“Sometimes all your prayers are answered all together! Blessed, grateful, excited (and clueless! ) as we step into a whole new world!” Swara had announced on June 6.
Swara had a court marriage with Fahad on January 6 this year. In March, they finally hosted a series of wedding festivities such as a qawwali night, haldi, sangeet, mehendi, nikah and walima.
Speaking about their union, the couple had shared, “We are both very conscious and proud of our identities and nobody wants to change anybody. We planned things that are common to both our traditions. Haldi is something that happens in both. It’s called ubtan in Muslims. Mehendi happens on both sides. Sangeet happens on both sides. In India, an interfaith couple that does not convert, can only get married in the court under the Special Marriage Act. That we have done. Now we are trying to build a common tradition of celebrations.”
