The reason you don't hear about it much from your Indian friends in Canada is because it isn't a part of daily life for Indians in Canada. In Canada, even the

The reason you don't hear about it much from your Indian friends in Canada is because it isn't a part of daily life for Indians in Canada. In Canada, even the priest has to wash his clothes, clean his toilets, and feed the pets and pick up their poo. So, for the most part, the caste system dies the moment an Indian leaves India. It becomes an important piece of consideration for matchmaking. Parents from upper caste families (priests, teachers) try very hard to get their kids to also marry someone from higher up the social pecking order.