Tag: Inter Caste Marriage

Families of Arabinda Pradhan and his cousin Binay Pradhan were ostracized from village and community for getting married to girls outside their caste.

A youth in Nialijharan village in Keonjhar was banished from his village for marrying outside of his caste

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday stated that inter-caste marriages should be encouraged to abolish caste system in the country. “If the chief minister (of Odisha) announces Rs 20-25 crore reward for the district reporting the maximum numbers of inter-caste marriages, people will be motivated to encourage this system. […]

Kendrapara: In an incident that has once again brought to light the deep-rooted caste divide in society,  members of Maa Sarala Help Foundation, a voluntary organisation performed the final rites of a government school teacher at Rajanagar last Friday after villagers and relatives allegedly refused to touch his body for cremation as the deceased had […]

Nabarangpur: True, caste system is a curse in many places of the country. In yet another instance of social injustice delivered at Kangaroo courts in Odisha, a man is paying a heavy price for his inter-caste marriage with a woman he was in love with. Pratap Kalar of Khadanga village under Raighar block of the […]