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.

Rabindranath Tagore
About This Quote

The outside world may want you, my husband replied. This quote is from the life of Fatima Zahra, a Muslim woman who grew up in an orthodox family and became a courtesan (sex worker) under the patronage of the Mughal Empire. She was later married to an upper-class Muslim man and had two children with him. When her husband died, she remarried and kept her second marriage a secret, even from her children. Her story is told in Ayesha's Secret by Amina Chaudhry and is based on research conducted by Professor Muhammed Sadiq of the University of Bradford.

Source: The Home And The World

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