Bhubaneswar: Gone is the days when a wedding is identical to several rounds of visits to Sari shops, jewelry stores and make-up, beauty homes, local tailors, decorators, catering, wedding bands and the list will be unlimited.
Preparing a list of guests used to be tasks in themselves, with each family member walking through names, not to someone’s friends or relatives who are far abandoned.
The celebration will experience the weeks and guests will continue with the days after the wedding seriously to bless the couple.
But then the Covid-19 pandemic and marriage is not the same anymore.
Online shopping and guest lists must be trimmed.
While last year most saw the prospective brides and grooms fighting and complaining about covid-induced limitations, when the second wave hit the house they had learned to navigate through the sidewalk.
Even the home of the tent and the owner of the banquet hall, and all the others for whom marriage means business, at this time learning to trim and adjust their package after a year of losses and last-minute cancellations.
“The worst part of marriage during a pandemic is that we have to have a list of size-zero guests.
I miss a lot of friends and close relatives on my big day because only 25 people can participate in the function, in accordance with government guidelines.
I hope the Covid situation will soon be Improved and we can have a full-scale celebration later, “Anand Mishra said, who decided to forget a big event at his wedding and was satisfied with family affairs.
Many families, who have postponed last year’s wedding plans, did not take the opportunity this time and decided to continue with strict compliance with Covid guidelines.