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The Big Fat Indian Wedding s; the Only Way Out... by Padmaja Iyeng ar

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The Big Fat Indian Weddings; the Only Way Out... by Padmaja Iyengar
At the beginning of an epis ode of ‘Satyamev Jayate’ on Indian Weddings , Aamir
Khan quizzed s ome of the young members of the audience about the kind of wedding they’ d like to have.
One young man s aid, “I’ d like to des cend at the wedding venue from a helicopter and not the us ual ghodi (mare) during my baraat (pre-wedding proces s ion of the bridegroom and his entourage to the marriage venue amids t much dancing, mus ic, pomp and s how)”
A young lady s aid, “I’ d like to get married in a palace”
There were quite a few in the audience who s miled indulgently at thes e youngs ters .
Aamir Khan then held a mirror to the Indian obs es s ion for dowry and os tentatious weddings by pres enting s ome victims of dowry haras s ment and NRI marriage frauds .
He als o pres ented a community elder Mr. Maus im Ummedi of Tanzeem Khuddam
E Millat an organization
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