Not Strictly Ballroom

Not strictly ballroom Forget the India travel guide – DOMINIC KNIGHT finds he should have packed his best Bollywood moves.

- Dominic Knight

I love a destination wedding. I toasted friends in a Mid-century house in Palm Springs, and joined a party in a vineyard in Orange, and yet another against the picturesque backdrop of an old French hotel in Vientiane. But I regret missing one in Delhi which, judging by the photos, featured massive buffets, all-night parties and a groom on horseback. Always say yes to a wedding that lasts three days.

I eventually made it to an Indian wedding two years ago. There I was in the Hyatt Regency Chennai, dressed in a Rajasthani silk kurta and sick with nerves. It wasn’t jet lag or culture shock. I was the groom.