For Muslim Women in Delhi, A Breath of Fresh Air Yasmeen Khan, right, at the “Pardah Bagh,” a park exclusively for women and children in Nizamuddin in south Delhi.

Hundreds of women regularly visit the “Pardah Bagh,” a park as large as a football field, exclusively for women and children.

“The concept of a ‘Pardah Park’ has existed in traditional Muslim societies across the world,” said Shveta Mathur, an architect and the program officer for the trust, “however, this is the first such park in Delhi that is well developed and extensively used by the community.”

Women and children come to relax at the ‘Pardah Bagh,’ in Nizamuddin in south Delhi.

I am always sorry to see any encroachment made by Christian teachers on national customs where they are not contrary to morality, and willingly leave to Eastern women the pardah and the veil, but still there is a wholesomeness about the unveiled, rosy, comely, frank faces of these Christian women.