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  • Dressed in the traditional ghagra-choli (long skirt and blouse), Gulab is the sole bread-earner for her four children and her ailing husband who hasn’t had a job in the 24 years of their marriage.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Peggy 2008

  • Dressed in the traditional ghagra-choli (long skirt and blouse), Gulab is the sole bread-earner for her four children and her ailing husband who hasn’t had a job in the 24 years of their marriage.

    Women Barefoot Engineers Peggy 2008

  • "Gulab," he said presently, "my government gives reward for loyalty and service."

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • When he laughed, and called softly, "Gulab," her eyes almost wept for joy, for not seeing him at once, a dread that he had gone had chilled her.

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • "Gulab," he said presently, "take care that the love thou say'st is dead -- but which is not, for it never dies in the heart of a woman, it is but a smouldering fire -- take care that it springs not into flame at the words of some other man, the touch of his hands, or the light of his eyes, because then, by Bhowanee, I will kill thee."

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • "Gulab," he said, -- and with his hand he turned her face up by the chin till their eyes were close together, -- "if the two bore a message for me, and it was stolen, I would be like that one you loved was lost."

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • And he was in league with the Dewan to obtain for Nana Sahib a girl of my household, who is called the Gulab because she is as beautiful as the moon. "

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • It was unclear if the bomb was freshly planted or if it was unexploded ordinance dating back to one of Afghanistan's past conflicts, said district police chief Gulab Shah.

    Afghanistan: Pakistan to target insurgents 2011

  • It was unclear if the bomb was freshly planted or if it was unexploded ordinance dating back to one of Afghanistan's past conflicts, said district police chief Gulab Shah.

    Afghanistan: Pakistan to target insurgents 2011

  • "It's shameful for me that the cellphone towers—even in my government compound—are turned off," says Helmand Governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal, who recently survived a Taliban assassination attempt while visiting one of his province's more dangerous areas.

    A Test Case for Afghan Pullout Dion Nissenbaum 2011

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