Mostly about money vs Still about social status

[Still about social status] Feels like once people have money these days, caste doesn't seem to matter nearly as much as it probably used to.

Is India's caste system today mostly about money and class, or is it still about social status?

Mostly about money

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Sociological surveys, including India Human Development Survey data, consistently find caste-based endogamy, marrying within caste, remains extremely high even among economically well-off, urban, educated Indians, suggesting caste continues to function as a distinct social-status marker independent of a family's income or class position.

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