Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 144
... women simply did not exist then and are few and far between even now . Gulbadan explained that not all women in need can make the kotha their refuge ; some are not talented enough to become courtesans , and some are too anxious about ...
... women simply did not exist then and are few and far between even now . Gulbadan explained that not all women in need can make the kotha their refuge ; some are not talented enough to become courtesans , and some are too anxious about ...
Page 159
... women's education . Sir Sayyid urged him to become a member and attend the meeting . So Karamat Husain did , with ... women as well as for men . Because for the overall progress of the community it is most necessary that women get ...
... women's education . Sir Sayyid urged him to become a member and attend the meeting . So Karamat Husain did , with ... women as well as for men . Because for the overall progress of the community it is most necessary that women get ...
Page 162
... women become educated , than if I should retain my good name , but Muslim women remain in ignorance ' ( HAK : 166 ) . Sayyid Karamat Husain's approach to women's education was fully spelled out in a speech that he gave at a meeting of ...
... women become educated , than if I should retain my good name , but Muslim women remain in ignorance ' ( HAK : 166 ) . Sayyid Karamat Husain's approach to women's education was fully spelled out in a speech that he gave at a meeting of ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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