Right to Look Pretty
Hindu women of the middle, class have won their fight for the tight to look pretty in public. The modern girl in India may now powder Her face, wear her hair in curls or have a permanent wave, look frequently in a mirror and replace a broad saffron streak on the forehead by a small circular mark, ' : , . I "The Times of India," 'recording this: revolution, says that'in 1913-frequent glances in a mirror were considered immodest. The use of-, face powder was| studiously avoidedr > I ■ i ', "; The broad saffron streak; on ■'the fore-; head constituted the Hindu woman's' only "make up," whilo her oiled hair was either plaited into a pigtail at tho back pi; done up m a knot. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1933, Page 19
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123Right to Look Pretty Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1933, Page 19
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