Frogs in a Well: Indian Women in Purdah

Ahmad Amir Khusro bazar behaviour Boserup boys bride brothers clothes commented complaints concealment considered cooking daughters Delhi depend divorce domestic dowry dress duppatta economic elderly expected father female festivals guests Hazrat Nizamuddin Hindu honour household housework husband Ibid important in-laws income Indian Women inside the village Islam in India Khurshid Ahmad labour leave their homes London mahr male married Maududi menfolk menstruating Moharram mother Muslim women Nizamuddin Auliya Old Delhi older women Pakistan parents pilgrims pirzada women pollutions position of women Prophet purdah question Quran Sharif rarely relatives role rota system seclusion of women separation sewing sexes sexual shame shameless shrine sisters social society sons status Sufi Sufism Syed talk told tomb Urdu veils wealthy wear a burqa wear the burqa wedding wife wives woman women in India Women in Islam women living young women