What is wrong with inter-caste marriages?
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Dear Alokji,
Nice article.
Worth reading.
Mahavir
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Alok Tholiya
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What is wrong with inter-caste marriages?
The question shouldn't be, “What is wrong with inter-caste marriages?” but it should be, “What are the issues in inter-caste marriages?”
Marriage by its very nature brings in the challenge of resolving differences. It is the challenge of two individuals searching for sameness beyond their differences. The man woman differences, intellectual differences, the differences in emotional responses, the differences in tastes, the differences in family values and personal values, etc. It is not about 'What is wrong with inter-caste marriages?' but it is about the issue of resolving the differences getting compounded even further. Faith and the path of faith are two major factors in the life of an individual, and any difference in it makes the institution of marriage even more complex.
And, in an Indian context, while a man gets married to a girl, a girl gets married to a family. So, in an inter-caste marriage, the man has to only make a few adjustments, while the girl will have to make some major compromises. While a man has to make some changes to his lifestyle after marriage, for a girl, her entire lifestyle changes because of marriage. A new home, a new set of relatives, new priorities, new food habits, new expectations, new ego management, and all these are inevitable… but in the context of inter-caste marriage, now you have to also deal with a new God, and a new path to God. The simple questions is, “Should a complex life be further complicated?”
Having said all this, the truth remains, “In a relationship where love triumphs, all these become mere details. In a relationship where love fails, everything is an issue.” We have to understand, “Where conditions take the front row, relationships take a back seat. Where relationships take the front row, conditions take a back seat! Either, relationships can triumph or conditions can triumph - both cannot.” If you can put your beloved above everything else… then from any context, a beautiful relationship can be built. In love, even wrongs become right. Without love, everything is wrong… nothing is right.
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