▁women ▁for ▁en abling ▁half - c aste ▁phenomen on , ▁with ▁the ▁claim , ▁" a ▁Bur m ese ▁woman ’ s ▁deg ener ative ▁inter course ▁with ▁an ▁Indian ▁threatened ▁a ▁spir aling ▁destruction ▁of ▁Bur m ese ▁society ." ▁Such ▁criticism ▁was ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁few ▁isolated ▁instances , ▁or ▁just ▁against ▁Bur m ese ▁girls ▁( th et ▁k hit ▁th ami ), ▁Indians ▁and ▁British ▁hus b ands . ▁Starting ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁through ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁explos ion ▁of ▁publications , ▁newspaper ▁articles ▁and ▁cart o ons ▁with ▁such ▁social ▁c ensor ship . ▁In cluded ▁in ▁the ▁criticism ▁were ▁Chinese - B urm ese ▁half - cast es . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁explos ion ▁in ▁c ensor ship ▁of ▁half - cast es ▁in ▁early - 2 0 th - century ▁Bur ma , ▁Th ant ▁claims ▁inter - c ult ural ▁cou ples ▁such ▁as ▁Bur m ese - Ind ian ▁mar ri ages ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁population . ▁The ▁situation ▁began ▁to ▁change ▁as ▁colonial ▁develop ments , ▁allocation ▁of ▁land , ▁rice ▁mill s ▁and ▁so cio - e conom ic ▁privileges ▁were ▁given ▁to ▁European ▁colonial ▁officials ▁and ▁to ▁Indians ▁brought ▁in ▁Bur ma ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁with ▁economic ▁in cent ives . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ▁administration ▁viewed ▁inter mar riage ▁as ▁a ▁so cio -