Inter-caste marriage campaigns fail without first destroying belief in shastras.

Evidence

No wonder that such efforts have not produced any results. You also seem to be erring in the same way as the reformers working in the cause of removing untouchability. To agitate for and to organise inter-caste dinners and inter-caste marriages is like forced feeding brought about by artificial means. Make every man and woman free from the thraldom of the shastras, cleanse their minds of the pernicious notions founded on the shastras, and he or she will inter-dine and intermarry, without your telling him or her to do so. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 953

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reading purpose on caste annihilation methods—Ambedkar prioritizes ideological change over behavioral campaigns, parallel to his argument that social reform must precede political reform.