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My husband was very eager to take me out of purdah. One day I said to him, "What do I want with the outside world?""The outside world may want you," he replied.
My husband was very eager to take me out of purdah. One day I said to him, "What do I want with the outside world?""The outside world may want you," he replied.
Approximate author period: c. 1901 AD · modern
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- Rabindranath Tagore
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- Approximate author period: c. 1901 AD · modern
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