Glitzy Weddings....

It seems the wedding season is on, especially in Bollywood where a lot of weddings have taken place recently. Although almost everywhere in the world, getting married is the most important thing in anybodys life, in India the wedding functions are a mega event. No stone is left unturned and people go far beyond their means in order to make it the "best" because a  persons' capacity to spend in a wedding also decides his stature in the society.

                       

For example, take Shilpa Shetty or Eisha Koppikar's wedding.....there was news of a so called "bridal war" between the two ladies regarding the wedding card....venue...arrangement...designers and what not. Media plays a even greater role in adding up to the frenzy...Shilpa's jewellery designer was interviewed....what kind of jewellery she'll wear was speculated upon....her dress designer was interviewed too....previous clips of her dressed in a bridal trousseau from her movies and magazines were taken out and scrutinized to predict how would she look in her "real" wedding......there were news of her so called "blouse malfunction" at her reception. Same frenzy was around Eisha Koppikar and the media cried foul when she invited them to her wedding and then ignored them there!!.....

One would think what happened to sensible journalism??.....Who cares about who is designing their jewellery or which designer is designing their bridal trousseau??..... I admit the talks of trousseau and jewellery might interest some and why not, even I am interested in them but not in the minutest detail in which everything is scrutinized and reported again and again just to fill in the news time. Its stressful for the guests as well because they need a new dress and a set of jewellery for each function.....more the number of functions...more the number of dresses...more money spent and the worse part is you can never wear it again because of the damned cameras and video shoot. If you dare to wear it again some nosy female is sure to remember it and point it out loudly to embarass you.

These Hi-fi weddings aside..even the middle class is deep into it. People tend to spend far beyond their means and there is always a competition about who can spend more. It is such a status symbol that some people even drown in loans in order to make the wedding function appropriately glamourous. Maybe thats why the divorce rate is lesser in India (who would spend that much all over again!! :P:P).......

Its high time sense and sensibility prevailed :))