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Sadan Shah Dargah

Sadan Shah Dargah

The homeless women I interviewed lived here. They were very hesitant to talk about their periods, saying it was a private matter and if their husbands saw them talking to me, and found out they were discussing such personal issues, they would say their wives had brought dishonour to the family.

We went behind the shrine and one of them talked more openly to me.

The homeless I interviewed at the Sadan Shah Dargah, a few hours from Multan, lived here, in this temporary dwelling behind the shrine