The groom and his ensemble arrived amidst much gaiety and celebration. There was a huge turnout for the wedding reception and Miloni and her friends enjoyed meeting some of their old school mates and acquaintances. Arko looked dashing in a sandal coloured sherwani and maroon stole. Miloni wore a sari in blue chiffon and brocade border. Sherry and Nithya were attired in similar outfits and they enjoyed partying together. In an unusual gamut of circumstances, the actual ceremony took place in an ancestral house of Ajitha’s father. It was twenty kilometres away from Katni, and by late night after the reception, Ajitha and Karan’s close relatives and friends travelled by road to the village. The ensuing dawn witnessed Karan and Ajitha tie the knot as man and wife. The bride and the groom look
