Inter Caste Love Marriage Problem

The answer to interracial love marriage is one in which people from different castes come together as a married couple.

This is mainly the result of the couple meeting and forming a relationship outside of their family circle.

Caste is a traditional and cultural entity, usually derived from Hinduism, but it has ruled much of the heritage of South Asia.

More than beauty in the West, it is often related to a working career or inheritance from the point of view of your family legacy.

On the subject of marriage it is often said that `you marry someone of your kind` and therefore, within your caste.

It is very common for higher castes to promote marriages into lower castes.

So, while modern and Western values ​​give you the freedom to choose who you want to marry, marrying outside caste can still be a big problem for people of South Asian descent.

It is possible that in the UK, interracial marriages are still more common. The share of intercaste marriages in the US is much less than marriages within caste, and in India, it is really no exception.

It was found that more than 11% of respondents in Gujarat and Bihar had intercaste marriages, but only less than 1% of the average intercaste marriages took place.

So, why is intercaste marriage such a big problem?

How many times have you seen or studied the catch 22 situation of young people in different caste relationships but not knowing how to inform their family?

Where the happiness of the family is linked to caste, the information is not welcomed and family members pressurize the young person to get married and ruin it.

There are many instances in which families have abandoned their son or daughter and did not even attend the wedding after marrying outside the caste.

The family community falls apart and loyalties are shattered.

The couple is often left alone or receives little guidance to move forward and live their destiny.

Emotional stress

Often couples find ways to get married and rarely return to their families.

For an inter-caste couple who have met, dated, fallen in love and want to stay together, if neither of them is strong enough, things can become a big challenge.

If the man is too submissive for fear of facing the parents or losing them, the relationship may not even reach marriage.

Anita who was in this situation:

Therefore, no longer able to marry the real love of her life.

Ravi, who met the brothers of his upper caste girlfriend, with whom he studied in high school for more than 5 years, found himself isolated:

“Her brothers told me that if the marriage took place, her father who had become very ill would no longer be able to tolerate it and that I would probably suffer a loss at my hands which I would not be able to compensate in any way.

So I decided never to see her again.

Shows the difference between prosperity and lifestyle. Therefore, it is not considered the norm for people from lower castes to accept people from higher castes in South Asian society.

People from lower castes may find it difficult to free themselves from such prejudices. Especially when it is a woman.

Even though couples who marry outside the caste are happy, they are always considered "lowly" by relatives, friends and family who believe in the box system.

Sandy married a friend from a higher caste:

"When I go to family functions, I always feel distanced from my relatives.

"I am of your caste." Remember my aunt who said she would follow this habit? It really hurt me."

Women also make themselves "better" by marrying into a higher social and economic caste. You will be criticized for this.

There is talk among locals that families allow such marriages.

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