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World Service,7 mins

Campaigning to lift the ghoonghat

The Fifth Floor

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麻豆社 Hindi's Sumiran Preet Kaur takes the Fifth Floor on a journey from the bright lights of New Delhi to the rural village Mirzapur in Haryana. There she meets a group of women campaigning to live their lives without wearing the ghoonghat, a traditional veil worn by Indian women for centuries. (Photo: Women in the village of Mirzapur Photo Credit: 麻豆社)

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