Weddings

#instawedding takes over Kerala: How traditionally quieter South Indian wedding ceremonies are now chasing colour and dance

“When they see something on social media, they say my wedding should be like this, too. Everybody wants to become a film star," says Mayjohn PJ, owner of a leading wedding management agency on the new South Indian wedding.

Unique 4/3/21 date draws lines for Las Vegas wedding licenses

The office is bracing for a busy first 10 days this December, offering what the clerk dubs “palindrome days” for numbers reading the same forward and backward.

In Kolkata, a group of Hindu priestesses storm a male bastion and confront patriarchy, caste

'Shubhamastu', a Kolkata-based collective of priestesses led by Dr Nandini Bhowmik, Ruma Roy, Semanti Banerjee, and Paulomi Chakraborty, has been presiding over Hindu ceremonies of weddings, memorial services, housewarming rituals, among others, for over a decade now.

Made In Heaven writers Zoya, Reema, Nitya, Alankrita on their debut series that 'unmasks' big, fat Indian weddings

Made in Heaven creators Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, showrunner Nitya Mehra and writer-director Alankrita Shrivastava talk about their Amazon Prime Video India Original.

Satya Pal Malik's 'rotten potatoes' remark reeks of hypocricy: J&K governor must examine his own privileges before mocking others

Last week, Satya Pal Malik said that many politicians and bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir have become wealthy and are not "sensitive towards society."

Supreme Court slams wastage of food and water at lavish parties amid Delhi water crisis, alleged starvation deaths

The Supreme Court cirticised the huge wastage of food and water at wedding functions in Delhi even as an "unconfirmed report" stated that three girls recently starved to death in the national capital and people continue to face water shortage

Rado, upping the ante on the wedding cheer, this time for grooms!

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Bridesmaids or Bros? A Brazilian bride has male friends fill in for pre-wedding rituals

A young bride switches things up as she asks her male friends to be her bridesmaids.

No more big fat weddings for Kashmir: Govt limits number of guests and food served

The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the big fat weddings to curb the wastage of food in these social events. The numbers of guests and meal courses risen phenomenally in recent years and Kashmiri’s often spent their entire life savings either on a house or a wedding.

Demonetisation: RBI sets stiff riders for Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal for weddings

The Reserve Bank of India RBI on Monday imposed stiff conditions for withdrawal of up to Rs 2.5 lakh in cash from bank accounts for marriages, saying the money can be withdrawn only from the credit balance as on 8 November, the day demonetisation was announced.