PENNY WISE

he Indian wedding industry is the second largest in the world in terms of size and expenditure. The estimated value is pegged at about $40-50 billion, as per a 2017 KPMG report. It is second only to the US, which is estimated to be worth $70 billion. With such large sums of money shelled out for one day, it is clear that Indians take their weddings seriously, in fact, pretty seriously. This year has changed everything, though, and with the world economy taking a steep hit, weddings might not turn out to be the week-long elaborate affairs that they used to be. However, that doesn’t and shouldn’t stop