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....this was an absolutely new manner to lead a life,   totally different from what she was used to so far, in the past all those who surrounded her were kind and generous,  amma, ABBA,  brothers, headmaster and others,  none of them was rich but they all were very sincere and helpful,   this new life was absolutely new to her,  there was no end to  shopping  hut the atmosphere was choking with the smell of drunkenness,  where a woman was illtreated,  such  people lose respect and socially  discarded