Just as technology, innovation, and globalization spread across continents, love and celebration of love through weddings have also seen massive growth. With over 13 million NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) spread across the globe, Indian weddings are turning into an expression of cultural fusion. Indians are across the world and hence Indian weddings are happening everywhere. As wedding planners who exclusively plan cross-cultural weddings, with a majority of them being NRI weddings, we took a step back to observe some of the modern takes that have been adapted to traditional Indian weddings.

June is a month that offers the best of both worlds! Sunny and warm being one and the occasional calming showers being the other! If as a couple you do get lucky enough to experience rain, it helps cool down the wedding heat. As wedding planners, June surely puts up a challenge to plan a wedding. But the hardest climbs have the best views, right? If we play our cards just right, we often have a wedding shining in the warm sun, just after a brief drizzle.

The Peacock Grove, a 2-acre nursery farm, is nestled near a 30-acre peacock forest, gathering its name from the forest, due to multiple sightings of peacocks. The space has a rustic feel, engulfed with lush greens throughout the property taking you back to the days of yore. The elements found around the property include stone arches, laterite stones, and swings to elevate the property to a heritage setting.

As the month of love dawns upon us, we’d like to take a moment to appreciate the clichés. The overrated ‘pal-at’, an expensive once-a-year dinner date, that cheesy one-liner that can barely convey our wholehearted love, and pretty much anything to let ‘the one’ know how important they are. Love itself is a cliché, after all. Witnessing this beautiful, foolish, and stereotypical love in different forms, each day and all seasons has made us realize that it needs to be acknowledged more often.