> It should be of the utmost importance to not only prevent the spread of castes, but to utterly destroy them as a concept.
I don't think castes are spreading ideologically outside of India. A lot of Indian immigrants in the US completely ignore caste once they get here.
One problem is that the upper castes benefit from the system. They're sometimes wealthier and speak better English, so it's easier for them to immigrate and become managers at companies.
My experience is, an Indian born in India never leaves caste behind. Yes, Jatts pay no importance to caste when hiring, but them & every other caste makes matrimonial connections, social groups, gathering etc only in their caste. Only the third or fourth generation I have seen is kind of out of that shadow.
Indians born in India 90% of the time want to marry indian only, maybe by choice or by parent's or society's pressure. That too in same religion and caste.
Like I said in my original comment, caste mostly doesn't matter when hiring at work, but people don't marry out of caste, religion. Intercaste Love marriages happen, no doubt, but maybe in a single digit percentage in USA in Indians.
First few generations still know & believe in caste for matrimonial. Brahmins, rajpur, jatt etc still is the factor. The third or fourth generation born starts paying minimal attention to caste when finding love.
I don't think castes are spreading ideologically outside of India. A lot of Indian immigrants in the US completely ignore caste once they get here.
One problem is that the upper castes benefit from the system. They're sometimes wealthier and speak better English, so it's easier for them to immigrate and become managers at companies.