I think the show needs to show that in any set, the one from the higher caste thinks he is much more superior to the other person. This is irrespective of whether they are brahmin or kayasth or anything...for instance, in this pair (madhav-rashmi), madhav's family thinks they are superior coz they are the 'brahmin's here. BUT if madhav had found another brahmin girl of a lower subcaste (YES!! Within Brahmins, there r subcastes too, and graded appropriately, LOL!), his family would have been showing their superiority still...UNLESS that brahmin girl came from the higher sub caste, in which case their tongues would have been firmly in check.
Now, Rashmi's parents are also going along not becase they are "oh, so great", but coz Madhav is a upper caste or same caste person.
If Rashmi had chosen someone from the lowest castes in the indian sub-continent...say Shudra, worker class range, trust me, Mr and Mrs would not be so sweet. They would have either stopped Rashmi or thrown similar huge tantrums.
The same divides exist in Christians, Muslims (shia, sunni, and their various sub divides).
The ONLY way to change this is to understand that God exists in each and every LIVING things's atma. The world will be a less violent and peaceful place.
Btw: I am a very highly educated, well off brahmin girl married to a brahmin boy of an upper subcaste but whose family is not so financially well off. It took years for me to just get my mother in law to drink a glass of water in my home. She felt she should not touch the food/ water here, since i was of a lower sub caste. LOL. But that was 10 yrs ago...today we are all a big happy family, but it took years of patience and zipping my mouth against all atrocities committed on me and my parents (ours was a love marriage too and we were students in the US, and lived there after marriage too...yet distance made NO difference thanks to the phone and internet). Today, my inlaws are changed but the ugly head does rear up once in a while.
I feel we need to realize that blood is of one color only - Red. Pl do remember this in real life and tell your kids that. Hopefully a drop a time, we (here in this forum) can create a small change in our communities and for our future gen.
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