THE WEDDING SEASON

It's a never-ending marathon that tests your patience, your wardrobe, and your budget

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The grand spectacle of the Indian wedding season is here. Just when you thought you could peacefully transition from Holi and Sankranti to summer, the floodgates open—lavish invitations arrive in golden envelopes, WhatsApp groups start buzzing with blurry PDFs, and distant relatives you haven't spoken to in years suddenly want you to be a part of their special day.

The wedding invitation is less of an invite and more of a legal contract — one that emotionally binds you into spending a day pretending to be overjoyed for people you have only heard the name of. If you try to avoid it, prepare for guilt-tripping tactics. “They came to your brother’s wedding; how will it look if we don’t go?” Your arguments about scheduling conflicts will be dismissed with a single line — “The company won’t shut down, if you skip the office for one day.”