Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages in the Indian Subcontinent

Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages in the Indian Subcontinent

Author: C. P. Kumar

Publisher: C. P. Kumar

Published:

Total Pages: 75

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"Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages in the Indian Subcontinent" is an insightful exploration of the intricate dynamics surrounding love and inter-caste marriages in the Indian context. Through its comprehensive chapters, this book delves into various aspects of this complex phenomenon. It starts with an introduction to love and inter-caste marriages, followed by a historical perspective that traces the evolution of marriage patterns in the Indian Subcontinent. The book then delves into sociocultural factors that influence these marriages, offering a comparative analysis between love and arranged marriages. It examines how inter-caste marriages break barriers and challenge social norms, reshaping social hierarchies and the caste system. The legal aspects, socioeconomic implications, and family dynamics are thoroughly examined, shedding light on the challenges and transformations within these marriages. The book also addresses the issues of honor killings, violence, and the impact on gender roles and equality. It explores the generation gap and the contrasting attitudes towards love and inter-caste marriages in urban and rural settings. Additionally, the book analyzes the media's portrayal and influence on these marriages and concludes by discussing future trends and prospects for love and inter-caste marriages in the Indian Subcontinent. Overall, "Bridging Boundaries" provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking account of the complexities surrounding love and inter-caste marriages in the region, offering valuable insights for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in understanding and promoting inclusivity and social change.


Belonging But Not Believing

Belonging But Not Believing

Author: L. E. Sahanam

Publisher: ISPCK

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9788184580884

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Study conducted at the CSI East Parade Malayalam Pastorate in Bangalore, India.


Interfaith Marriage

Interfaith Marriage

Author: Bonni-Belle Pickard

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-05-05

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1666736104

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As societies across the globe rethink and often discard the institutions of marriage and religion, interfaith marriages continue to grow in number. These unions, usually committed to seeing past the traditional sectarian labels, often struggle when the traditional sources of support for marital life—faith community, family support—are not available. Still, the determination of interfaith couples to negotiate and cross boundaries gives hope to a fractured world. Bonni-Belle Pickard draws from her personal and professional experience to suggest ways of addressing the challenges of interfaith couples and their families.


Hindu Intercaste Marriage in India

Hindu Intercaste Marriage in India

Author: Haripada Chakraborti

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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The Marriage Institutions are as old as human race itself. In passage of time the advent of religious influence on the society although had impact on the system and the traditions of marriages. They continued without any change in the concept of its spirit. The author has attempted to draw an outline of the history of Hindu Intercaste Marriage in India, ancient as well as modern. First, the author has discussed marriage and its general principles, various forms, polygamy, polyandry and rules of restriction about gotras and pravaras and also intercaste-marriage in early Vedic period. In the second part, the author has tried to trace the history of intercaste marriage and also interracial mixture in ancient India and the gradual evolution of the Hindu society. The last part contains a detailed discussion of intercaste marriage in modern India along with reform-movement in social sphere and also with legislation in modern India. The book ends with views of different scholars and writers of modern India on intercaste marriage.