Mar 12, 2007

The Rich,Famous and the Show-offs.

The much talked about, the much hyped 'Liz-Nayar' wedding, finally got over.
Whoa! I can''t even imagine the money spent on the wedding celebrations.
First a wedding in England, then a week long lavish splurge in India.
Was it really required? I know love has no limit....but how much is it worth?

It was a complete show-off of their wealth. Ridiculous, I would say.

The media just went over the top trying to report something they weren't even invited to. Don't we have enough news to report, that all the news channels had almost dedicated half the air time to the guest list, the songs that would be played, the designers, their wedding attire...oh...the list is endless...is this stupidity or what?
So, whats next, A wedding in every country they've been to.
The whole meaning to the most sacred wedding ceremony has changed.

Now, the whole 'wedding thing' for the rich and the fame-starved, is to show the world their wealth and give the media their day in the sun.

The money (not all of it...maybe even one-fifth of their total expense)could have well been spent on something more fruitful, for the poor in this country, for the sick, for the old, for the orphaned kids, for the blast and accident victims....so many could have benefitted. But, no. That was not to be.

Our country is seeing, the rich getting more richer and the have-nots remaining have-nots.
Hope, there is a day, soon, when every single family in this country, can atleast afford to have a decent life and two meals everyday.

5 comments:

Sleepyface said...

the money used for wedding is a waste?

think again.

read this:

http://indiauncut.com/iublog/why-liz-hurley-is-good-for-india/

http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2006/10/lavish-weddings-are-good-for-economy.html

srikanth said...

Well..the other side to it. It is these weddings that open the pandora box to alleged scams that these ppl so easily get involved with.
If they do or they do not, this is just another form of fanatism

Ravishankar Hirisave said...

good post Preethi.

"Our country is seeing, the rich getting more richer and the have-nots remaining have-nots."

welcome to capitalism!! its part of the economic process.the only way to distribute the riches is to educate the poor and equip them to compete with the rest...

Preethi Simha said...

@vishnu..Maybe, but I beg to differ.

@srikanth...Yup.

@ravi...Absolutely ravi..

Educate the poor and equip them to compete....sounds good...
but who's gonna bell the cat?

Shyam said...

agree with you friend