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....they were married and within a week Sabina  stopped working  and kept  away from  doing anything and shirked  from responsibility  , shamim beghum  shrewdly   allotted the kitchen  to the other woman  who was happy  cooking  and  after the  traditional  ritual of cooking  sweet rice pudding  in the kitchen  sh took over  and  today she served mixed  veg lentil pullao  which tasted more like chicken  because she had cleverly added a chicken cube to the dish and every one relished a hearty simple home-cooked meal  except  Sabina  who sulking  went to bed and began reading a digest  , a knock at the door and she hid her magazine under her pillow  and waited sitting up, , it was shamim beghum  walking  inside  with  the help of her walking stick  , she paused at the  door to look around carefully  

Shamim beghum  very  little visited  her daughters  in law  that's why  Umag was  nervous to see her, thankfully  the room was kept neat and clean and tidy  yet shamim beghum was successful in finding a fault,  she complained Umag didn't have her head covered before the beghum