the new catse system derived!

It was a light day @ office and I came home little early as there was not much work. Granny had prepared delicious 'Nugge Kai huLi' for lunch and few pieces of drum sticks were still left for us!

Myself and my brother decided to have an early dinner for our standards, i.e. 9pm. Now that we have a nice rose wood colored though rubber wood dining table, it adds a color for our talk!

As we started our dinner, the conversation started with my matrimonial search. I feel the first and foremost problem in searching for a partner is CASTE! You limit yourself to your caste and miss more likely minded /more suitable partner.

All of a sudden I asked my brother,

"DuDu.. (kananda form for Dude!) Can I refuse to identify myself with my caste?"
He: "DuDamma (Kannada form for duddette) Tell me, officially where you identify yourself with your caste? Which application form asks you for caste? PAN Card? Passport? Voters Id?.. (after a pause) Everywhere your religion is asked but not your caste..Only in your social network caste is asked.."

I was trying to think in which application caste was asked and I could not recall any.

Me: "hmm... ya.. but when kids are enrolled to school, dont they ask?"
He: "Usually not unless the school prefers the students to be from the same caste as that of the owner of the school"
Me: "That would be stupid..!"

Again.. after a pause..
"See.. how does caste matter when I get married? See that guy whom I met the other day.. He is from a different profession.. I struggled to strike a conversation with him! We had no common interests to talk about.. Atleast if in the same profession, some how conversation will start.."

He: "That's where your talent in talking comes..."
Me: "But see.. actually caste system has changed now.. People in the same profession to be considered as people from same caste.. ! Actually if you see the olden caste system as per hindu scriptures, the caste system was divided based on their professions. All the priests, teachers and scholars were called Brahmins, Traders as Vaishyas, Warriors as Khyatriyas and service providers as shudras"

He: "You are righto.. And thats why they wanted to get a son-in-law or daughter-in-law from their own caste so that getting alone with each other and respective families is easy.. "
Me: "Exactly... but over the years, our elders have totally mistook the caste system and started blindly following it and have put us in trouble..!"

He: " yeah.. just imagine, how many Bangalore software engineer bride or groom would like to get married to a school teacher in Bidar? forget that.. atleast how many doctors will marry engineers? "
Me: "Most of them would prefer partners from similar profession.. and its not only profession.. but upbringing also.. "
He: "yes.. so the modern caste system would be divided into many categories like Software Engineers, Doctors, Architects, Media and Advertising, Teachers and Professors etc.."

Me: "hmm yaa... (excited with the new thought process..) So there is no more caste like brahmin or shudra now.. only its software professional or media or teacher... (little disappointed) but why the hell these elders don't understand this concept.."
He:"its a long way DuDamma.. you cant change this in over night"
Me: "I think atleast this will not be there in future generations.. "

Granny has stopped watching TV and watching us unable to understand whats going on... Frustrated with the miming (because she is hard of hearing) left the Hall.