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  • The brown sauce wasn't the burning dish that Blynnal called burkha, but a cinnamon mint, hot but not too hot.

    Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996

  • Dinner was something called burkha, hotter even than the normal chilied foods that the Kyphrans enjoyed so much, and although I gave every trooper a huge helping, they ate it all, and didn't even break a sweat.

    The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • Those days there were no veils [called burkha or pardah] covering the whole body, head as well as face, leaving only slits to see.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows smrutibhave 2010

  • The biggest issue with skating in a burkha is the fabric getting caught in the wheels …

    SuperTouch 2009

  • Those days there were no veils [called burkha or pardah] covering the whole body, head as well as face, leaving only slits to see.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Those days there were no veils [called burkha or pardah] covering the whole body, head as well as face, leaving only slits to see.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The president was supporting a weekend call by dozens of French politicians for a parliamentary commission to study whether the burkha, which is growing in popularity in France, should be banned.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Ghayasuddin Easa, Mangalore, uae mary yeruva, hyd, ksa Minister for Wakf and Minority Welfare Mumtaz Ali Khan has said he has written to Home Minister V.S. Acharya to order a probe into reported ban imposed on wearing the "burkha" by Muslim girls of the Government Composite Pre-University College at Panja village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

    unknown title 2009

  • Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Dr. Khan said he had also written to the Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) seeking action against some private engineering colleges which had reportedly banned wearing of "burkha" in colleges.

    unknown title 2009

  • Muslim girls of the Government Composite Pre-University College at Panja have been reportedly banned from wearing the "burkha" by the local Hindutva outfits and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

    unknown title 2009

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