The Liz Hurley- Arun Nayar wedding created a sizzle when Vinod Nayar decided to disown his sons owing to the humiliation cast by the duo. This has led many Indians to think about their homebred betas marrying firang bahus.
The recent days were flooded with voluminous razzmatazz about Indian businessman Arun Nayar and Hollywood megastar, Liz Hurley’s splendid wedding. The couple plunged in a weeklong marathon of partying and making merry to celebrate their union. The dream wedding soon took an ugly turn when Vinod Nayar, Arun’s father claimed to have been almost thrown out of his own son’s wedding.
The episode seems to have risen a number of eyebrows and has given the media loads of spiced up gossip to ponder over. As per the sources, Vinod Nayar wants to have nothing to do with his son Arun and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth after the way they behaved with him and his relatives.
The corniest part was that Vinod was restrained from blessing his son at the Hindu wedding in Jodhpur as an unseeingly tiff broke out between him and his sons at the venue and he was thrashed out of the premises.
Vinod, 66, is the owner of a private textile firm and is a very dignified person. He was shaken to the core in response to the behavior put up by Arun and Liz. He said that the duo has shamelessly gone beyond all limits to humiliate him and his family members.
He was offended by the fact that Liz sold her wedding to Hello magazine for an amount of $5 million and commercialized what should have been a private family affair. The glitterati were given far more importance than the family.
According to Vinod, Liz has a solid appetite for Attention and lets nothing come in the way when it comes to claiming it. He added that He and his second wife, Joanne were treated like second citizens throughout the ceremonies. At one point he even mentioned that when he stood up to dance at the mehndi ceremony he was asked by his sons to stop behaving in such a way as it was too Indian and could easily offend Liz.
Arun and Liz got married in two ceremonies spread over two different continents—in Britain and the India. The grand venue in India was Umaid Bhavan Palace in Jodhpur. A display of events led him to feel shattered and instigated him to disown his sons.
Vinod was not allowed to bless the couple during the Hindu ceremony, where according to tradition the bride is welcomed by her father-in-law. This triggered a fight between him and his sons who wanted him out of the venue immediately. The Indian guests were also treated poorly in comparison to the European guests. Elizabeth turned down a $87,000 necklace presented by Vinod and chose to wear the necklace that belonged to Gunna, Arun’s mother. In another instance, Arun snatched a camera from his father when Liz shouted that it threatened the magazine deal.
The most astonishing revelation was that Liz and Arun had not included Vinod and Joanne’s name in the guest list nor had they bothered to invite Arun’s grandmother who was reduced to tears in her old age. He was constantly avoided and felt rather dejected throughout the ceremony.
He mentioned that he always knew that Liz wanted attention and was a very ambitious woman but at the same time he thought that she was a warm, family oriented woman. He was in awe of her beauty and grace. But the way she treated him and Joanne, Arun’s stepmother, has changed his opinion of her. It seems Liz only wants attention and has no feelings for her in-laws.
The whole event has left the world startled. Indians seem to gush about family values and traditions but are simply hollow from within. The changing trends in the society are reflecting in the values of the children. This particular incident came in the eyes of millions of people because it was a celebrity wedding. There are a number of instances wherein Indian betas wed firang bahus and forget all about their parents and loved ones. The trend has soon picked up pace and the foreign bred betas are merrily bringing home bahus who are unaware of the Indian traditions and customs.
A common saying goes: love is blind. Can we say that this kind of a relationship will go a long way that has begun on the shaky foundation of family disputes? Will Arun and Liz Nayar stay happily ever after even after having been disowned by Vinod?
Marriages are made in heaven and love marriages have become a norm. In our country where a marriage is supposed to be the union of two families, in the western world it is a bond between two individuals. The marriage vows end with, “ I do” and not,”We do”.
Is it really the wise on our part to blame the bride or groom who tie the knot and promise to stay with each other for the rest of their lives. The bottom line still remains that our roots are Indian but globalization has killed our ethnicity. We have forgotten everything in front of money and glamour. Our ambitions see no limits and values come in the way.
For some this might be a publicity gimmick but few will deny that getting a firang bahu is becoming a fad. Social circuits are flooded with snobbish mothers-in-law gushing endlessly over their foreign returned betas and alien bahus. Is it wise to blame the young couple for the ragged values?
This throws light on the changing times and trends in our country. People tend to look at a non-resident Indian with more respect than a local. It is us who set the ways and then crib about the whole structure.
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