Well said San. Just some thoughts/queries based on what you said,and hopefully this thread will allow some insights to our social structure: 1. Can we abolish the caste system without abolishing the caste? 2. What would be the repercussion of not having a caste? Would people readily relinquish their last names given that the last names are the red flags for chaste identification? aba Sitara jyu le malai sodheko ta hoina, tyahi pani pyachha ma mero bichar bhani halun ki? anyatha nalinu hola.. 1. Yes, we can. First of all, the governmnet ha sto encourage/vigorously promote inter-cate/inter racial marriages. Give people some incentives for exogamous (sp?) marriages, people will do it. Franz Boiss's idea ho yo.. Ruth Benedict ko guru ko... 2. People will still retain their last names.. and like in every Patriarchas (sp?) society, the lineage will follow the father's last name, however, those names will be of less and less importance. When the whole nation is mixed, who cares about your last name? You can be a rai with Indo-Aryan features, a Sharma with oriental features..