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...other Indian women, neither veiled, were the only Indian female delegates at the Conference. In silken robes of gold & grey dramatic Mrs. Subbarayan strode regally in, fingers blazing rings, arms tinkling bracelets, a large diamond twinkling from a setting which pierced the left side of her Hindu nose. Exactly opposite in type, girlish, robed in simple blue, was the Begum Shaw Nawaz, daughter of a Mohammedan delegate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Purdah Women | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

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