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How to throw the grandest, yet most, elegant and personal wedding

THERE ARE WEDDINGS AND THEN THERE ARE WEDDINGS, BUT A CHAMPAGNE WEDDING IS FOR THOSE WITH A CAVIAR TASTE, SAYS GAURAV BHATIA. A FEW GUIDELINES...

Picture a seventeenth century palace in Rajasthan; a bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2003 sabered with a talwar and a sea of crystal flutes with champagne in a candle- lit hall of mirrors. Woven Benarasi saris rustle against gleaming bodies bedecked in emeralds and diamonds and the bubbles in the flutes add to the revelry that is beyond resplendent!

Indians do know how to throw a wedding. It is the perfect moment to celebrate our Indianness; our passion to indulge and be indulged, to share and to celebrate with the most generous of spirits. But first it is about the union; the celebration of love and