Even Shama Bhana's wife will greet you, for there is no purdah in that home now and she will meet you as modestly, graciously, and courteously as any lady in America.
A merry voice just beyond the purdah suddenly interrupted the father's thoughts and the curtain was lifted to admit a young man about eighteen years of age, of striking build and comeliness.
You see the child came regularly to my purdah parties," she explained to Roy, who was impatient no longer, only absorbed.
The purdah system is one that brings with it terrible evils, and yet it is a system to which those who apparently suffer from it most, cling the most closely.
In all the homes the purdah is strictly kept, and alas!
Some of the nobles bring their wives out of purdah as soon as they leave the state on a holiday.
The centre purdah is let down, in which are openings to admit the hands and feet; and close to this purdah a low stool is placed.
I shuddered in my despair as I saw him sweep back the purdah and dart through, and then I mentally called him a coward for not coming to my help.
The purdah was swept aside, and a gorgeously dressed chief, robed in white muslin and shawls of the most delicate fabric, and richly ornamented with gold, strode into the tent.
He passed through the doorway, and the purdah dropped behind him, while I stood thinking of his words, and ended by going to one of the windows and leaning out to gaze at the great stars.
He raised the candle with one hand, and with his sword advanced, made for a ragged purdah or curtain hanging from the roof just beyond the farthest native bedstead.
I was still puzzling about it with a feeling upon me that my brain would not work properly, when a purdah was thrust on one side, and a tall, grave, grey-bearded man in white and gold came slowly in.
But he would not, and the woman slipped like a shadow behind the purdah and no word said.
She seized the child in her teeth, and was over the purdah with a bound.
Suddenly he gave one of his frog-like leaps, parting the chintz curtains of the purdah with his head, and peeping into the veranda.
Now again the purdah was lifted, and the bearer appeared, bringing in tea and toast.
And at that moment, as though to dispel all further grounds of conjecture, the purdah was moved aside and somebody stole softly in.
The purdah rustled, and the speech was cut short by the entry of a little, thin woman with big rings round her eyes.
The girl had a strain of Hill blood in her, and, like the Hill women, was not a purdah nashin.
Azizun is a fool, and will be a purdah nashin soon.
Teach the Zenana Woman and Purdah Lady to Come Forth instead of Bring Forth.
They disinfected houses and burnt rags and even purdah women were not allowed to die in bosom of family.
Has the British raj at last screwed up its courage to the point of trespassing behind the purdah and blundering in among religious exercises?
Blunt, honest downrightness, that was the key of it, and it took away the breath of all those women used to the devious necessities of purdah politics.
When India's women finally breakpurdah and enter politics openly, we shall see more cruelty and savagery, for that reason, than either the French or Russian terrors had to show.
He must respect the transparent, intangible, tacit purdah about them, respect it but never allude to it.
One of the purdah Ranees still occupied a side room of the Palace, and our host Mr. Turner with another man was stationed to guard the door.
Nizam of Hyderabad--Purdah ladies--Breakfast in a zenana pp.
Though the purdah system[246] still prevails, it is no longer that severe, stringent, and unreasonable seclusion of women which existed fifty years ago.
The purdah is the curtain separating the women's apartments from the rest of the house.
It was left to me to solve the problem by suggesting an old woman should be trained to vaccinate, and sent in to the purdah women to operate on them.
We'll have trouble with the Indian and Arab purdah women," said the surgeon, who is a Brahmin.
She is not afraid to show her face, and walks round the town like a Somal woman, or the poorer Arabs, but nevertheless has decided views as to the correct behaviour of purdah women, to which latter class Saleha belongs.
She slid her hand into his, and followed him docilely as he lifted the reed purdah and entered her bedroom.
Nay, I will not bruise thee nor cause thee blemish until the purdahhangs between us and the world.
So we can conclude that the purdah system only exists among higher classes of people and those who care much for the honor and respect of their family.
They would like the purdah system to be removed, females to be educated, to get the franchise, and still for them to keep their modesty.
There are certainly many disadvantages in the purdah system.
An interesting practical suggestion is the following: "In our Social Service class, which is held every Thursday, there has come up a suggestion about opening up a few Purdah Parks for Indian ladies.
Small wonder that seclusion became the order of the day--a woman would better spend her life behind the purdah of her own home than be added to the zenana of her conqueror.
Ladies need purdah at present, for the men are not civilized enough.
In that city of purdah women, she moves about with the freedom and dignity of a European and is received with respect and affection.
The following paragraph expresses the views of a Muhammadan Freshman: "Among us, that is the Muslims, purdah is very strict.
Besides, the purdah system should be gradually abolished.
The Freshman Class had a spirited discussion as to the benefits and evils of the purdah system.
Freedom does not mean simply coming out of purdah and taking undue advantage and misuse of liberty.
The purdah system has done much to maintain the honor and respect of the higher class ladies.
The difficulty of dealing with her is that she's not above hiding behind purdah (the veil), where no male man can reach her.
The purdah is good--if you know how to make use of it and not be ruled by it.
She proposed taking uttermost advantage of the purdahcustom that protects women in India from observation and makes contact between them and the English almost impossible.
The palace guards were his own men, and were therefore not likely to question his right to ignore the first law of purdah that forbids the crossing of a woman's threshold, especially after dark, unless she is your property.
The purdah rustled, and the speech was cut short by the entry of a little thin woman, with big rings round her eyes.
At the end of the room was a purdah or curtain, and behind it people were talking.
Some purdah ladies on a pilgrimage to Benares were hurried out of their compartments, and, with their heads completely covered, hustled across the platform and pushed into a reserved carriage.
Fifteen years ago, Parsee ladies were "purdah women," or confined to the zenana; but the restriction has been gradually lapsing as their views become more enlarged.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "purdah" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
