Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme
According to Dr. Ambedkar, intercaste marriage is "the real remedy for breaking caste" and the "fusion of blood" will foster a sense of belonging. We must not occasionally encourage "inter-caste dinners and inter-caste marriages, which were futile methods of achieving their ends" and instead preserve the integrity of the Shastras, upon which caste was formed. There are only 5% of intercaste marriages in India. Only 5.8% of Indian weddings, as reported by the Census 2011, were inter caste marriages, a rate that stayed constant for 40 years. Only 5% of Indian marriages, according to the India Human Development Survey, are inter caste unions. According to the most recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 77 murder cases were registered in 2016 with "honor killing" as the motive. The actual scenario is worse; these numbers are underreported. The majority of respondents to a 2016 Social Attitudes Research for India (Sari) study in Delhi, Mumbai,...