Ceremonies and Rituals

How Did Making Patterns With Mehndi Become Such An Inte...

Riya's mehndi appointment was scheduled for eleven in the morning, but by nine-t...

Would You Put A Smile Ban During Your Wedding Ceremony?...

Nadia saw the photograph on a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of a tedious vid...

5 Celebrity Weddings That Tweaked Traditions For All Th...

There is a particular kind of pressure that arrives somewhere in the middle of I...

How is a Malayalam Christian Wedding Different From a K...

Keerthy Suresh got married in white and got us thinking. Ananya attended a Syria...

Why Rice Is Sacred in Indian Weddings: The Complete Gui...

There is a moment at almost every Indian wedding — at the pheras, at the vidai, ...

The Complete Guide to Telugu Wedding Rituals and Tradit...

Priya had attended fourteen weddings. She had never attended a Telugu wedding un...

The Wedding Night Glass of Milk: What It Actually Means...

There is a scene that anyone who grew up watching Hindi cinema from the eighties...

Nine Hundred Video Calls: The NRI Couple's Complete Gui...

The couple in Toronto planning a wedding in Udaipur across a nine and a half hou...

Present in the Only Way Available: The NRI Couple's Com...

The grief of an absent parent, grandparent, or beloved family member does not pa...

Temple Weddings — Traditional Ceremonies at Sacred Site...

For NRI couples who want their ceremony to happen somewhere that is already sacr...

Beyond the Ritual: The NRI Couple's Complete Guide to U...

The traditional Indian wedding ceremony is spiritually complete — and for many N...

Personalizing Traditional Rituals to Reflect Your Value...

For NRI couples navigating the traditional rituals of the Indian wedding ceremon...

Two Indian Traditions, One Ceremony: The NRI Couple's C...

An inter-regional Indian wedding — Tamil Brahmin and Punjabi, Bengali and Rajast...

Two Cultures, One Wedding: The NRI Couple's Complete Gu...

An Indian-Western fusion wedding is not a design category — it is the product of...

How to Write Personal Vows That Honor Both Your Culture...

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Mehendi, Haldi, Sangeet: The NRI Couple's Complete Prac...

The mehendi, haldi, and sangeet are not the relaxed informal lead-up to the main...