“I will only welcome a Brahmin daughter-in-law”, she cried. “I have abided by the rules of not eating
rice prepared by other castes”, “being hospitalized is an exception”. Mother became emotional on
hearing that her son, a Brahmin, has decided to marry a “lower-caste” woman. Mother had asked
only for a brahmin girl. She wanted to be a proud mother-in-law of a brahmin girl. She feared her
relatives would mock her for being unable to convince her son to not commit a grave mistake. She
had herself, told many people of how important it is to maintain one’s own hereditary line pure with
only endogamous marriage. Two of her three sons had decided against it. She was very hurt!