| Some counter thoughts. 1. Maintaining separate cups is a social oddity. my mom follows the same principle. House members have their own cups/plates, guests have their own cups/plates. even if my relatives come to my home they will use guest set. My mom protests if i eat in my sister's plate. Nothing related to caste. Lower caste people banned from entering homes is a bit of a stretch. Are you saying upper caste people are getting their water filter serviced with upper caste repairmen? They will allow whoever the water filter company sends them. I went to homes of all my college classmates and dined in their homes, none of the parents stopped me and asked my caste before entering. 2. this is accurate with some minor changes. i have been in all 4 groups. forming a support circle is easier with something in common. 3. i highly doubt its 99%. you are just pulling these numbers out of thin air. In my small family circle, i can count 1 inter-religion marriage, 5 inter-caste marriage. i am not even in a metro city. i can put the number as 80%-20% 4. i agree with subconcious bias. its hard to measure. it may be there. it may not be there. |