MEGHALAYA, INDIA According to the Guinness Book of Records, the hilly Indian state of Meghalaya is the rainiest place on Earth. And in its tribal populations, it also boasts one of the world’s few surviving matrilineal systems – where women, rather than men, own land and property. Tradition dictates that the youngest daughter in the family inherits all the property as well as acting as caretaker of aged parents and unmarried siblings. As for the Meghalaya menfolk, a suffragette movement has sprung up, with men’s right groups claiming matrilineal culture is breeding generations of gents who fall short of their potential, subsequently slipping into alcoholism and drug abuse
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