Participation

Karanvir Gill 

This weeks interview was based on the idea of homogamy on my interviewee's life and the reason why it stands. My interviewee was a 20 year old indian, who comes from a traditional background and he said that homogamy is huge in his culture. People of a certain social class are expected to marry/date within it, and if you don't, it is considered disgraceful. People are do not stay on the same social class are looked down upon. When I asked why this occurs, he said this happens because it helps keep the rich remain wealthy, and also lets them prosper even more. He described that marrying someone of a lower standing would not help out the family at all based on a financial standpoint.