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the. find for the troops out. time to overcome boundaries. and connect the world. and sometimes for the to. indeed of it is coming up ahead. minds. the teacher often john has been working as an engineer in stuttgart in southern germany for 6 years now he's getting married and going back to his home country india to celebrate the wedding together with his family in the summer state of colorado. is going to wind up i'm the 1st of my family to

study abroad and work abroad as well. and on the 1st of my family to marry a woman from outside carolla. to focus just on business it's not that normal in india. working in europe and taking a bride in faraway khurana are big steps for present. when practitioners derived in germany he shared an apartment in stuttgart his former roommates are looking forward to the wedding and to getting to know his family. and in part just as i know so you can see me accompanying parties to his wedding and will probably serve as president and i'm bridesmaid. also i've got to have a word of his father because praties has been trying to get his permission to marry for 2 years now and his father is just 2 or 3 years younger than i am. so is

the elder one i have to take the initiative and see how it's going to be. especially since we're like foster parents to try to. part and it was going through our 2 shouldn't. even talk to teach how to cook german food for instance is kind of going to be the thing i can't say i've assimilated into german society in just 6 years. all my life i've beaten indian cuisine that i can't change completely in just 6 years ok and under him other aspects of the german lifestyle have been far more appealing. buccaneer feeling like i'm playing my there that's something that's a really good here in germany. a pleasant evening in this part of germany involves vegetarian and good friends fits right in. that people here would say it's edible or not hahaha that everything. in his

6 years in germany the tea she has gone all but native. that is except when it comes to such a fundamental life event as a wedding that has to happen in india. his old friends georg and hilda good have arrived from germany. prestige helps them pick out clothes appropriate to the big occasion with his expert advice they go shopping at the best department store in harvey pod pretty shoes hometown. who do it is ridicule top of i wouldn't buy anything else if it suits you. to say look at me i didn't read it and i didn't read it and i get it now it's gay york's turn. to go with a new book too i'd rather try something in this cause who will i think it will be expensive you know the fellow now you look like a prince or the 1st this is going to look like a prince just like a normal indian

a model in the dr who. got once nice i'd like that one myself i would like to shake cyrus. we're all going through. this really shows not the ones who don't force the. course ok great i'll take this one there's. been a lot of me thought the i can't stop laughing i think you're going to be already dressed like a genuine indian. girl. georg style is a hit. they have a little time to enjoy the indian ocean before the celebration begins. unlike western custom the bridal couple don't have to avoid meeting before the wedding. yes i just i'm about to see her now i have permission to go.

there the bride and her family are from northern india. this is my father. oh. and then comes another surprise. i can speak a little german i learned at the great institute. they. come up i come from delhi. that's about 3000 kilometers away right. that he's not delhi is in northern india and corollas in southern india soon. i'm very excited. the evening before the wedding the women celebrate with lots of music and dance. for a new it's a marriage of love she met her future husband pratyush on the internet he was in

stuttgart and she was in delhi she had to obtain her parents' permission it took her 2 years to do so 'd. neither set of parents will end up seeing much of their children. i'll have to live in germany. i like it there i don't mean to give a i've seen the winter. when i was in germany once in january when it snowed. night and i'm and once in summer 7 more than tomorrow i have no idea what to expect it's a southern indian wedding. the city's convention centers been booked for the celebration everybody's either working on preparations or waiting for it to happen .

a. hill good uses the time to have a good look around the kitchen. this is good if it were easy. i. was facing a very sick was i so far i could i think i could tell by that i think it tells it i did it said that i. was. i to cook proudly shows the guests everything the crew has been cooking around the clock for 2 days using various blends of many spices. i think it is but i can't imagine how protests could be german food when he's used to this do is to us french

you know that was his that he never let on that it seemed strange to him in fact yeah was ate everything because of this he did say he had to practice a bit to be able to handle german food is all right i say so given our meat and potatoes diet but that aside. the $500.00 guests are expected to him they start trickling in. at last the celebrations can begin. following long established rituals the bride and groom approach the brahman the priest. it. it. is a. it i did it i . i know who pays homage to her future mother in law.

her own mother takes leave of her. and prestige takes or as his wife. some of the rituals are unknown to a new. but exchanging rings has a symbolic meaning that everyone understands. just

as obligatory are the wedding photos including the german friends who traveled so far to be here. as soon as the ceremony is over the moment comes that everyone's been waiting for it's time to check out down . in this region the wedding feast is made up of 23 different small portions served on banana leaves. the digital stuff in. my pocket. the only ones who have to wait are the bridal couple reams of photos are taken up hill today and georg take a moment for themselves. the obviously we're kind of exhausted and overwhelmed by all the variety confronting us here we really don't understand much or who it might take on the 1st but when printed name which we couldn't even figure out what it was

supposed to be about. the reception continues into the evening for the close friends and relatives. practitioners father looks after the german friends. drive the photo. meanwhile the groom gives his impression of how things went. so i think it was stressful yes. but it all went smoothly. though it was a bit much with all the photographers guns and. they wore us out but if they stayed here till around 5 o'clock we will try to have a nice day i change saris 3 times today if it's a little bit you need and this time the unsealed this is my floor so.

that they put it right if that is the tissues mother misses him already we don't. have my number. see my mother says that since i've been away. she doesn't look at the stars in the sky anymore because they remind her that i'm so far away this is she's very sad that i'm in such a far off place. but. the celebrations don't pass a long way to go 3 days later it continues at the bride's home in delhi. of the soul indoors it wouldn't have been easy to get married in germany so why it's all very different when you do it in india. for bride and groom it was a celebration that will stay with them long after they've moved to germany.

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