Breaking tradition: Sixteen women from Maharashtra leave for Haj without male k...
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Another group of women from Nagpur, Wardha and Mumbai are travelling with companions who they saw for the first time at a meeting that took place ahead of Haj. mumbai Updated: Aug 11, 2018 05:53 IST Yesha Kotak Hindustan Times, Mumbai Follow Story Follow Story --> Shamshadabai Isarail Sayeed, 62, is among the first groups from Maharashtra to visit Haj, the annual pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia, without a mehram (husband or male blood relation as guardian). She is worried about how she and her sisters-in-law and aunt will make do at the holy cities, and requests journalists to tell the travel and diplomatic authorities to take care of them. Unlike her, her...