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Question
How genuine is the love that Manjula expresses for her sister?
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Solution
Malini, Manjula’s sister, suffered from meningomyelocele which reduced her existence to misery. However, Manjula had nursed her sister throughout as she says, “I am childless and she became my child! Truly the book is about her. I have dedicated it to her memory.”
The author tells us how she was tender to her and watched helplessly as she floated into death. Though there had been instances where Manjula felt ignored by her parents while Malini became “the apple of their eye”, yet she understood the gravity and the need of the situation. Manjula’s love for her sister is really genuine.
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