Purdah

Purdah or Pardaa (Hindi: पर्दा, Persian: پرده, Urdu: پردہ literally meaning "curtain") is the practice of concealing women from men. According to one definition:

Purdah is a curtain which makes sharp separation between the world of man and that of a woman, between the community as a whole and the family which is its heart, between the street and the home, the public and the private, just as it sharply separates society and the individual.

This takes two forms: physical segregation of the sexes, and the requirement for women to cover their bodies and conceal their form.

Purdah exists in various forms in the Islamic world and among Hindu women in parts of India.

Khidmatgar

Khidmatgar is a waiter.

Purana

The Puranas (Sanskrit: पुराण purāṇa, "of ancient times") are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.

Puranas usually give prominence to a particular deity, employing an abundance of religious and philosophical concepts. They are usually written in the form of stories related by one person to another. The Puranas are available in vernacular translations and are disseminated by Brahmin scholars, who read from them and tell their stories, usually in Katha sessions (in which a traveling brahmin settles for a few weeks in a temple and narrates parts of a Purana, usually with a Bhakti perspective).

Jatav

Jatav, also called Jatia, Jatba and in the Jammu region Jatoi, is a sub-caste of the Chamar Scheduled Caste (SC) in India.

They consider themselves as a Kshatriya Shiva gotra - claiming lineage from Lord Shiva.

Khyaal

Khyal (or Khayal, Hindi: ख़्याल, Urdu: خیال) is the modern genre of classical singing in North India. Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning "imagination". It is thought to have developed out of the qawwal singing style. It appeared more recently than dhrupad, is a more free and flexible form, and it provides greater scope for improvisation. Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no harmonic parts. The modes are called raga, and each raga is a complicated framework of melodic rules.

Paratha, and alu paratha

A paratha/parantha (Hindi: पराठा, Urdu: پراٹھا) is an Indian flat-bread that originated in the Indian subcontinent.
It is one of the most popular unleavened flat-breads in Indian cuisine, Pakistani cuisine and Bengali cuisine and is made by pan frying whole-wheat flour on a tava. The paratha dough usually contains ghee or cooking oil which is also layered on the freshly prepared paratha. Parathas are usually stuffed with vegetables such as boiled potatoes, leaf vegetables, radishes or cauliflower and/orpaneer (South Asian cheese).


Aloo (pronounced Aalu) paratha  is stuffed with spicy boiled potato and onions mix.

Kahar

Kahar is an ancient community of India. They are divided in to Hindu ,Muslim and Sikhs respectively. The muslim kahar chiefly found in Punjab,Haryana and western belt of Uttar Pradesh. Sikh kahar were they who have turned in sikhism from Hinduism.

Thandai

Thandai is a cold drink prepared with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, magaztari seeds (watermelon kernel), rose petals, pepper, khus khus(white poppy) seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar. Could be easily found in KPK mostly in Peshawar. It is native to India and is often associated with the Holi festival.

Jalebis

Jalebi (sometimes Jalibi) (jilebi, Hindi: जलेबी) is an Arabian sweet popular in countries of the Indian Subcontinent such as India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It is made by deep-frying batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in syrup.

Haveli

Haveli (Hindi: हवेली) is the term used for a private mansion in India and Pakistan. The word haveli is derived from Persian meaning "an enclosed place". They share similar features with other mansions derived fromIslamic Architecture such as the traditional mansions in Morocco called Riads.

Achkan

Achkan (Hindi: अच्कन, Urdu: اچکن) is a long jacket worn in South Asia, and together with the Sherwani, is traditionally associated with the Northern Indian, and especially with the Muslim aristocracy.

Jacaranda

Jacaranda (usually pronounced /ˌdʒækəˈrændə/ in English) is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America (especially Argentina,Brazil and Uruguay), Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is found throughout the Americas and Caribbean, and has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, India, Fiji and parts of Africa. The genus name is also used as the common name.