The Cult of Big Weddings

No one is a stranger to the big fat Indian weddings - the pomp, glam, and glitter. Beneath the superficial enormity, when one dives deep in, the sociological threads emerge into patterns of reference group behaviour. The buzz around the grand scale of celebrity weddings is known to every corner of the world, credits to social media. These big weddings are not just personal events of the upper classes, but also serve as an inspiration for the middle and lower classes. It becomes an aspirational group, the one towards which individuals look up to. This leads to a mimicking of behaviour and rituals, with anything original hardly left.

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