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    Pardah or purdah (from Hindi-Urdu پردہ, पर्दा, meaning "curtain") is a religious and social practice of gender partition prevalent among some Muslim and...
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  • The pre-election period (formerly known as Purdah (/ˈpɜːrdə/)) is the period in the United Kingdom between the announcement of an election and the formation...
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  • Budget purdah, in the United Kingdom, is the period after plans have been prepared but before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual budget is announced...
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    Purdah is an independent documentary film directed by Jeremy Guy, starring Kaikasha Mirza, Saba Mirza, and Al Heena Mirza. The title, Purdah, refers to...
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    Zenana (category Purdah)
    guests and men are called the mardana. Conceptually in those that practise purdah, it is the equivalent in the Indian subcontinent of the harem. Christian...
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  • Graphics from the DuBek Collection Alison Wearing 1967 travel Honeymoon in Purdah Jessica L. Webb mysteries Pathogen, Repercussions Barry Webster 1961 novels...
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    also against the custom of purdah. Once Raja of Haripur along with his wives visited the Guru place, the queen observed purdah, Guru objected and asked...
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    233) Kumkum Chatterjee. "Purdah". In Colin Blakemore; Sheila Jennett (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Body. p. 570. Purdah [...] refers to the various...
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  • meaning of "purdah" is, as already noted, "a curtain." In rural Rajasthan for a woman to observe purdah (in Hindi, pardā rakhnā, "to keep purdah"; pardā karnā...
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  • Look up parda, pardah, purda, or purdah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Parda may refer to: Lablab purpureus, a species of bean L-DOPA, a chemical...
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