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Yashica Dutt on Coming Out as Dalit

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Arrange Marriages Are a Way of Life in India

There's a huge effort to make sure that your kids are not marrying whoever they want, and are staying within their cast. People just say, arrange marriage is a way of life in india. But this goes back to the earlier point i was making, about how skilfully invisible cast is. A lot of people defend arrange marriages. And we know the defences, that they last longer,. supposedly also if you get too much freedom, then you're not compatible with your partner.

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