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Sunday, February 15, 2026
TopicIndian weddings

Topic: Indian weddings

A bride enjoying her wedding day is a radical act

They say a happy bride is the best bride. To me, this once felt like a redundant statement. It’s her wedding, duh. Of course,...

Indians are falling for the big fat Instagram wedding – manufactured happiness for algorithm

Weddings today feel less about love, union, or companionship and more about pastels, the right songs, and cinematic wedding photography

Desi weddings are now fake, vapid, meaningless extravaganzas. Billionaires pop out of nowhere

Once you sign up for a celebrity-driven destination ‘event’, you are held hostage for three days that test your sanity and stamina, unless you are Ranveer Singh, who always looks like he is having the best time.

Global media dissects fractures in India-US ties & New Delhi’s ‘great-power delusions’

FT reports on SEBI’s call for structural reforms after Jane Street ‘manipulation’ while BBC highlights urban India’s new fad—fake weddings.

Fake weddings are Delhi’s new distraction. Marigolds, lehengas, sangeet & beer—no vows

With tickets going for up to Rs 5,000, fake weddings are also a new business for wedding planners and event managers. Millennials and Gen Z are the target audience.

Indian weddings get a new destination in tier-2 cities—Rishikesh, Khajuraho, Corbett

There’s now a budget-friendly answer to dreamy destination weddings in Goa or Udaipur, offering riverside mandaps, mountain vows, forest pheras.

Five gunshots in NCR that killed the big fat Indian wedding in one month

Blood, chaos, silence. And the baraatis kept dancing.

Indian shaadi checklist gets longer. Lehenga, mehendi & now pre-marriage counselling

Premarital counselling is the newest addition to wedding rituals. For young urban Indians, love and mum’s advice aren’t enough to handle cold feet, communication gaps, and conflict.

The reel story of Indian weddings—how they are lavish, viral & broke

We have learned nothing from our cousins. They were killing themselves at their weddings to impress the aunties, and we are doing the same to impress the algorithm.

Khap in Charkhi Dadri bans celebratory firing. Offenders to face fine, police action & social boycott

Ban on celebratory firing in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri was announced by Sarv Jatiya Athgama Khap Panchayat days after 13-yr-old girl was killed during wedding procession.

On Camera

How Nehru defended restrictions on freedom of speech and the press

On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Top US military commander applauds ‘India’s tactical execution’ during Op Sindoor; adds ‘there’s lessons too’

On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.