Thursday, September 23, 2010

Marriage : A Love or Business Affair?

Whenever a union of the children of top-notch business families is announced, the question of it being a business transaction or a truly cupid stuck affair is raised. There have been a few matrimonial alliances declared recently between the sons and daughters of successful businessmen.

Some of the alliances that make one think about the marital unions of the children of industrialists as a business affair more than love include:

-The latest entry in the league of business weddings is the matrimony of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy's son Rohan Murthy with Lakshmi Venu, daughter of TVS Motor chairman and managing director Venu Srinivasan.

-Another one barely a year ago is the marriage of Kishore Biyani's daughter Ashni Biyani to Vedanta Group head Anil Agarwal's nephew Viraj Didwania last December.

-Sajjan Jindal's daughter Tanvi Jindal and Radhakrishna Group MD Raju Shete's son Krishna Shete got married recently, adding to the list of matrimonies of the off-springs of leading businessmen.

Even though it is unfair to label these marriages as pure business transactions, the element of the same can not be denied. The celebration of the weddings of three such couples in last nine months is what triggered the question of business marriages as genuine love affairs or pure profit deals. The kids meet up and get to know each other during their courtship periods finally tying the knot much to the happiness of their businessmen fathers. Some of the couples continue to pursue participation in their own respective families while others begin working together.

The amalgamation of the businesses in form of the weddings of younger generation has been common from ages but is now been given an entirely different look of a love affair. But, one continues to doubt if the children of these leaders are a business booster to create new partnerships or really in love.

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