Encarta is wrong

October 12th, 2004 by jk | Filed under India.
While looking up for information about Nairs in Microsoft Encarta 2003 I found the following
Polyandry, form of marriage in which a woman has more than one husband or mate at the same time. Polyandry has been practiced by many peoples in all parts of the world since ancient times. At present, however, polyandry is prohibited by law in most countries.

Two principal forms of polyandry exist today. Among the Nair people, who inhabit the Malabar Coast of India, a woman may marry several men of equal or superior rank. Known by anthropologists as the

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4 Responses to “Encarta is wrong”

  1. preetamrai | 13/10/04

    dont you wish encarta was a wiki.

  2. JK | 13/10/04

    Preetam, Thats why we have Wikipedia. But then Encarta is used in many schools and the information provided by it is taken seriously.

  3. abhi | 13/10/04

    If Microsoft can ship Windows TO India with the wrong map of Kashmir, anything is possible.

  4. Das | 16/10/04

    Maybe the author saw the movie “Venkalam” and decided that the practice still exists?
    ;-)

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