Only 3 per cent chose partners from other caste, says study
The Dravidian movement did not make any impact on inter-caste
marriages in Tamil Nadu as a national study found out that only three
per cent chose a life partner from other caste.
Revealing the findings of his study “The Golden Cage: Stability of the
Institution of Marriage in India’ here on Wednesday, K Srinivasan,
former director and senior professor of International Institute of
Population Sciences (IIPS) and national fellow of Indian Council of
Social Science Research said that it is surprising that inter-caste
marriage is as low as three per cent despite strong Dravidian movement
in Tamil Nadu for over six decades and the Dravidian parties also
holding power for over four decades.
Te figures are really surprising as Dravidian parties officially
promoted and rewarded inter caste marriages, he said.
He said that Tamil Nadu, with 97.04 per cent, leads the southern
States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala in the preference for
same caste marriages. “In fact, the ratio of inter-caste marriage in
south India is only 8.62 per cent,” he said.
The study by Srinivasan also found that about 10 percent of the total
marriages in India takes place between different castes while only 2.1
percent marriages are inter-religious.
The study also revealed that girls of backward castes marrying boys of
lower caste, SCs, is just 1.66 in Tamil Nadu as against the national
average of 5.58 per cent. However, Kerala girls marrying men of lower
castes account is much higher at 12.24 per cent.
Interestingly, this could also be the saving grace for marriage as an
institution which is crumbling in Western societies, he says. “A
strong contributing factor behind the stability in the institution of
marriage is that marriages are still taking place within the same
caste and there is a strong caste support behind every marriage,” says
Srinivasan.
“This is rather unfortunate because the social evils and economic
impediments of the rigid caste structure are well known and many
leaders including Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru and Periyar in the
south have fought relentlessly against it for over many decades,” he
says.
Indian marriages are deeply rooted in religion and caste. The marital
breakdown which faces social and economic costs has made the
institution of marriage strong in India and it is unlikely to show any
signs of deterioration in the near future, he says.
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The Dravidian movement did not make any impact on inter-caste
marriages in Tamil Nadu as a national study found out that only three
per cent chose a life partner from other caste.
Revealing the findings of his study “The Golden Cage: Stability of the
Institution of Marriage in India’ here on Wednesday, K Srinivasan,
former director and senior professor of International Institute of
Population Sciences (IIPS) and national fellow of Indian Council of
Social Science Research said that it is surprising that inter-caste
marriage is as low as three per cent despite strong Dravidian movement
in Tamil Nadu for over six decades and the Dravidian parties also
holding power for over four decades.
Te figures are really surprising as Dravidian parties officially
promoted and rewarded inter caste marriages, he said.
He said that Tamil Nadu, with 97.04 per cent, leads the southern
States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala in the preference for
same caste marriages. “In fact, the ratio of inter-caste marriage in
south India is only 8.62 per cent,” he said.
The study by Srinivasan also found that about 10 percent of the total
marriages in India takes place between different castes while only 2.1
percent marriages are inter-religious.
The study also revealed that girls of backward castes marrying boys of
lower caste, SCs, is just 1.66 in Tamil Nadu as against the national
average of 5.58 per cent. However, Kerala girls marrying men of lower
castes account is much higher at 12.24 per cent.
Interestingly, this could also be the saving grace for marriage as an
institution which is crumbling in Western societies, he says. “A
strong contributing factor behind the stability in the institution of
marriage is that marriages are still taking place within the same
caste and there is a strong caste support behind every marriage,” says
Srinivasan.
“This is rather unfortunate because the social evils and economic
impediments of the rigid caste structure are well known and many
leaders including Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru and Periyar in the
south have fought relentlessly against it for over many decades,” he
says.
Indian marriages are deeply rooted in religion and caste. The marital
breakdown which faces social and economic costs has made the
institution of marriage strong in India and it is unlikely to show any
signs of deterioration in the near future, he says.
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