It’s the first wave of the wedding season during the second wave of the coronavirus season. With social distancing and Covid appropropriate behaviour the norm, will saat pheras – or seven circlings of the fire by bride and groom – now be replaced with six degrees of separation?
If the pandit is on Zoom and mantras are being live streamed, wedding vows might be rendered only virtual. And if garlands can be exchanged only after thorough sanitisation, the fragrance of wedding flowers may be somewhat lost. If relatives can’t see each other and are forced to interact only via Zoom, they may well ask: ‘Hum aapke hain koun?’ In Covid times, the shaadi might be looking a little shady.
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