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...the tents were  over crowded  as if the entire village had  squeezed itself inside to feast,  children  the old and the women folk  attacked the food  as if they had never before eaten good food,  

In one corner  unaffected by the scene  sadaf s mother in law  and tai in law  were  engaged in a heated  argument 

She  stood aside watching around and getting bored   and thanked her stars to spot her  mother  in this  rush , minutes later ammi was with her enquiring if she had eaten,  she shook her head irritated  food was making her sick,  what made tai to marry off sadaf in such  wild  family,  couldn't she find a better suitable man more educated and more,  how cheap of them   who didn't have manners to eat food in style,  who had no sense  of how to walk  talk and behave