insulted 

I won't die  of hunger,  his fingers were moving very fast on the laptop  typing his resignation letter,  wiping his sweat from his forehead with the back of his hands,  he was annoyed   and rashly typing hus resignation but his  inner nervousness was  weakening him