A big fat wedding but with a twist

Unconventional weddings take the spotlight as couples seek unique, cost-effective celebrations

As we head into another season of the Big Fat Indian Wedding after the 16-day inauspicious shradh calendar, I sometimes wonder if the younger folk — those getting married — would not prefer something less ostentatious, less glitzy, and perhaps more fun.

Oscar Mayer, the 140-year-old hotdog company must have been thinking along the same lines. Earlier this year in April, Oscar Mayer brought some much-needed relief and variation to the wedding landscape by providing couples the chance to trade the hoopla of a traditional wedding for something more stress-free and fun: An elopement to the Wienermobile — a promo