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The short story "Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies" is a story about the new self-confidence of Britains former-colonies. The story begins with a scene in which Miss Rehana, a Pakistani woman, leaves the bus in front of the British consulate. It`s Tuesday, the day women in Pakistan can apply for a permit to go to England. Most of those "tuesday-women" are accompanied by uncles and brothers. Miss Rehana comes alone and doesn`t even wear a veil. She sticks out of the mass and Mohammad Ali, an old man is fascinated by her. M. Ali makes money by giving advice to rich women who want to emigrate - he also offers Ms. Rehana his advice. She tells him that she is an orphan and couldn`t pay for his advice. M.Ali is so bewiched by her charisma that he advices her for free. He tells her what questions she might have to answer and that he knew someone who could get her an illegal permit. But Ms. Rehana refuses to take his offer and goes into the consulate. When she comes out again she is in a happy mood and invites M. Ali for a pakora. M. Ali congratulates her in the assumption that she`d passed the test. He is shocked when she tells him that she got all the questions wrong and got rejected - on purpose.