Mehendi
Henna, filter coffee, and a great deal of sitting very still. Come early if you want the intricate work.
- Venue
- Sri Parthasarathy Kalyana Mandapam, 12 Venkatesa Agraharam Street, Mylapore
- Dress
- Bright cottons
How we got here
Our story
August 2019
A queue at Saravana Bhavan
Aarav let Diya go ahead of him for a table. She has pointed out, many times since, that he was not being chivalrous — he simply had not decided what to order.
The 2020 monsoon
Two years of phone calls
Different cities, a pandemic, and a shared conviction that the other would eventually run out of things to say. Neither did.
December 2025
Marina Beach, at an unreasonable hour
He had planned something elaborate. It rained. She said yes anyway, holding a paper cup of tea, before he had finished the sentence.