Comments on: Custom Made http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/ For the modern South Asian. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Nandita http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-25866 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:57:46 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-25866 I somewhat disagree with the Revathy's comments. I am Hindu and my husband is Catholic. We were able to have a full Hindu ceremony and have our marriage be recognized by the Catholic Church. We had to ask for two dispensations from the local diocese. One is called a Dispensation from Disparity of Cult - which means that the Church will recognize that my husband is marrying someone outside his faith - and the other is a Dispensation of Form - which means the church will recognize that the ceremony will not be in a church. We even had a priest from the church do a reading and blessing of the rings right after the Hindu ceremony finished. I think that's pretty close to a Hindu-Catholic ceremony. I somewhat disagree with the Revathy’s comments. I am Hindu and my husband is Catholic. We were able to have a full Hindu ceremony and have our marriage be recognized by the Catholic Church. We had to ask for two dispensations from the local diocese. One is called a Dispensation from Disparity of Cult - which means that the Church will recognize that my husband is marrying someone outside his faith - and the other is a Dispensation of Form - which means the church will recognize that the ceremony will not be in a church. We even had a priest from the church do a reading and blessing of the rings right after the Hindu ceremony finished. I think that’s pretty close to a Hindu-Catholic ceremony.

]]> by: Revathy http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-22567 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:43:05 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-22567 As a Catholic South Asian, I find this article extremely mis-leading. There is no such thing as a Hindu- Catholic marriage ceremony. In the Catholic church that wedding would not be seen as valid. Both individuals would have needed to have had the Catholic ceremony in a Catholic church presided over by a priest. Hindu/Catholic unions are beautiful - but what is wrong with accurately depicting that the Hindu ceremony would have take place at a separate time and place to the Catholic one. It was this couple's personal choice to do a pseudo- ceremony which is fine, but for the sake of accuracy, and for us Catholics and Hindus who believe the sanctity of marriage with the actual ceremony depicted, it is the journalist's duty to state the facts. “It is possible to do a Hindu/Christian interfaith wedding'' - true, but not a Hindu/Catholic one in the same breath. As a Catholic South Asian, I find this article extremely mis-leading. There is no such thing as a Hindu- Catholic marriage ceremony. In the Catholic church that wedding would not be seen as valid. Both individuals would have needed to have had the Catholic ceremony in a Catholic church presided over by a priest. Hindu/Catholic unions are beautiful - but what is wrong with accurately depicting that the Hindu ceremony would have take place at a separate time and place to the Catholic one. It was this couple’s personal choice to do a pseudo- ceremony which is fine, but for the sake of accuracy, and for us Catholics and Hindus who believe the sanctity of marriage with the actual ceremony depicted, it is the journalist’s duty to state the facts. “It is possible to do a Hindu/Christian interfaith wedding'’ - true, but not a Hindu/Catholic one in the same breath.

]]> by: amit http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-10448 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:21:38 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-10448 It was such a great occasion of marriage between two souls. Which has been celebrated so nicely. I wish i would have been there......Well congrats. It was such a great occasion of marriage between two souls. Which has been celebrated so nicely. I wish i would have been there……Well congrats.

]]> by: Rupan http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-10003 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:17:39 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-10003 Looks like an awesome wedding...and trust me, im certainly getting inspired!!!! Looks like an awesome wedding…and trust me, im certainly getting inspired!!!!

]]> by: S. http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-9699 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:40:56 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-9699 while the wedding issue certianly feature gorgeous weddings, why only cover expansive, extravagant south asian weddings with an obviously huge budget? there are pleny of south asians in america whose families are NOT wealthy. These couple have a tiny budget. Or, a couple may simply want a more intimate wedding. how about featuring a couple who threw a small wedding? or how a couple approached their wedding knowing their budget was very small? this would be a great article considering the huge wedding is the south asian norm. how might the couple with limited resources or just a different idea of what "closest friends and family" means handle wedding-planning? how would they handle the reactions of friends and family? do they regret their decisions? how did it all turn out? what happens when people buck the norm? think outside the box, nirali! while the wedding issue certianly feature gorgeous weddings, why only cover expansive, extravagant south asian weddings with an obviously huge budget?

there are pleny of south asians in america whose families are NOT wealthy. These couple have a tiny budget. Or, a couple may simply want a more intimate wedding. how about featuring a couple who threw a small wedding? or how a couple approached their wedding knowing their budget was very small?

this would be a great article considering the huge wedding is the south asian norm. how might the couple with limited resources or just a different idea of what “closest friends and family” means handle wedding-planning? how would they handle the reactions of friends and family? do they regret their decisions? how did it all turn out? what happens when people buck the norm?

think outside the box, nirali!

]]> by: anand http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-6931 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:31:51 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-6931 nice coverage and pics. would be great if the writer included detailed budget information. nice coverage and pics. would be great if the writer included detailed budget information.

]]> by: Reena http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-6731 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:37:59 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/#comment-6731 This looks like an amazing wedding. How did you put it all together without a wedding planner? Did you come up with the theme yourself? This looks like an amazing wedding. How did you put it all together without a wedding planner? Did you come up with the theme yourself?

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