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
ON THE OCCASION OF
í 80TH BIRTH DAY CELEBRATION OF MY BROTHER PRANJIVAN 1, Urmila am the younger sister of Pranjivan.
We were a joint family. Our extended family all lived under one roof. Our parents use to manage our home efficiently. And all the members of the family use to obey them. We brothers and sisters all lived together, play & fight all the times but-inext moment we were together. Pranjivan grow up in such a family
Pranjivan was second child and eldest among - the brothers. When he was old enough, the. discussion of his engagement started, my parents were busy in finding appropriate match for him.We siblings were also very excited He went to .. Mandvi, (Kutch) to see girls. There Pranjivan met his future bride, our beloved Jayabhabhi. He fell. in love at first sight. Our parents and brothers and sisters .were eagerly awaiting Pranjivan return ; from Mandvi to Bhuj.
When he came, his happy and smiling face told us that he had fallen in love. All of us siblings, showered him with questions like how was the girl? What was so special about her?
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