@cublas: You should always follow whatever makes you happy and not worry about what ignorant bigots say about you and your choices. That includes your parents, relatives and friends. If they don't accept you for who you are then it means they don't want you to be happy, which I think is very very selfish on their part. Their standard of happyness should not dictate how you should live your life. There were times when inter caste/ inter racial marriages were frowned upon, but has not gotten greater acceptance. There will always be people with backward/oldschool mentality, even in this day and age, who will oppose and hate your choices; however, there will also be those who will always support you. Don't let the hateful words bring you down, you can't stop fools from blurting out bigoted discriminatory remarks, ignore them, live happy and be good.