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Gen Z Loves Fake Weddings

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June 28, 2025

Indian weddings can be fun if you can leave all the baggage behind. Enter fake weddings: Dress up and just party

- Shrabonti Bagchi

The world may be breathlessly watching all the drama surrounding the Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding in Venice, but in India, a new trend is unfolding: the non-wedding wedding party. In cities like Pune, Delhi and Bengaluru, event managers, clubs and bars are organizing "wedding-themed parties" (some are brashly calling them fake weddings, no cap) and they are a hit with Gens Z and Alpha.

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