One thing that doesn't seem to have come up so far, and if it has I have missed it, is class. I suppose it doesn't sound nice and might actually appear abit snobbish to some to say it but inter-caste or inter-cultural marriages can get complicated if they also happen to be inter-class. I suppose it is not any different from a same-caste but inter-class marriage with possibly one exception: if there are any problems or misundertandings, sometimes people may not be savvy enough to tell caste from class. When you don't diagnose the problem correctly, you may end up with the wrong remedies to cure it. Does that mean such marriages don't work. No. It just means an inter-caste couple need to develop the tools to handle cross cultural conflict and if they also have differences in economic backgrounds then they need to develop additonal tools to handle the additional difference. Personally, I am all for it. Caste, and class, are all in the mind.