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Ashwini Deshpande on Gender and Caste Discrimination and Affirmative Action in India

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The Most Shocking Thing About India's Women's Choices

Despite constitutional rights, despite liberalization, exorgamous marriages are only hovering at about 5 to 6%. There's no movement. The options are very ongly differentiated by where one lies in the castarace. And for the majority of women, the higher up they are in the cast hierarchy, there are greater constraints on their choices.

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