Disagree here...
What's likely is endogamous units will become larger.
30 years ago, marriages between sub-castes / sub-sets were rare
Today "sub-caste" criteria is seldom insisted upon in Urban or even semi-urban India
So the units will get larger
Fewer castes, larger ones
What's likely is endogamous units will become larger.
30 years ago, marriages between sub-castes / sub-sets were rare
Today "sub-caste" criteria is seldom insisted upon in Urban or even semi-urban India
So the units will get larger
Fewer castes, larger ones
Also ironically caste endogamy may weaken more rapidly in smaller towns than it does in big cities
Especially among those upper caste males left behind in the moffussil regions and not doing well
Especially among those upper caste males left behind in the moffussil regions and not doing well
Caste-endogamy will be up against Hypergamy
Women want to marry men better educated / more "well to do" than them
And this will make things tough for those males in "high caste" communities who are living in small town India and not doing too well
Women want to marry men better educated / more "well to do" than them
And this will make things tough for those males in "high caste" communities who are living in small town India and not doing too well
In communities with very high levels of female education (e.g. South Indian brahmins), poorly educated males in smaller towns will struggle to find females of the same caste to mate with
And that's where the relaxation will kick in.
And that's where the relaxation will kick in.
In large metropolitan cities, "inter-caste" marriages are mostly on account of "love"
But in the example I mentioned (small town poorly educated UCs ), even arranged marriages will turn "inter-caste"
But in the example I mentioned (small town poorly educated UCs ), even arranged marriages will turn "inter-caste"
