Phew! Mukesh Ambani is spending 700 crores on his daughter's wedding! 700 crores? He had Salman Khan, the superstar of Hindi Cinema dance at the background of his son. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachan, the first family of the cinema industry also gave a dance number. Beyonce, among the leading singer and songwriter of the world, is giving performances as well. Hillary Clinton dropped in at the reception. Private jets picked and dropped people up. The who's who of the world were represented. Welcome to the world of an Indian wedding. The great Indian wedding!
Even as the wedding ceremonies were on, the social media went berserk. People were criticizing Ambani for wasting so much money. That 700 crores could have fed thousands of poor people in this country. What a waste of money! shouted the righteous Indian public. Rightly so, I think! It was a brazenly arrogant show of money power.
And lift up your hands all of you who thinks it is brazenly arrogant in spending that money! Yay! You are a hypocrite! HYPOCRITE! Each one of you! More so if you are married. Of course, it includes me, and mine.
I would have spent a measly 10 lakhs of rupees for my wedding. From when did 10 lakh become measly? Blood and sweat of both my parents for a year! And I'm among those privileged to spend within the expenditure limits of the parents. (And of course, marrying out of your parent's money is not a shame yet in India. Yet that is for another day). There are people who go into debt to get their children married. More so if you are the parents of the bride.
I know most of us who read this don't get into debts to get married to! But we are part of the system that brazenly throws away hard earned money on one day of celebration. And we are part of the system which pushes others to debt, coz when you do it, they have to do it as well.
I understand we have the right to splurge money, our hard earned money, in whatever way we want. And so does the Ambani's. His pockets are big. 700 crores would not burn his pockets.
So dear hypocritic Indian, before shouting out at the rich and their spending, look at yours. In a microcosm, we are the same! The same brazenly arrogant individual who cares two hoots about splurging money on weddings!
Even as the wedding ceremonies were on, the social media went berserk. People were criticizing Ambani for wasting so much money. That 700 crores could have fed thousands of poor people in this country. What a waste of money! shouted the righteous Indian public. Rightly so, I think! It was a brazenly arrogant show of money power.
And lift up your hands all of you who thinks it is brazenly arrogant in spending that money! Yay! You are a hypocrite! HYPOCRITE! Each one of you! More so if you are married. Of course, it includes me, and mine.
I would have spent a measly 10 lakhs of rupees for my wedding. From when did 10 lakh become measly? Blood and sweat of both my parents for a year! And I'm among those privileged to spend within the expenditure limits of the parents. (And of course, marrying out of your parent's money is not a shame yet in India. Yet that is for another day). There are people who go into debt to get their children married. More so if you are the parents of the bride.
I know most of us who read this don't get into debts to get married to! But we are part of the system that brazenly throws away hard earned money on one day of celebration. And we are part of the system which pushes others to debt, coz when you do it, they have to do it as well.
I understand we have the right to splurge money, our hard earned money, in whatever way we want. And so does the Ambani's. His pockets are big. 700 crores would not burn his pockets.
So dear hypocritic Indian, before shouting out at the rich and their spending, look at yours. In a microcosm, we are the same! The same brazenly arrogant individual who cares two hoots about splurging money on weddings!
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