After the global economic crisis, the Indian media has been talking of a slowdown, while not quite mustering the courage to utter the R-word yet. Stories of retrenchments, salary cuts, freezes on hiring, changes in spending patterns, abound. But, as with any story in India, the opposite is also true.
NIRMALA SHAMANUR forwards an undated wedding photograph that tells a story of a thousand words—and a few hundred grams and some spare tolas—on why India remains the world’s biggest importer of the yellow metal. And why, perhaps, Abhinav Bindra‘s feat at Beijing didn’t quite capture the public imagination.
Disclaimer: This photograph is published not to intrude into the privacy of the new couple or to expose them to public scrutiny or ridicule, but to illustrate a larger point on the Indian economy
Is that ALL real gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW.
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nice photo, will be happy to see more realistic indian photos, showing real
slumdog millonairies , child labourers.etc
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Either its a morphed photo or all plastic … its physically impossible to carry so much weight, her soft neck would be broken with all that weight.
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omg!!!!
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Enjoyed.
Also, nice header, there :)
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obscene
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this is atleast 2 year old photo, the mail is being forwarded for 2 years and it contains more photos of the marriage, i remember it is some politican or actors wedding
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>>And why, perhaps, Abhinav Bindra’s feat at Beijing didn’t quite capture the public imagination
Interesting spin :)-
I am fine as long as its from genuine income, not thro’ illegal means.
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Thaet Anamma Devi kandaange kanthare .Recession ginta modhalu avara appa-amma duddhiro money maja madli bidri.
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India has a special econony called black economy!! It thrives on black money. Picture proves it. I rest my case. BTW the photograph is utterly obscene and mocks the poor man.
Jaya Bharat. Jaya Karnataka.
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The disclaimer put in the post holds no water. I’m pretty sure the discussion that’ll follow will have nothing to do with recession or Indian economy, but more to do with the hapless couple. Get off the high horse
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Kalyani covering!
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My wife, Thimmi, just commented: “Oh..see she’s not wearing a waist-chain!!”
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Churumuri, if you stand by your disclaimer you should have blurred the faces in the photo which is doing rounds in the net for sometime now!
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Nice picture… a full jewelery store..the guy looks fairly happy ;-)
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Analyse this!
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=56336
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Oh come on, that’s just a forward mail going around. And how do you knw that the jewelry was bought recently?
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Difficult to believe it is real
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Mera Bharath mahan…!!!!
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I know Indians love gold and their jewelry and it doesn’t seem to be affected by the recession at all.
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Picture of the year. Walkiing, talking goldmine.
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what is wrong if she having so much jewellers. There are many politicians posing simple marriage despite having so much wealth looted. For example Priyanka Gandhi alias Robert married in a simple. Does it means that she is having little wealth and simple marriage. She herself don’t know how much wealth they ammassed from Bofors.
R V Deshpande son married to Praful Patil daugher marriage the people who attended the marriage in Bangalore palace ground was more than 6000 people and 150 varies of foods. Deshpande hosted five reception each must be spending several lakhs. Who’s money is. Is deshpande working in field. Son of a secondary school teacher Deshpande can earn that mush welath unless he is a politician. Mallikarjuna Kharge son and daugher marriage ? . O God one can’t image and expenditure they made.
Why should we blame this picture. They must be earning from their own hard work and must be paid tax. That is why they have guts to show thier wealth.
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One comment says it is obscene. Why?
Many journalists get ‘G’ category sites from the Chief Minister. Is that not obscene, getting sites from tax payers’ money?
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Morphed? Akkau not being able to bear the weight?
Uncles! This is a gult wedding!
The lady is from the homeland of Karnam Malleswari!
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Late Professor S.K.Ramachandra Rao, in his scholarly book “Tirupati Thimmappa”, while describing the Idol of Tirupati refers to its simple beauty and calls all the gold jewellery bedecking the Idol as “Bangarada kasa”, golden garbage, which hides the beauty of the Idol. This is the most apt description of the vulgar display of gold jewellery by the girl. However, I must admire her for gracefully bearing all that weight!
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Abba…..adhenu maduve henna athava bali kodthiro kurina?
bali kodo kuri ge ee thara hoov hakirodh nodidhini aste …….
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Right on, Gururaj! A ton of ” gold kasa” has been added to the deity’s treasury by our Truth King, who I believe is living in a luxury suite in his jail. Life can be sweet.
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Must be some relative of Jayalalita!
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so publishing a disclaimer allows you to indulge in yellow journalism. shame on you morons. u cud have atleast faded the faces.
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Just got the news, the bride has been anointed as the gold ambassador of India ! ;-)
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This is a photo from Kerala,the so called enlightened state..For those of you who thik that tis is fake,please come to the state and attend an average man’s daughter’s wedding..You needn’t be Jayalalitha or like to wear so much gold..Malayalis [the rest i don’t know] are obsessed with using as much gold as possible on the day of wedding,no matter you take loans to buy it.So,trust this photo,it is not fake gold,and no,her neck won’t pain as she is wearing it out of pride as a symbol of social status…
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How much will this cost. Any approximation.
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@rafik,
I fully agree with you. churumuri should post the entire list.
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I hope she had some help supporting her back. I wounder if she got her inspiration form Mr. T. Very nice Gold Necklaces though.
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day robbery. Inequality at its best
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by the way
do the coupld know that they are being “paraded” in a website? Aren’t you violating their privacy?
Indian weddings of the ‘haves’ always been celebrated in grand style even during license raj days. What ‘s so new about these kind of weddings in a libarelised economy?
As somebody has pointed out a “simple wedding” for cameras like in the case of Priyanka Vodra does not mean they dont have money and they are leading a austere life….
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I think all this is too much
Girls have to wear gold but not this much
What they are actually trying to show us…..Are they trying to show everyone in this world that they are rich????
All this is not essential….I really wonder in kerala do we have such kind of people around us????
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Looks like India was never under any recession
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