Having said that I do think that some youngsters are realizing this and they are trying to cut down on the wastage. But then they are faced with a variety of problems such as family pressure, family expectations, family dreams, status in society etc which to be honest I feel isn't justified because a wedding reception should not be something one has expectations about or that one has dreams about how it should be.

After all a wedding reception is just the start of (hopefully) a long relationship. One should concentrate more on the life after the reception rather than the reception. Another factor for such lavish receptions is culture. That is actually an alarming thought because that means we need to change the whole cultural outlook on such ceremonies. This surely is a difficult task. But it has to be done and it is something that has to be imbibed in the mindset of the youth.

I feel this life is a test from Allah, and we are just being tested on how we, the more privileged help the less privileged. And I must say, we are all miserably failing. We should all be ashamed of ourselves, if we think we even have a remote chance of going into heaven once we die, then think again buddy. It is not going to happen, you think if you pray 5 times a day, if you go to the Masjid or Mandir every week God will be happy with you?! I do not think so because the highest good is humanity. Unfortunately we have all lost that.