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Inter Caste marriages

A Fact

As per a study conducted by 3 academicians from Indian Statistical Institute Delhi, it was found that the upper castes have the highest rate of inter-caste marriage[1]. Wait, but what is this inter-caste marriage and even before understanding what is inter-caste marriage, we must know what a caste is actually.

What is caste ?

Well, Caste has successfully defended itself from coming under a perfect definition. Different scholars have tried to define caste but every definition has some loophole.
For time being, we may assume that Caste is a set of people having a set of customs and a definite place in the "social hierarchy" based on a social contract signed by each and every member of the society.

What is inter-caste ?

When a member of one caste has "something to do" with other a member from some other caste, then it is inter-caste.

Whar is intercaste marriage ?

When  "something to do"  = marriage, then it is inter-caste marriage.



Marriage plays a significant role in one's life.

 Reference :
1. https://www.isid.ac.in/~epu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dp17-05.pdf
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