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The Lives of the Gosha Muhammadan Women in Triplicane: Circa 1914

The Lives of the Gosha Muhammadan Women in Triplicane: Circa 1914

This episode provides a vivid and intimate details of the lives of Muslim women in Triplicane in 1914. It is a rather depressing and morose picture of the total absence of freedom and even the small of joys that these women are denied.

By Team Dharma Dispatch
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The Life of Muslim Women in Triplicane in 1914: Extracts from a European’s Diary

The Life of Muslim Women in Triplicane in 1914: Extracts from a European’s Diary

Lady Lawley, wife of Arthur Lawley, the then Governor of Madras, in her interesting work titled "Southern India," narrates a detailed and vivid account of the plight and lives of Muslim women living in Triplicane, Chennai. The work was published in 1914 and is a valuable document of history and soci

By Team Dharma Dispatch
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