The wedding of Chaitanya Sharma and Abhishek Ray made the newspapers. Not because they¡¯re famous (they aren¡¯t), or because anything had gone awry (it hadn¡¯t).
Their union became a local news event because they¡¯re both men, insistent on cementing their relationship with all the fanfare of a traditional marriage ceremony, even though their vows aren¡¯t legally recognized in the country.
¡°If we are celebrating our togetherness then it should be in the same way that any other heterosexual couple does,¡± said Sharma, who surprised Ray with a proposal during a trip to the Taj Mahal. ¡°We decided to go for a full-fledged wedding with all the customs and ceremonies like Haldi, Sangeet, and Mehendi and not just a commitment ceremony.¡±
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