[unmole]

> Certainly, I hope anyone commenting on this will take note of the publishing date being more than 100 years ago.

That's irrelevant when discussing the mechanism, genesis and development of a system that goes back millienia.

> they'll say something like, "he's from the janitor class, but thats okay, because he's a doctor"

What are you basing this on? Exogamy between castes remains very low, even between different high castes.

[mohanmcgeek]

> Exogamy between castes remains very low, even between different high castes.

What are you basing this on?

[genghizkhan]

Not the GP, but I can anecdotally confirm this. Breaking caste barriers remains unusual in most of India. The Indian HN community is biased towards Bangalore, Delhi and Bombay where rates of exogamy amongst the upper middle class are far higher than in practically all other parts of India.

[pkphilip]

The Caste survey conducted in 2018 found that only around 5.8% of all marriages in India are intercaste:

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in...