My cousin recently got engaged to an Asamese girl. He works in Canada and comes to India every year in December. This year when we met him, which was shortly after his roka with his Asamese girlfriend, the hot topic of discussion,of course, was his upcoming wedding. During the chit chat, I said something about this being an inter caste marriage and all. He said in a confused tone "no no, this is not an inter caste marriage. Both of us are Hindus only" I said You are a Punjabi while the girl is Asamese. On this, he said ..so that makes it an inter state marriage but not inter caste. I was short of words on hearing this.
At that moment, I felt respect for him and felt proud at the same time.
On giving a deeper thought to this, if all the people in India start thinking this way, half of India's problems will be solved. There will be no agitations for reservations. The face of India's politics will change as it is majorly caste based politics. Most importantly, the number of love marriages will increase and I think this can improve people's personal lives to a great extent.
At that moment, I felt respect for him and felt proud at the same time.
On giving a deeper thought to this, if all the people in India start thinking this way, half of India's problems will be solved. There will be no agitations for reservations. The face of India's politics will change as it is majorly caste based politics. Most importantly, the number of love marriages will increase and I think this can improve people's personal lives to a great extent.
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