Everyone knows that Southern and Northern India are very different in culture, language, and socio-economic development. But the most dramatic regional disparity may be in gender relations. Why is this?
Is it due to..
Poverty
Colonialism
Matriliny
Cousin marriage
Conquests and purdah
Labour-intensive cultivation
Ancestral crop yields?
If you would rather read than listen, the blog is here:
https://www.draliceevans.com/post/why-are-southern-north-eastern-indian-states-more-gender-equal
