THE SHAIKH ALSO IS NOT A SUPPORTER OF WOMEN’S SECLUSION
Translation
The
Shaikh also is not a supporter of women’s seclusion
The college boys unnecessarily suspicious of him became
He clearly stated in the sermon yesterday
“From whom would women be secluded if men women became”1
Explanatory Notes
1. Humorous reference to the clean-shaved faces adopted
by men in the Indian sub-continent following Lord Curzon (Appendix I, No. 18).
The word used in the original is ‘zan’, which is the Persian word for ‘woman’.
There is a pun in ‘zan’ and “Curzon”.