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noorjahan beghum was bitten with the virus of envy tells her daughter it was for khalda the guests--nahid beghum and her daughter in law had come, asking the hand of khalda in marriage for their son ghourie, not for kaniza as they had wrongly believed, though the family was equal to their standard, their status was higher , but she did not reject nor accept , she would let them know later, kaniza suggested the best thing is to accept the proposal , khalda would be gone , a smile appeared broadly on norrjahan"s face,