Indian weddings are a display of grandeur and luxury.You recently attended a grand wedding but were disappointed to see food wastage. Write a diary entry expressing your feelings on the day.
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Saturday May 12, 2018 10:30 p.m.
Dear Diary:
Today I attended a wedding; I was shocked to see such an extravagant wastage of wealth! Thousands of people were wasting food. They were throwing half-eaten plates full of food into the bins. Thousands of lights were wastefully running. I felt so sad to think of the contrast between the rich and the poor in our country. There are millions of people who live below poverty line. Our country is the country of paradoxes. On one hand the government has launched 'Save Power Campaign' and ‘Save Food Campaign’; on the other hand it is turning blind eye to the large scale wastage of food, electricity and fuel in the name of ostentatious weddings, parties, and other celebrations. The government must make power consumption and food consumption regulation policy at marriage palaces and wedding resorts. People must also realize such wastage is an obstacle in the course of our country's progress.....
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New Delhi
20th June, 20XX Sunday,
7:00 pm
Dear Diary, They say that Indian weddings are matchless in glory, grandeur and glamour. In comparison, weddings in Europe and America pale into insignificance. The other side of the story is that Indian marriages are matchless in wastage, extravagance and vulgar display of money and wealth. Recently I happened to attend one such big marriage. About five thousand guests were invited to the ‘barat’ or the wedding party. A township of stalls serving hundreds of dishes, drinks and sweets had come up on the sprawling lawns of a five star hotel. The ceremony lasted till midnight. Even by a conservative estimate it was a show worth in crores. Surely this amount would have been sufficient to feed all the beggars and orphans of the city for months. It speaks volumes of disparity that has become the main feature of Indian society. A small minority grabs all the riches and wealth of the nation. The extravagance and vulgar display in Indian marriages are at the cost of the starving millions.
pranjal