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Let's just call him…French Toast!
▪Emmanuel Macron, then France's economy minister, seen munching on a baguette ▪
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/13/emmanuel-macron-demands-un-recognise-french-baguette-cultural/amp/
Isha Ambani, left, with her mother, Nita, and Hillary Clinton, one of two former secretaries of state at her pre-wedding celebration.
▪Beyoncé, Bhangra and a Bill in the Millions: The Wedding That Has India Obsessed▪
Isha Ambani, the daughter of one of Asia’s richest men, is marrying a childhood friend in Mumbai on Wednesday. The weeklong celebrations are on a scale rivaling royalty.
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Indian weddings are known for being long and elaborate. But by any measure, the weeklong celebrations for Isha Ambani, the daughter of perhaps Asia’s richest man, are on another level — or planet — of extravagance.
Ms. Ambani, 27, is to be married to her childhood friend Anand Piramal, 33, a real-estate developer and scion of another of India’s most prominent business families, on Wednesday in Mumbai. Their weeklong bash is said to include at least five events, and there has been much speculation about the cost of luxury hotel rooms, chartered flights, catered meals and entertainment. Bloomberg reported an estimate of $100 million, but a person close to the family has disputed that number. Calculations based on publicly available prices suggest a bill closer to $15 million.
Prince Harry’s wedding to the American actress Meghan Markle cost $40 million in a country where labor costs are much higher. But whatever the price, it would be small change for the father of the bride, Mukesh D. Ambani, a tycoon with an estimated net worth of $41.6 billion.
Mr. Ambani’s businesses, in oil, telecoms, chemicals, textiles, technology and food, touch the lives of every Indian, and his daughter’s wedding is the subject of intense public fascination…cont.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/world/asia/india-isha-ambani-wedding-beyonce.html