What are the restrictions on inter-caste marriage?
Marriages and relationships between members of different castes, whilst not actually prohibited, face strong social disapproval and the threat of ostracism or even violence. In a notorious case in August 2001, a Brahmin boy and a lower-caste girl were publicly hanged by members of their families in Uttar Pradesh, India for refusing to end their inter-caste relationship. Matrimonial advertisements routinely express more-or-less rigid caste preferences.
