Apr 16: Invitations
Link to wedding invitation
The invitation is created in 25 languages representing various regions of the world, various eras and language families.
India is represented by Marathi, Sayali’s and my mother tongue and an Indo-European language, as well as by Tamil, a Dravidian language spoken by my ancestors. Chinese and Japanese symbolize north-east Asia, whereas Malay and Vietnamese represent south-east Asia. Urdu, Persian and Turkmen (an Altaic language), as well as Arabic and Hebrew (two Semitic languages) represent western Asia and the Middle East. Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Nigerian Pidgin English and Arabic stand for Africa. While Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Romanian and Hungarian (a Uralic language) correspond to Eastern Europe, German, Latin, Greek and French signify Western Europe. While Spanish epitomizes South America, English typifies North America and Oceania.
The only continent not represented is Antarctica. None of my penguin friends returned my emails.
The wedding invitation is also translated into ancient languages of historical importance, such as Latin, Greek, Persian and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
This is the first-ever wedding invitation “written” in Proto-Indo-European, a reconstructed language supposedly spoken by Indo-Europeans (Aryans) before they started invading the world over 4,000 years ago. My former linguistics professor, a world-renowned expert in this language, has created this translation.
Many thanks to everyone who helped create this one-of-a-kind wedding invitation. We will post the printouts of the wedding invitation at the wedding. They will make our wedding really special.
The Hindu religeous ceremony will take place on April 27 in Pune, a city 100 miles from Mumbai (Bombay). The rituals start on the 24th; they are an excuse to have more fun. As a bonus, you are also invited to my sister Swapna's wedding to my friend Aniket, which will take place on the 29th. You will be part of the wedding party throughout the ceremonies. We will be very happy if you can make it, and will do our best to ensure you have a great time. There will be music, dancing, beautiful clothes and good food all around. It's an experience you will not forget for the rest of your life!
We urge you to spend as much time as you can with us! But we can also help you make travel arrangements if you want to visit other destinations in India. If you are really busy, the bare minimum journey is you leave home on Tuesday evening to arrive in Mumbai by Wednesday evening, then leave Mumbai on Saturday night to arrive at home on Sunday. Of course, we want you here more than that!
Please see the program in the table below. Better links explaining the rituals will be provided soon.
| Apr 24, Tue | Afternoon: Amar & Swapna's Halad (+ music & dance), Mehndi Evening: cocktail party |
| Apr 25, Wed | - |
| Apr 26, Thu | Afternoon: travel to Pune Evening: Simant Pujan, Dandiya (stick dance) |
| Apr 27, Fri | Morning: Amar-Sayali's religious ceremony Evening: Amar-Sayali's reception Night: travel back to Mumbai |
| Apr 28, Sat | - |
| Apr 29, Sun | Afternoon: Aniket-Swapna's religeous ceremony Evening: Aniket-Swapna's reception |
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