2026. And a woman can still be punished for choosing love. Kinjal Dave — a self-made artist, a cultural icon, a voice that has carried Gujarati folk to the world — is reportedly being pushed out of the caste system for expressing her wish to marry outside her caste. Let that sink in. Not for a crime. Not for wrongdoing. But for choice. If a caste survives only by controlling women’s lives, marriages, and bodies — then it is not culture. It is fear dressed up as tradition. Marriage is a personal