Indian brides told to reduce mobile phone use******

NEW DELHI, May 9 (AFP): An Indian state has told newly-wedded women to avoid talking too much on their mobile phones for the first two years of marriage in case it provokes jealousy from their husbands. The Punjab State Commission for Women (PSCW) issued an official advisory last week urging brides "to focus on their domestic life instead of having long conversations on mobile phones". Commission head Gurdev Kaur Sangha told AFP Monday that the advice was designed to avoid suspicion between new couples as they adjust to their new life together. "I found that almost 40 per cent of women consider seeking a divorce on the grounds that her husband and in-laws do not like her talking on mobile phones," said Sangha, 70, from Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab. "Most husbands said their wives are always on the phone and they doubted their character as they suspected them of talking to ex-boyfriends."