Another Desi couple has a story about their courtship and wedding in the New York Times’ “Weddings and Celebrations” section. Congratulations to Dr. Anu Lala and Dr. Arvind Trindade: The Desi weddings they are interested in are usually the ones that have a hint of drama. In this case, the groom is a Goan Christian, while the bride is a Hindu from a devout family: Briefly, she had thought that Dr. Trindade, whose family is from the state of Goa in India, a former Portugese colony, might be the âHindu dudeâ she had always imagined marrying. âWe liked each other from the get-go,â she said. âWe clicked. But when I found out he was not Hindu, but in fact Christian, I thought, âWell, itâs over.â â Dr. Lala, who often adds quotes from her favorite Hindu philosophers and poets at the bottom of her e-mail messages, said she feared that her parents would disapprove and she did not want to disappoint them. âAnu is full of life, a great sense of humor, very versatile and duty-conscious,â said Harish Alwani, a cousin of Dr. Lalaâs. âSheâs a family person. Her parents are her world.â ( link ) They had some challenges along the way, but in the end their respective parents came around and supported them. The reporter gets a little extra-gushy when describing the actual wedding ceremony at Tavern on the Green in Central Park (great choice of venue, I must say): On July 19, the couple were married in front of 150 guests in Ce ...
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Another Desi couple has a story about their courtship and wedding in the New York Times’ “Weddings and Celebrations” section. Congratulations to Dr. Anu Lala and Dr. Arvind Trindade: The Desi weddings they are interested in are usually the ones that have a hint of drama. In this case, the groom is a Goan Christian, while the bride is a Hindu from a devout family: Briefly, she had thought that Dr. Trindade, whose family is from the state of Goa in India, a former Portugese colony, might be the âHindu dudeâ she had always imagined marrying. âWe liked each other from the get-go,â she said. âWe clicked. But when I found out he was not Hindu, but in fact Christian, I thought, âWell, itâs over.â â Dr. Lala, who often adds quotes from her favorite Hindu philosophers and poets at the bottom of her e-mail messages, said she feared that her parents would disapprove and she did not want to disappoint them. âAnu is full of life, a great sense of humor, very versatile and duty-conscious,â said Harish Alwani, a cousin of Dr. Lalaâs. âSheâs a family person. Her parents are her world.â ( link ) They had some challenges along the way, but in the end their respective parents came around and supported them. The reporter gets a little extra-gushy when describing the actual wedding ceremony at Tavern on the Green in Central Park (great choice of venue, I must say): On July 19, the couple were married in front of 150 guests in Ce ...