Rebel And Her Cause: The Life And Work Of Rashid Jahan by Rakhshanda Jalil

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December 2014
Rebel And Her Cause: The Life And Work Of Rashid Jahan by Rakhshanda Jalil

Duain dein mere baad aane waale meri wahshat ko Bahut kaante nikal aaye mere humrah manzil ke (Let those who come after me send benedictions for me Many a thorn has been removed from their path due to me) - Saquib Lucknowi These lines perfectly sum up the lives of two people that played an important role in the improvement of the status of women-Rashid Jahan and her father Shaikh Abdullah or Papa Miyan as he was fondly remembered, by generations of women. This is a part of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts Programme: 'Confluence of Traditions and Composite Cultures'...

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