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...show off their fortunes. Even the most skinflint shindigs run to a few hundred guests, several days of feasts and, occasionally, near bankruptcy for the hosts. In early 2004, for instance, the boss of the Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, flew some 10,000 guests aboard 26 planes to Lucknow, in northern India, for a $128 million double-wedding party for his two sons. "People want to make a statement, present an image," says Vikas Gutgutia, head of the wedding-planning company Ferns 'n' Petals. "'Look what I've got. Look at what I've achieved...
...show off their fortunes. Even the most skinflint shindigs run to a few hundred guests, several days of feasts and, occasionally, near bankruptcy for the hosts. In early 2004, for instance, the boss of the Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, flew some 10,000 guests aboard 26 planes to Lucknow, in northern India, for a $128 million double-wedding party for his two sons. "People want to make a statement, present an image," says Vikas Gutgutia, head of the wedding-planning company Ferns 'n' Petals. "'Look what I've got. Look at what I've achieved...
...millions. The damage and loss of life could have been minimized to a great extent if governments had been quicker to realize what was coming and issued warnings. We have to get past the political boundaries that we have built. Nature will always teach us that. Savi Mull Lucknow, India...
...millions. The damage and loss of life could have been minimized to a great extent if governments had been quicker to realize what was coming and had issued warnings. We have to get past the political boundaries that we have built. Nature will always teach us that. Savi Mull Lucknow, India Setting up tsunami-detection buoys in the Indian Ocean is the right idea. But such a warning system cannot guarantee safety unless it is supported by roads that link coastal resorts to large centers that could house evacuees and by emergency public transportation that could be mobilized when...
...Lucknow, India, once the seat of the Nawabs of Awadh?princes renowned for their sybarite lifestyle?is now a down-at-the-heel city 500 km southwest of Delhi. But it retains one royal passion: food. India's finest lamb dishes derive from Awadhi cuisine, the ultimate expression of which is the delicate Kakori kebab, a cigar-shaped delight produced in a hamlet of that name half an hour's drive from Lucknow. Local legend says it was created for a toothless prince, and it's easy to see why. Made from finely ground mutton, infused with cloves, cinnamon...