In Hinduism, marriage is not just a ritual but a compulsory notion. All Hindu Gods are also shown with there wives in pictures and prayers. In Hindu mythologies like in Ramayan and Mahabharata we can learn how Bhagwan Ram and Krishna got married. In both the incidences they married according to their abilities to win and fight for their better half. To marry Maa Sita and Rukmani was there own decision not their parents. In none of these Granth we study about concept of marriage in the caste or arrange marriages. If that is so what is the caste of our Gods ?
Marriage is a concept involving meeting of two people who take oath to spend lives together and may and may not produce children and continue humanity. In the whole concept identification of people involved is not dependent on his religion or caste.
Marriage require two people with maximum compatibility with each other, who can survive the life with the other even if there is no third person available. But in our world we have the caste as the main basis on which the people are brought together and are tied knots together irrespective of their concerns.
In our society, first of all loving someone is considered ill and even if that is digested, loving someone out of your caste is evil. To marry that person is out of the equation completely.We are not allowed to choose people of our likes if he/she is not of our caste even though he/she is perfect for you and you will be the happiest in your life with him/her. Loving someone is still not considered as a beautiful feeling gifted to humans by The creator. Its still considered as evil. If that is so, then why do we have a God named Kamdev.Any individual on birth first belongs to humanism before belonging to any caste, then why he/she is made to follow certain which he didn't agree to follow with or which he doesn't even want to acknowledge.
Even look at the duality of the people where they change the opinion as per their own comfort ability. On one hand, they say that marriages and couples are made in heaven, but when that happens on earth where two different individuals of different castes marry, its considered evil. Those people are expelled from the caste like some vestigial organs by the santris of the caste. They are disowned by the same parents who prayed day and night to have them as baby.And above all that,they are even killed in the name of honor. Does killing increases the honor of the people ? Why don't people understand that a man create society not the society creates man.
In today's India, where we are shouting out loud to provide equality to all in every aspect, but casteism is still not seen by as a big hurdle towards to equality. Our society allows few people do enjoy their freedom to do anything they want just because they are rich and powerful.Are rich people out of bound of this stringent norms, just because they have lots of money that makes them capable of making their own rules to live life.
There is a saying "Religion and castes are for the poor.". It does stays true considering today's society. Rich people can survive alone in the society without being asked questions about their lives and can make people follow them. But poor ones need to stay together to survive which makes the institute of casteism so important for them.But weren't all rich, poor once.
Many great people spent their lives to uproot the pest of this hypocrisy but the roots are very strong and deep and we are still hanging on the branches of this pest.
Indian culture says 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', which means we are one family, the whole world is one family. And all people are same and equal. We all know it but why don't we believe it. Why do we have so many discrimination among the same family.
Isn't this the time now to move forward and work for a better and prosperous Indian society without such discrimination and acceptance of a human as a human.