A year ago I began planning our Indian wedding in India. I bought magazines, read blogs, and even watched movies to get into the wedding planning mood. But there was a problem, I was reading about western, ie. Christian, weddings. Nowhere to be found was information for an Indian bride holding a Hindu/Muslim/Jain/Parsi wedding. Nowhere to be found was information on even what events happen during the wedding.
Granted, Indian weddings are so specific from religion to state to culture to community to family it is hard to make blanket statements. Sometimes though a blanket assesment of a wedding is better than none.
I then realized I had zero inspiration. People say women plan for their dream wedding their whole lives. I did not. I had not the foggiest idea of what I wanted save for three crucial details: photographer, happy friends & family, and great clothes. Everything after was really icing on the wedding cake.
But I began surfing through site after site, page by page, photo by photo and absorbed information like a dahi vada. Even then, few articles discussed having a wedding IN India. The irony that the largest populated country on Earth had near to no articles on wedding planning in India was a dismal sight. There had to be someway to share information.
And this is how The Big Fat Indian Wedding was born. I wanted to share stories of everyday women who planned and executed a wedding. These women serve as a backbone for all women looking to have a South Asian wedding. And have a clue on how to do it.
Now I must admit, I have rarely written about wedding planning because frankly, I had NO idea what I was supposed to do, plan, buy, organize. It was not until I arrived in India of what items family members had helped out with and what was missing.
The wedding is over and while I suffer from awesomeness withdrawal, it is time to write and share my experiences.
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