Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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= Life - As I've seen it =
college to the same teacher. Our son was very worried after reading her letter and so he wrote back to her to calm her down. But she was very upset and could not be consoled. She wrote back to him that I do not plan to study ahead and so will not be able to fulfill your dreams of marrying an educated wife. However I do have a solution for this. I believe that we call off our engagement so you are then free to get married to other educated girl, and I will give my full consent to this."
"Our son loved Prasanna and so he was very worried after reading this letter. He is extremely wise and does not want to break this relationship at any cost. He understands that she is still in shock and the only remedy to this is time. Her mind should calm down after some time has passed. Our son has written to us that we all should not worry as, 1 am sure it will get better with time, please go and meet Mrs. Urmilaben who is the warden of the hostel. Prasanna has very good relations with her and that will be good for her.' That is the reason why we are here to meet you with the hope of solving this problem."
I was 'alarmed to learn this. I could not believe this could have happened to Prasanna as i knew her nature. However, I had to accept that sometimes these things can happen in life.
I consoled her in-laws and told them not to worry. I told them, “I know her teacher well and knowing Prasanna's mature nature, I am sure we
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