Tuesday, July 8, 2008

WEDDING FACADE

My attendance at a wedding function recently brought forward another aspect of Indian weddings. The weddings in India are only becoming a platform to show one's wealth and status. It is not a ceremony solemnizing true love in many cases. The matches are usually arranged just to match statuses of two families- sometimes overlooking the wishes of the bride and the groom. Parents invite just anyone who they can think of, to boast of the wealth they have. The girl and the boy just shrug off the event as fast as they can, and it's so tiring for them to meet just everyone at their wedding, people they don't even know! But then off course, it's not a practice that would fade away that easily. Until then, Weddings will remain tedious affairs.


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Samaya11 said...

Yeah, I agree. Indian weddings are becoming more about showing off your status and how much you money/gold you can throw around rather than it being about celebrating hte two lives that are going to be joined together. Everyone's more concerned in who's wearing what and horribly GOSSIP than anything else. I think the trend will get to small intimate low profile weddings, followed by huge receptions where all the theatrics can be played out and family can just gather to mingle for a reunion.

September 5, 2008 at 8:53 PM

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