At sunrise, followed by breakfast
Muhurtham
- When
- Sunday, 25 October
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM - Where
- MCC Marriage Hall
2/226, East Coast Road, Chinnandikuppam, Vettuvankeni, Chennai 600041 - Setting
- Outdoors, under the open sky
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Our story
How we got here
Shravan & Aishwaria, or Dheepu & Cherie to most of you. Here’s how two colleagues with a secret ended up here.
Photo coming soonChapter one
It started at the office
We met as colleagues: same office, same deadlines, same questionable coffee. Somewhere between the meetings and the chai breaks, we became the kind of friends who saved each other a seat at lunch and found every excuse to talk a little longer.
Chapter two
After hours
Work ended at six, but somehow our day didn’t. Evenings out turned into long conversations, and long conversations turned into the slow, obvious realisation that we liked each other. A lot. Neither of us said it. Both of us knew.
Photo coming soonChapter three
The scooty ride home
Then came one outing when we simply couldn’t stop smiling at each other: holding hands, sitting a little too close, giving it all away. That evening, we finally said it out loud. Dheepu dropped Cherie home and rode back with the silliest grin on his face. He says he smiled the whole way. She says he still hasn’t stopped.
Chapter four
Our little secret
Being colleagues meant we couldn’t tell a single soul. Not one. A careless moment could have cost Cherie her job, so we kept straight faces in office corridors (much harder than it sounds) and met only after work. But slowly, the hiding mattered less. We stopped looking over our shoulders and simply started being us.
Photo coming soonChapter five
Late nights & long drives
Late-night walks. Roadside dinners and the occasional five-star splurge. Metro rides, long drives, bike rides, candlelight dinners, little gifts, and an “I love you” every now and then, just because. It was the best phase of our lives. It still is.
Chapter six
Bangalore ⇄ Hyderabad
The moment we left the company and could finally be out in the open, life posted Dheepu to Bangalore and Cherie to Hyderabad. Of course it did. So we did long distance: late-night calls, counting down to weekends, and making every visit count.
Chapter seven
Two worlds, one answer
When we said we wanted to get married, not everyone took us seriously. Different faiths, different worlds, too many “what ifs.” It was never the two of us against each other. It was the two of us against the circumstances. It took strength, patience and a whole lot of trust. We held on, together.
Photo coming soonChapter eight
And now, forever
And now, we’re finally getting married! Ahead of us: more late-night walks, movie nights, Dheepu cooking for Cherie, grocery runs, laundry and all the beautifully mundane chores. Even sitting next to each other doing absolutely nothing sounds perfect. We’re so happy, and so proud of how we got here. Thank you for being part of it.
I smiled the whole scooty ride home that night. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve stopped.
Dheepu's version
[Cherie’s version: ask her!]
Cherie's version
