Comments on: Indian Wedding Story: Part One

By: Orangesplaash

Orangesplaash — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:39:52 +0000

Hii Gorigirl, I just came across your blog..a nice one!! I enjoyed reading your narrative, great post..Its a little funny reading the reverse of what I went through as an Indian expat in netherlands in the initial months..I have my own expat blog too!!
It was quite interesting reading this part, now moving on to the next one..

By: luckyfatima

luckyfatima — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:11:40 +0000

Great post!

My mom and I flew to Karachi about a week before my ‘rukhsati’, or the red-dress day in my Pakistani wedding. I was coming from Oman where I worked, so no jet-lag. But lucky me I got to participate in my pre-wedding activities, which are so much fun in desi weddings. It was amazing.

Your in-laws sound great. Did you have any say so in picking out your dress/jewellery? How did you go about having the desi style bridal make-up?

By: Adult Toys

Adult Toys — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:29:06 +0000

interesting article

By: masheski

masheski — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:48:04 +0000

I am getting opinions on how people usually meet in interracial weddings. (since iam in one)

How and where did you guys meet? how long did it take to build a relation? after how long since you guys met did you get engaged/married

By: sakya

sakya — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:34:28 +0000

Hi Gori Girl,

Your narrative is simply fantastic. I had never realized that the wedding was such a funny affair – actually I think all marriages have their fun part. Keep writing.

Cheers

(edited to remove identifying names )

By: Gori Girl

Gori Girl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:44:12 +0000

@ Pale_Desi – no worries, I don’t think you’re being nosy. Basically, Aditya and I were married in a civil ceremony in California about a year before we had our Hindu marriage ceremony. We had a civil ceremony because I’m not Christian (if anything, at this point I’m Hindu), so I didn’t want to be married in a church, and I didn’t want a big event (knew I’d get enough of that in India). Oh, and it helped with taxes and with Aditya’s visa paperwork, but that only affected timing, not the actual event.

@ CaliforniaTransplant – sounds cool! Let me know how things are shaping up.

@ NeoKalypso – as Aditya points out, we didn’t have to plan anything, so there was nothing to worry about. I was just on for the ride – and it was great! And while we might have flown into India two days before, I was still dead tired from jetlag the day of the event.

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:02:15 +0000

I mean…that is truly amazing!

By: Aditya

Aditya — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:50:07 +0000

Technically, we flew into India TWO nights before the wedding. We spent a day in Bombay visiting my sister’s family & my best friend before flying out to Calcutta…

Thankfully, we didn’t have to worry much about the planning at all… my family [parents + siblings + spouses + cousins + spouses] took care of the whole thing!

We were just in for the party!

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:48:57 +0000

*didn’t* *didn’t* get all crazy/psycho about the wedding I meant..

By: NeoKalypso

NeoKalypso — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:44:38 +0000

Um, you flew into INDIA the NIGHT BEFORE your wedding?! And, get all crazy/psycho about the planning?! My god, you are my hero. I can even see a laid-back chick as myself getting potentially uptight about a ceremony such as that (heh hem as we’ve witnessed), but you rolled. Not everyone can roll like that…that’s pretty extraordinary!

By: CaliforniaTransplant

CaliforniaTransplant — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:27:54 +0000

Can’t wait to see more wedding pics, GG! M and I are in the midst of planning our Hindu wedding right now so this is of big interest to me!

By: Pale_Desi

Pale_Desi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:01:09 +0000

hmmmm,at some point if you’re comfortable I’m going to want to hear more about this “legally married for over a year…”part! I don’t want to be tooooo nosy though (maybe I am too nosy…I just can’t get enough of other’s experiences on this!)

Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait for more wedding pics!