Does the South have the same inheritance issue as rural Pakistan?
Silver-Advantage8502 on
If this is true, it explains so much about India.
No_Manager7521 on
From where tf is this data even coming from census has not been conducted since 2011
140cr+ population’s survey without census? No way!
and how do you even get this info? Ain’t no body gonna tell if they are cousins fuckers or not
artisanartisan on
Indialabama
khanman504 on
India would be so much better if the rest of the country was like Kerala.
WorkOk4177 on
This map also closely follows the percent of muslims in each state but som southern states like Tamil Nadu are an exception to that
Edit:W.B would also be an exception
Eric848448 on
With India, isn’t Bihar usually at the top of every possible bad list?
WMHamiltonII on
What is it about “the South” and bonin cousins?!?
Kanakapurahogrider17 on
The worst part about this is that film industries in south india normalise cousin marriage in movies too.
Source: im a south indian
AGrandNewAdventure on

No_Situation4785 on
seems a bit strange to lump together second-cousins and uncles. at least from a western perspective one seems a lot less…problematic than the other
Impossible-Spot-3414 on
Ewww….. Tamil Nadu.
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It has to do with wealth transfer and status networks, blood related marriages were the norm before influence of christianity individualized people more. I’m repeating Joseph Henrich’s idea.
Tripalicious on
So the south in the US and the south in India do have somwthing in common
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Does the South have the same inheritance issue as rural Pakistan?
If this is true, it explains so much about India.
From where tf is this data even coming from census has not been conducted since 2011
140cr+ population’s survey without census? No way!
and how do you even get this info? Ain’t no body gonna tell if they are cousins fuckers or not
Indialabama
India would be so much better if the rest of the country was like Kerala.
This map also closely follows the percent of muslims in each state but som southern states like Tamil Nadu are an exception to that
Edit:W.B would also be an exception
With India, isn’t Bihar usually at the top of every possible bad list?
What is it about “the South” and bonin cousins?!?
The worst part about this is that film industries in south india normalise cousin marriage in movies too.
Source: im a south indian

seems a bit strange to lump together second-cousins and uncles. at least from a western perspective one seems a lot less…problematic than the other
Ewww….. Tamil Nadu.
It has to do with wealth transfer and status networks, blood related marriages were the norm before influence of christianity individualized people more. I’m repeating Joseph Henrich’s idea.
So the south in the US and the south in India do have somwthing in common