Personally, I feel it's about your capacity to spend. If you have money you should and if you don’t have then how will you do it..lol..Marriage of child is a dream for parents and is not going to happen again and again in life until they r celebrities.
I think it's just a race to beat others and wastage of money because the money can be given to the newly wed couple which can be of great use in their coming life. I don’t say that a marriage should not be happening or dull but money should be spent extravagantly.
From the point of view of economy it's good because it has made marriages an industry and also we have seen a very good movie on this Band Baja Baraat. The point is straight if you have the status then it should be fulfilled.