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Yes, purdah is playable

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"Purdah" Definition

noun

A curtain or screen, used mainly in India to keep women separate from men or strangers.
Social seclusion: "Never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah” ( D. Keith Mano).
The Hindu or Muslim system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.
Seclusion of women from public observation among Muslims and some Hindus especially in India.
A state of seclusion or concealment.

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