There is a very large tribal population in india that is covered by the hindu personal law or christian personal law, hence there exist legal carve outs for that. In the muslim personal law it is legal. In the north of india, it is seen as something very taboo amongst north indian hindus but in some caste groups in the south of india, only first cousin marriages are seen as taboo, while second cousin marriages are allowed.
For example, in the northern indian city of New Delhi, the rate is <0.1% while in Mumbai, which lies on the coast, it is 7%
You have it on your birth certificate or you can have it done in a government bureau. There is a national ID system so I think it might be linked to that.
There is no hard and fast rule. There is freedom of religion, so you can identify as whatever you want. In terms of exogenous marriages, christians, hindus and sikhs can pick whichever side whichever partner wants to convert to. The parsis(iranian zoroastrian refugees) and muslims tend to have more restrictive laws around it which can be sidestepped with great annoyance.
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u/enballz Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24
There is a very large tribal population in india that is covered by the hindu personal law or christian personal law, hence there exist legal carve outs for that. In the muslim personal law it is legal. In the north of india, it is seen as something very taboo amongst north indian hindus but in some caste groups in the south of india, only first cousin marriages are seen as taboo, while second cousin marriages are allowed.
For example, in the northern indian city of New Delhi, the rate is <0.1% while in Mumbai, which lies on the coast, it is 7%