Wedding of the century: Asia’s wealthiest man throws a $600mn celebration in a land of debt-related suicides

Mukesh Ambani, whose businesses range from petrochemicals to telecoms and retail, splurged on his son’s marriage that began in March and traversed the globe

Not long ago, the world embraced intimate weddings, with couples tying the knot in the presence of only a handful of their closest family and friends. The idea of a big, fat Indian wedding had taken a backseat. But the July 12 marriage of Anant, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani (net worth...