A. My mother, Vimala Kulkarni, told me similar words when I got married.
B. They were usually like: ‘You must adjust to your new house and in-laws, try to learn how they eat and cook their food, go out of your way to be friendly and helpful to everybody,’ etc.
C. When I was young, before a girl got married, her mother would give her some words of advice.
D. But along with this, she said something which helped me immensely in later life.