India Perspectives, Volume 11, Issue 10PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1998 - India |
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Early European Portrayal of Indian Women PRAN NEVILE I indian women have always been considered among the most beautiful in the world and their charms have been celebrated by poets and artists down the ages . Images of women are a ...
Early European Portrayal of Indian Women PRAN NEVILE I indian women have always been considered among the most beautiful in the world and their charms have been celebrated by poets and artists down the ages . Images of women are a ...
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unofficial wives of the British officers , dancing girls and courtesans , the working women and female servants . In the countryside , however , both in the plains and the hills , they came across women out in the open as the rural life ...
unofficial wives of the British officers , dancing girls and courtesans , the working women and female servants . In the countryside , however , both in the plains and the hills , they came across women out in the open as the rural life ...
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Above : Woman of Sikkim by Percy Brown , c 1910 ( courtesy British Library , London ) . ... and there were more precious charms of obedience , no harsh comments on the status of modesty and loyalty which Indian women in society .
Above : Woman of Sikkim by Percy Brown , c 1910 ( courtesy British Library , London ) . ... and there were more precious charms of obedience , no harsh comments on the status of modesty and loyalty which Indian women in society .
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