There are simply so many sides to the journey that marriage is. Jai Chabria captures some of them through his lens.
A wedding, a riot of colours, emotions, thoughts and people. And amidst of all this, another love deepens, and another future takes shape. Anupama Krishnakumar captures the wonderful moments in beautiful verse.
We have all attended some wedding that has had us bored out of our wits. Swetha Ramachandran tells us how she keeps herself occupied at such weddings, and gives us an interesting study of some of the characters one tends to meet.
Wedding revelry on one hand, an evening of cynicism, hunger and dreams on the other – Parth Pandya pens a poem on the different witnesses there are to a wedding.
Madhu, a teenaged wise owl, played an important role in altering the course of her sister’s life (for the better, of course) – or so she claims. Vani Viswanathan pens a story based on what happened, as narrated by smart alec Madhu, ridden with her parallels to Mani Ratnam movies.
What are the expectations from a married woman in India? Meera Sundararajan discusses the way married women and their responsibilities have been perceived over the years. Things have changed a bit, but there’s still a long way to go, she says. Read on.
Traditional TamBrahm weddings are a stylish affair these days, what with everything appearing choreographed. In fact, down South, marriages are absorbing many North Indian tradition including Mehndi and food. Ramya Shankar discusses the new face of TamBrahm weddings.
In an interview to Spark, Maniyarasan Rajendran, photographer, gets talking about wedding photography and what fascinates him about it. And of course, we showcase some of the wedding photographs he has clicked as well! Interview by Sandhya Ramachandran.
Come on, stop cribbing about marriage and look at these cartoons. Really, married life can be so much fun! Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad’s cartoon strips are sure to leave you laughing away!