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...from October to February. "Normally, hiring a mare for a day should cost 500 rupees ($12)," says Ashok Ahuja of Sohan Lal and Sons, a firm specializing in accoutrements for wedding processions, "But during the wedding season, it costs 5,100 rupees ($130)." A carriage, accompanied by a live band, lighting and decorations can cost up to 100,000 rupees ($2,500), he says, which doesn't seem to deter families eager to splurge on style statements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get the Groom an Elephant | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...procession, and to protest would be rude. At the head of the procession, the groom, dressed in glittering brocade and sporting a ceremonial sword, nervously tries to mount a white mare. He succeeds on the third attempt, much to his own relief and to cheers from his entourage. A band begins to play Bollywood hits and everyone breaks into a dance. Soon, the procession is on its way, led by the groom on his spotless white mare, resplendent in her gold-embroidered red attire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get the Groom an Elephant | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...read, analyze, and ultimately perform Timberlake Wertenbaker’s 1988 play “Our Country’s Good” over the course of a six-week theater workshop. Wertenbaker’s play tells the story of a group of convicts who, themselves, must band together to put on a play—so that “No Child” is, as the school janitor observes amusedly in the play’s opening scene, a story of “a play within a play within a play...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘No Child’ Lacks Development | 12/16/2007 | See Source »

...position Hot Chip’s world inside a much more somber one, with rain pouring down on an uninviting gray factory. But the lights switch on and a highly asymmetrical Taylor takes control of the sound system machinery within. Quirky dance-pop furnishes the mood as confused-looking band members attempt to navigate through rooms with rotating floors and walls, alarm clocks, gift boxes, and revolvers doubling as microphones. All these objects seem to be part of an obstacle course, appropriate for illustrating the uncertainties of love or providing the viewer with unconventional eye candy. The video is populated...

Author: By Olga A. Moskvina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hot Chip | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...Colorado, shelter to put the matching test to the test. They'd already spotted Mariah, a four-month-old stray tortoise-shell kitten, online. And when they filled out the Feline-ality form, they discovered that their needs and expectations matched Mariah's. Not really a "Leader of the Band" or "Personal Assistant," Mariah checked out more like a "Sidekick" - "I like attention, and I also like my solitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Personality Test for Pets | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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