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Purdah in India: Life Behind the Veil

Title:Purdah in India: Life Behind the Veil
Author:Jacobson Doranne Wilson
Publication:National Geographic Magazine / National Geographic Society
Enumeration:Aug. 1977, pp.270-286
Abstract:Discusses the veil system prevalent in India that demands that women cover their faces in public. The story if about the life behind the purdah system practiced by both Hindus and Muslims.

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