The big fat Indian Wedding

Marriage is the most momentous decision of our lives. Each one of us has huge plans laid out for our weddings. Marriage has always been a dominant part of the Indian psyche. It is not just Mrs Bennet of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ who became a bundle of nerves, worrying about her daughter’s marriage but the chance is that someone or the other is worried about his son’s, daughter’s, grand daughter’s, grand son’s or maybe about his own wedding.

The very term ‘marriage’ brings to the mind, myriad rites and rituals, a riot of colours, the chiming of wedding bells, the bursting of crackers, serving of sumptuous food as also bright clothes, glittering jewellery, overly caked up faces. Marriage is certainly a grand occasion. It is a beautiful moment to be cherished forever in life. But what are the ingredients of a perfect marriage? Love is the essence of marriage and trust, a vehicle that carries it forward.

Though everyone believes that marriages are made in heaven, but they are an occasion to be celebrated with grandeur on earth. Today not only the NRI’s and the elite in society indulge in ostentatious wedding, but even the middle class has plunged into the great Indian wedding bonanza.

When it comes to your wedding, the sky seems to be the limit. Beauty parlours provide special bridal packages and bridal make up. Even the bridal sari or lehanga is the most crucial part of the wedding trousseau and the brides do not shrink from buying highly priced wedding attire.

But with wedding being a private affair and with everyone from caterers, florists, beauty parlours, wedding planners, hotels to entrepreneurs minting mammoth money, nobody seems to be complaining.