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....Romanya was a naturally tolerating type of a person but not meek that amma could  press her into a corner,  her personality was strong and she was matric , she no doubt grew up in the houses of relatives  and who were these relatives  her  real khala married to real chacha   , related doubly  and both  loved her madly and their four sons  adored her like a their real sister,  khala and chacha wished she was married to one of their sons  and she settled down amidst them like a moon casting its  light  because the sons were younger she became elder bhabhi and came to stay with them 

 Khala had trained elder bhabhi  very well  because she always believed she belonged to them, bhabhi  quickly within a week  changed from her newly wedded bridal to practical   gear and took full charge of tge whole household  though  she remained lonely all her life,  amma instead of  giving her elder bahu  credit for being so  strong  kept her under her foot treating her like dust, bhai sahib  remained helpless silent witness  watching his beautiful young bride being  ill treated  but the bride would simply smile and shrug off  she was accustomed to such a hard life