Prabhudeva all set to marry his niece after 9 years of 1st divorce - Page 6

Originally posted by: Swetha-Sai

Shocked 😲

How can he marry his own niece? 😕 Is that not illegal? 🤔

There are some Hindus where the Mama(brother of Mom) can marry the niece.

One of my friends from South India is married to her Mom's brother.

There was an age difference of a couple of years.

I personally can't imagine it....all my Uncles are like father figures to me.

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

There are some Hindus where the Mama(brother of Mom) can marry the niece.

One of my friends from South India is married to her Mom's brother.

There was an age difference of a couple of years.

I personally can't imagine it....all my Uncles are like father figures to me.

I like the way you put it forth in a nonjudgemental manner. I also personally cannot imagine because Uncles and other blood related people are like family to me. But it happens nevertheless and I am not the one passing moral judgements on the cultural practices of the others.

Originally posted by: GumGum

A country's law should be same for all. I don't understand why a certain religion always gets the perks of practicing different laws for themselves. Rome mein ho toh Roman ho nahin toh Pakistan jao.

A country that respects the religious beliefs of its citizens and molds the law according to it....is an awesome country👍🏼.....Everyone born in India or naturalized by Indian law is an Indian...hum kaun hote hain kissi ko Pakistan bhejne wale....😆

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Scientific reality doesn't allow personal preferences

Science says inbreeding causes diseases.

That is fact. Not personal preference.

The only place for personal preference in this topic would be the morality question, but I didn't mention it in any of the posts.

My Mom always used to tell me that in older times people believed ki kids should be married off in a family...jinse saat generations tak koi rishtedaari na ho....see most of our old beliefs are based on science....I say most because I absolutely find no relationship between bad luck due to billi ka raasta kaatna...😆...some of these beliefs are so deeply ingrained in our minds....that they overtake the logical part of the mind...for instance if I am driving my car alone...I don't care if a billi crosses the road...but if my kids are in the car...I would back off and take a different route...😆...just saying....things may be eww or OK according to how we have grown up distinguishing right from wrong....what is wrong for us...may be right for others.....other than 2+2 of course..😆

Originally posted by: ~*sindhu*~

Marathi? I m not sure though but I think I have heard of them having this practice too.

Oh I haven’t heard of Marathis doing it.. pretty sure they regard all cousins as brothers/sisters like most of North India 😶...

But idk maybe some communities among them may do it

Originally posted by: cutejodikangal

You are probably talking about cousin marriages which is still very much prevalent even in the urban families (just last year attended one in my own relatives). But niece marriage is almost unheard of in Telugu families. Don’t know about the other Cultural backgrounds though!

For ex, AP’s ex CM’s son married his mama’s daughter.

No niece marriages are very much a thing among Telugus (one of my relatives was supposed to marry his sisters daughter but it didn’t work out), though you’re right, no one really does them anymore as far as I know...

And as for cousin marriages our family doesn’t do them either anymore as one of my father’s cousins who married one of his other cousins had a daughter with severe health problems due to the relationship between the parents, so that kind of put the rest of them off doing such marriages 😐

I just don’t know anyone among wider extended family or our Telugu friends who married first cousins in the current generation, though I do know a few that married more distant relations

Originally posted by: cutejodikangal

Lol. I can quote better statistics and articles about meat eating. It’s not just morally wrong but ethically and environmentally also wrong. Science has proved how detrimental it is to the health. Cousin marriages don’t even make a difference to the world but meat eating and other lifestyle choices which are being called out both on scientific as well as moral grounds, do. But people who choose to indulge in these things, would rather go around giving lectures on the things that they have no idea about. 😆

Ethics and morality are matter of individual and society.

Science is not.

There is no environmental impact that wouldn't have already been there because cows pass gas whether they get eaten or not. Then, there is the matter of food chain. If man doesn't eat cow, there will be other carnivores which do. Food chain is very much in line with the environment. Morality is what is being debated in vegetarianism. The harm per science is done only to the individual who consumes meat.

A consanguinous marriage has higher likelihood of producing children with diseases. Inbreeding causes genetic problems to multiply. Such marriages cause harm to the children born, not just to the romantic partners.

No amount of spinning will make a consanguinous partnership scientifically acceptable.

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

My Mom always used to tell me that in older times people believed ki kids should be married off in a family...jinse saat generations tak koi rishtedaari na ho....see most of our old beliefs are based on science....I say most because I absolutely find no relationship between bad luck due to billi ka raasta kaatna...😆...some of these beliefs are so deeply ingrained in our minds....that they overtake the logical part of the mind...for instance if I am driving my car alone...I don't care if a billi crosses the road...but if my kids are in the car...I would back off and take a different route...😆...just saying....things may be eww or OK according to how we have grown up distinguishing right from wrong....what is wrong for us...may be right for others.....other than 2+2 of course..😆

There is a diff between culturally acceptable and scientifically sound, right?

I'm not going to argue the morality of it.

But it's a scientific fact that such unions have higher chance of producing offspring with health problems.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Ethics and morality are matter of individual and society.

Science is not.

There is no environmental impact that wouldn't have already been there because cows pass gas whether they get eaten or not. Then, there is the matter of food chain. If man doesn't eat cow, there will be other carnivores which do. Food chain is very much in line with the environment. Morality is what is being debated in vegetarianism. The harm per science is done only to the individual who consumes meat.

A consanguinous marriage has higher likelihood of producing children with diseases. Inbreeding causes genetic problems to multiply. Such marriages cause harm to the children born, not just to the romantic partners.

No amount of spinning will make a consanguinous partnership scientifically acceptable.

So you are not aware of literally creating more cows by forceful breeding etc just so that there is more meat to eat? There is a whole industry dedicated to this. The tons of water and the resources these cows and other animals use, just so that the humans can eat them. And I am not even talking about the inhuman way these animals are treated.

Science is science. Not debatable. Read up on the cow farming and meat farming before you go around justifying it. Cousin marriages doesn’t even compare to the actual amount of harm meat farming is doing to the environment. Since you are interested in scientific facts, I suggest you read up more on it keeping your personal biases in the side.

Originally posted by: cutejodikangal

So you are not aware of literally creating more cows by forceful breeding etc just so that there is more meat to eat? There is a whole industry dedicated to this. The tons of water and the resources these cows and other animals use, just so that the humans can eat them. And I am not even talking about the inhuman way these animals are treated.

Science is science. Not debatable. Read up on the cow farming and meat farming before you go around justifying it. Cousin marriages doesn’t even compare to the actual amount of harm meat farming is doing to the environment. Since you are interested in scientific facts, I suggest you read up more on it keeping your personal biases in the side.

😆I live in a farm town, my friend.

Food chain is food chain. Man not eating meat would not stop that. Then, there are animals which are deliberately allowed to be killed by other animals so as to cull the herd. Ie, animals reproduce whether humans allow it or not. Even if entire humanity were to turn vegetarian, there would still be cattle producing gas. There would still be other animals eating it. Unless you're prepared to preach to the lions or tigers re: vegetarianism, of course. And sterilize cattle.

Ie, environment remains unchanged whether or not man eats meat. Therefore, the harm done by meat eating is to the individual's health. This is science. Except, this doesn't harm another human.

Whereas in a consanguinous marriage, a child could be affected by a disability his or her parents caused.

As you said, science. Not debatable. So your assumption that it is somehow acceptable for some communities is because what? Don't they inherit traits from their parents just like the rest of humanity?