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Maybe the picture you're getting is not from South Indian people? There's a different mentality and situation in the south. The southern states of Tamil Nadu an
by yawaramin 9y ago
Maybe the picture you're getting is not from South Indian people? There's a different mentality and situation in the south. The southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have the highest literacy rates in India, with Kerala especially having the highest literacy rate for women. Mallika's perceptions about the cultural importance of education are almost certainly correct especially if she is from the south.
- mirimir 9y agoAh, Kerala! http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/living-examples-of-matrilineal-societies-in-india/1/614739.html http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/living-examples... And now I'm vaguely remembering a section of Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle, where Jack Shaftoe gets help from a so-called "pirate queen". In Kerala, I think.