purda

The Madras High Court had on September 7, 2006, dismissed a petition by Khan a few days prior to the Madurai Central by-election, holding that wearing of 'purda' did not form part of Islam.

Zee News : India National 2010

This decision interfered with the religious custom and preaching of the Holy Koran which laid down that Muslim women should wear 'purda', the petitioner said, adding that the electoral rolls should be used only by the officers concerned for verification and they should not be circulated to the public and political parties.

Zee News : India National 2010

'She is not polite', 'She is given to some one else', 'Her hair is white' and 'She does not take purda (veil)', etc. were the comments of my mother after returning from the girl's home.

Short Story: The Years Wasted 2007

Glyn, what are you doing languishing in political purda?

Poles in Wales Glyn Davies 2007

Wednesday's crowd was diverse, and included black-garbed anarchists with an effigy of Bush looking like an alien, environmentalists, purda-covered Muslim women and social activists.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

Environmentalists and purda-covered Muslim women also participated.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

In the right panel another native sits on his heels cooking a meal; a bamboo slopes across the cell behind him, and supports a poor ragged cloth, a purda, I suppose, and behind, are just discernible his wife and child.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah 1900

The women do not appear at the feast but stay inside, sitting in the _angan_ or inner court, which is behind the _purda_.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

These names are derived from the degrees in which the different subdivisions seclude their women, the Illuvellani observing strict _purda_ and the

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894