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Sandhya Naidu
Sandhya Naidu
5.0

3 years 4 months ago

When my brother, Sathya shared that he was going to propose to Hsiang - my parents and I were very thrilled. But very quickly the joy somewhat turned into apprehensions about how our extended family would react. Coming from a very conservative family, the four of us spent time strategising and planning how we would share this with our relatives and handle the situation should there be any strong opposition. The couple wanted to involve both families for this happy occasion. And Hsiang's family flew to Bangalore from Taiwan for the engagement. Did I mention that my immediate extended family is like 60 people? It was important that we didn't default to our usual 'function halls' in order to get the families to meet on more neutral ground and a relaxed space where everyone could mingle easily. It was intentional to not have a stage or set up rows of seating with a central aisle which invariably leads to some kind of separation between groups of people. For all these reasons the Courtyard proved to be just the perfect spot. Having this event outdoors with simple yet elegant decorations made for a magical setting. The second important thing after the location was the food. Chef Kanishka worked with me in curating the menu and it proved to be a great hit. Not an easy feat, because our family is incredibly fussy about food. The evening went as planned and I can't thank the wonderful team at the Courtyard enough for helping make this very important event a big success

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