Interestingly, a common feature across all applications is a caste filter that allows your profile to be visible to some castes and invisible to others, ensuring endogamy in the digital age.

HOW ENDOGAMY LEADS TO GENETIC DISEASES? Marrying within the caste is common all over India, irrespective of religion. In the Southern part of India, people usually practice the culture of marrying ...

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His close readings of canonical films like Sujata, Sholay, and Swades illuminate how popular cinema often upholds ‘upper caste’ moralities while relegating Dalit characters to symbolic or peripheral ...

Marrying across Dalit sub-castes can lead to social rejection within one’s own community. This reveals how caste-based ...

According to Dr Ambedkar, the critical evaluation of the various characteristics of caste leaves no doubt that prohibition; or rather the absence of intermarriage – endogamy, to be concise ...

Seattle’s legislation defines caste as “a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion.

As per the National Family Health Survey 2005-06, only 10% marriages in India were inter-caste and just 2.1% were interreligious. This highlights how the majority of people practice endogamy.

Caste systems encourage endogamy, which means you always marry within your class to maintain society’s hierarchy long-term. In short, it’s privilege largely determined by birth. The “Late ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...