this is what hassan says the three sub castes deshasthas konkanasthas and karhadas were formerly strictly endogamous but with the spread of western education this rigidity of the caste bond is being slackened and instances of intermarriages between their members are of frequent occurrence at the present day when he says present day he is talking about or thereabout when the book was published obviously you are not looking hard are you if you want to stop the edit war on this keep checking you have access to the book