[ms] · Est. May 2002
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[QUOTE=Kamal;873654]where have you heard that from? any sources? I'm from a state a couple of states north and I've never heard it even from the numerous keralites I have known back home.[/QUOTE]
Have a few Keralite colleagues out here, also from my sister's husband who is half Keralite, thankfully he doesn't have any brothers so no awkward predicaments there :-)
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and these guys say in their villages, there are brothers making out with their brothers wives? wow today's the day trick and keralites will leave me speechless twice in the same day :lol:
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and that makes u a loser sir, not once but twice
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K, that article said 22% :mrgreen:
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[QUOTE=picklemonkey;873756]K, that article said 22% :mrgreen:[/QUOTE]
The 22% is of 12% of muslims and so that's a pretty small number, even for muslims in India. yea its very common in the Muslim world and even with Sindhis (another caste in India). I actually met a girl (a Sindhi friend of my wife) and she married her first cousin. stunner she was but she never did leave her family :lol:
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My friend is from Punjabi which is next to pakistan i hear there are many customs shared between this too areas .
I found this article that says that 55% british pakistans marry their first cousins
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4442010.stm[/url]
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punjab is a state that's partially split. the majority of the state is left over in india (after the india - pak split) and there are areas in pak also known as punjab. now being in pakistan, they do share a lot of the local customs. just as muslims in india celebrate diwali (the largest hindu festival).
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Extremely interesting topic here. I know quite a Few couples who have had arranged marriages all very interesting stories to say the least. A few of them also very happy to have their parents do the leg work. I however cannot fathom marrying someone that I have known for ad extremely short period of time and of course as haziel pointed out - the issue with sex.