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Swasti's Marriage

Swasti is the son of my third maternal uncle, Prakash Ranjan Dash. He works for Wipro in Bangalore and is a graduate of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, formerly REC Rourkela. He was married on July 4, 2008 at Rourkela. I attended along with my parents and all but two of my maternal uncles (I [...]

Gautam, Padmaja & Rohan – circa 1998 (After Marriage)

My latest project is scanning old photographs to upload to my photo site, Mo Chitra. I found the photo below in a stack at Bhubaneswar. It was taken by my father-in-law, Sudhakar Padhi in March 1998 near Rourkela.

I am on the left of Padmaja, with Rohan, my brother-in-law, on her right. I just can’t believe how [...]

Sonu's Marriage – More Photos (Shobhan's Albums)

Some more of Sonu’s marriage. These were taken by Shobhan, the eldest son of my 5th maternal uncle.

Album 1
Album 2 – Shobhan took these photos using his mobile phone which sports a 3.2 megapixel camera.
Album 3 [...]

Sonu's Marriage – The Boy Is Married!

Sonu is married!

I blogged all day from the marriage venue and it was a good experience. I realized some of the limitations of blogging from a Sony Ericsson P1i to a WordPress blog. Do check out the entries tagged with “Sonu’s Marriage” to see how they have come out.

I have posted all the photos I took [...]

Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 4

After the Hatha Ganti, Sonu and his new bride sat down for a Homa (prayers to and oaths before Agni, the God of Fire).
The last part of the marriage is of course the Cowrie Khella or playing with cowrie shells. This is conducted by an old lady of the bride’s family and the game is baised [...]