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  /  Marshmallow   /  SHRUTI & AMEYA – AN INTIMATE WEDDING AMIDST COVID-19 & A CYCLONE

This story starts in 2017 when Shruti and Ameya swiped right for each other on Tinder and decided to meet in a café after a month of chatting. You can say, love, at first sight, does exist as the first thing they did after meeting each other was uninstall the app. They had found their match.

 

They dated for 3 years and grew just fond of each other more and more with each passing moment. So they decided to tie the knot on 2nd May 2020 in Pune. But fate had different plans. On March 15th, 2020 Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and with that, all their plans went haywire.

With so much confusion and chaos all around, they decided to have an intimate wedding in a family bungalow in Lonavala on 3rd June.

3rd June was also the day when Maharashtra was hit with Cyclone Nisarga, which was rare in itself. Cyclonic Storm Nisarga was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Maharashtra since 1891.

The wedding venue was a beautiful house with beautiful decorations. The decoration and cloudy weather were doing justice to the setup. As the day progressed the venue was filled with love and joy.

On the contrary, the weather outside was not calm anymore. Decorations were flying off, waterlogged. It was then decided that the wedding ceremony will take place inside the house and not at the mandap which was outside.

After this when I looked at these two, Shruti & Ameya, they were still filled with joy, love, and just super calm. As if nothing could bother them on this day. The day when they tie the knot. Their love was the most powerful thing we all witnessed that day.

In the midst of a global pandemic and of a raging storm (once in 139 years), stood two intrepid souls promising each to the other for the imaginable future and beyond. It was a rare privilege for all us attendees to stand alongside love so pure and overpowering that all troubles seemed little in comparison.

This wedding was a stark reminder that the most powerful forces amongst us are intangible, unseen & uncommon. Their story took 30 years to reach this moment; it took a lifetime of moulding and tempering to carve out people who together can out-strength the strongest.

In Ameya’s words – “Although our encounter was by chance, our subsequent meetings by choice but the connection was ethereal. I’ve always been a curious chap, readily searching & involving myself in a plethora of activities, jumping from interest to interest. But in my first meeting with Shruti, I was quite certain that this woman can be the center-point, locus for all my curiosities, I don’t remember ever telling her but she is one mystery I would want to spend my entire life unraveling.”

 

As this is a document of happy times, I won’t dwell on the transgressions they’ve collectively and individually suffered, tolerated & risen above. It takes barely a conversation to realize that you’re standing in the presence of resolute & humble humans. I will go on and wish them the best of times ahead because I know their capability of turning tides, so I won’t hope that they live a happy life, I know they will. Their moments of inspiring others shall always continue and bring among us many more uplifting tales borne of their spectacular personas.

Here’s a glimpse into the day!! Enjoy!!

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