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OCTOBER 2, 2020|EVENTS & EXPERIENCES


The Not-So-Big-Fat Indian Wedding


A small Indian wedding ceremony with only a handful of guests

If ever there was a story about the silver lining of the pandemic, this would be it. Due to social distancing rules, millennials who are getting married in India are finding it acceptable for the first time in centuries to have a scaled back wedding with fewer than 1000 guests.

In this mega-wedding tradition, the intimate family gatherings have always happened at the many family rituals in the days leading up to the wedding instead. But now the wedding itself could be a memorable and intimate affair with only the 100 people you really care about. The other 900 can join on Zoom.

There are more than a few people who are probably hoping that even after the pandemic ends, this might become the new tradition.

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