This time, the barrier is not race or gender, but caste. Again, the shift is generational:
"The recent rise in violence actually shows that the younger generation -- especially women -- are slowly gaining individual freedom in marriage. But the older generation still cling to the old ways where marriage is still a symbol of status, not emotional love," said Shashi Kiran, a lawyer in India's Supreme Court who married outside her caste and is handling several honor-killing cases. "It shows a society still in transition and wrestling with deep change."
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/11/marriage-equality-in-india/208214/
