tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post3458765301308131162..comments2024-03-11T20:59:41.089+03:00Comments on Rumble of Thoughts: Kerala and its ratioHappy Kittenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406399936808407736noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-9401240565899940172010-03-25T17:59:41.845+03:002010-03-25T17:59:41.845+03:00the Kerala girls are able to earn for themselves. ...<i>the Kerala girls are able to earn for themselves. They were ready to go beyond their own states and even to other coutries (Gulf, US etc) to support their families. I guess this made them an asset rather than a liablity and hence they were let to live!</i><br /><br />You summed it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-32635615267429392192008-04-13T10:12:00.000+03:002008-04-13T10:12:00.000+03:00Maddy: i am sure u can throw more light on this on...Maddy: i am sure u can throw more light on this one..<BR/><BR/>KK: u r right.. even my grand mothers were well educated and had a good hold over the house they ruled. They read the newspapers as soon as they could get hold of them and were well aware of all the current events.<BR/><BR/>Indrani:Yes women ruled!<BR/><BR/>Roop: u sure must have seen a lot of them!<BR/><BR/>Gardenia: thanks for Happy Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406399936808407736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-23753686558106230192008-04-07T12:48:00.000+03:002008-04-07T12:48:00.000+03:00Very interesting read. Our country is so 'divided'...Very interesting read. Our country is so 'divided' into North-South that we tired of explaining things about South India to people while we grew up in Delhi. What took the cake was the nurses' explanation for my joy at the birth of my eldest daughter, over 20 yrs ago - she said it was because daughters inherit in our community(and it isnt even true). I should add that the nurses in Madras, where Gowri Mohanakrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060601235118339248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-14159304895632573132008-04-05T10:27:00.000+03:002008-04-05T10:27:00.000+03:00the Kerala girls are able to earn for themselves. ...the Kerala girls are able to earn for themselves. They were ready to go beyond their own states and even to other coutries (Gulf, US etc) to support their families.<BR/><BR/>and u are very right :)Roop Raihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851262795909138966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-75627583008722782992008-04-02T09:48:00.000+03:002008-04-02T09:48:00.000+03:00marumakkathayam...never knew of this, good read.marumakkathayam...<BR/>never knew of this, good read.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-37620932664780413332008-03-31T11:32:00.000+03:002008-03-31T11:32:00.000+03:00Another important fact is that even before indepen...Another important fact is that even before independence when the 'marumakatayam' system was strong the women were allowed to learn and teach. <BR/><BR/>I remember my grand mother who could read and write malayalam, hindi, sanskrit and english!!<BR/><BR/>I give stress to this fact because in her days the joint family had over 300 members and all the women in the family was like her, well learned, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354966621595161148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551829532953204.post-84138606486527946352008-03-30T18:53:00.000+03:002008-03-30T18:53:00.000+03:00ah - marumakkathyam...that is a vast topic, least ...ah - marumakkathyam...that is a vast topic, least understood by people - as to what it was as compared to what it is reported to be...some stupid idiotic european writers of the 15th & 16th century made it out as pagan polyandry...<BR/><BR/>but well it also gave women a mighty right in those times - which is the right to divorce or separate from her husband if she did not think it just or right..Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.com