Wedding

Vivaham Byah – Divine, Shine and Dine

This will be the last shaadi blog post for a while. I will be back with more updates closer to the wedding. However, for this editions let's look into multiple underrated aspects and few overrated aspects of wedding planning! Priest(ess) and RitualsStationeryGifts and HampersMakeupOutfitsFood Priest(ess) and Rituals When I was an early teenager, my father… Continue reading Vivaham Byah – Divine, Shine and Dine

Wedding

Vivaham Byah – To big or not to big, that is the question

This edition of the Vivaham Byah series dives deeper into the unsustainable aspects of weddings which have grown to become accepted norms. Most environment-unfriendly actions are masked under the labels of culture, tradition and most importantly, "Itna toh karna padega na?", which translates to "This is the least we have to do, isn't it?". No… Continue reading Vivaham Byah – To big or not to big, that is the question

Wedding

Vivaham Byah

Marriage, Wedding, Vivaham, Shaadi, Byah. All these words bring out emotions from everyone. Yes. Mentioning 'everyone' is not a stretch here. The type of emotion may vary. It could unleash joy, sadness, hatred, ambivalence, excitement, anticipation, or confusion. However, one aspect never changes, the degree of emotion. Parents are either incredibly joyous or extremely sad,… Continue reading Vivaham Byah