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Megha waved her hand. “No, no you are saying this because you don’t know
what it is to stay away from here. I am here for the development of these villages,
yes you may have to learn many things before that, that is why we are here.”
Then, looking at her sullied salwar she asked the girl, “Can I change into
something else?”
Her laughter faded; the lamp flickered so low that for a moment the room
seemed to sink into darkness. Megha recognized that the ambience had changed,
slightly. She immediately regretted her request, “It is really okay…”
“No, Bén, it’s only because … I … I don’t have anything like what you
wear… I just have another dress, like the one I am wearing right now.”
“It will do.”
She rummaged in the tin box that seemed to hold all their possessions.
Finally she brought for Megha what looked like a long skirt and a blouse set
which was very similar to the one she wore. Except that this was far more
beautiful. Running across its hem, the skirt had a colorful motif of blue peacocks
and green parrots embroidered in wool. The eyes of the peacocks and parrots
were embellished with tiny round mirrors. But Megha was taken in by the
blouse, so thoroughly and finely embroidered it was that Megha could not see an
inch of the fabric which served as the base for the embroidery. Colorful wool
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