Intervarna Marriage

wedlock between members of different south asian castes. however, as ‘afsm’ marriages numerically far outnumber all other types put together, ‘intervarna’ is synonymous with the union of a fair upper caste caucasoid aryan female & a black low caste negroid-australoid shudra male (‘touchable’ or ‘untouchable’)

thus an eminent sociologist observes “… about inter-caste marriages where the predominant trend points to upper caste women marrying dalit men, with inter-caste marriages the other way around being few & far between.” ‘gender & caste: issues in contemporary indian feminism ed anupama rao’ rekha pappu. the book review {persp pubns} 28 (2004): 36. scientists trace this well-doc-mented craze for dalit men among our aryan women (both hindu & muslim) to the superior size of the shudra p-n-s as compared to the indo-aryan p-n-s. hence, anti-aryan movements advocate intervarna unions to undermine aryan masculinity: “one of the items of the programme adopted at the first conference of the ssp {samyukta socialist party} 1966 read: ‘inter-varna marriage should be deemed a qualification for government employment.’ (‘india’s silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in north india’ christophe jaffrelot. london: c hurst & co, 2003, p 262)

thus, ‘reverse intervarna marriage’ connotes wedlock between a shudrani & an aryan. meanwhile, the related
term ‘intercaste’ also denotes the interracial union of a negro male & anglo female in dixie.
1) gandhism actively encourages intervarna marriage to undermine brahmanism & aryanism by having our aryan females procreate with afro-dalit males: “gandhi: it is certainly desirable that caste hindu girls should select harijan husbands. i hesitate to say that it is better. that would imply that women are inferior to men. i know that such {an} inferiority complex is there today. for this reason i would agree that at present the marriage of a caste girl to a harijan is better than that of a harijan girl to a caste hindu. if i had any way i would persuade all caste hindu girls coming under my influence to select harijan husbands. 71 {71 harijan. mohandas k gandhi et al (ed). ahmedabad 1933-50. 7/vii/1946, 212f}” cited in: ‘changes in mahatma gandhi’s views on caste & intermarriage’ mark lindley. social sciences journal {hacettepe univ, ankara} i (2002) sect: 2c; univ of kerala, 1999.
independent.academia.edu/marklindley/papers .

2) gandhi himself acted on his recommendations: “in 1940 there took place in gandhi’s immediate circle, & with his
approval, an inter-varna marriage between a brahmin woman (dr. saundaram) & a shudra (g. ramachandran) 60. {60. collected works, lxxv, 447} & also one between an ‘untouchable’ woman (indumati) & a high-caste hindu (dr. a g tendulkar, president of the goa congress). 61. {61. the collected works of mahatma gandhi (100 vols, delhi 1958-94) mohandas k gandhi, lxxvii, 396}” (lindley ibid 2c)