{"id":2650,"date":"2022-01-02T13:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T11:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:17:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:17:01","slug":"sujatha-and-vijay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/sujatha-and-vijay\/","title":{"rendered":"Sujatha and Vijay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV3.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV3.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV3.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How they met:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Vijay and I met on an app called <em>\u201cWeChat\u201d<\/em>\u2026 things didn\u2019t really go well at that point.  A year later he past me on the road ( and probably realized I\u2019m the one lol !) so he texted me and we began chatting again. After a few weeks we decided to meet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>From the first date I guess we both knew this is what we want.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV1.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV1.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV1.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Sujatha and Vijay on their wedding day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were proposed two years after we started dating, then got engaged four years later. And a year after getting engaged we are now married!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>A special memory in our relationship would be swimming with the dolphins in Dubai at Atlantis palm (despite Vijay being unable to swim!).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV6.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV6.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV6.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planning the big day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started planning our wedding in 2018. We started early because we did not want to be financially burdened. It was something we wanted to do on our own.&nbsp;By 2019 ,we found all of our service providers and made agreements that we would pay them in monthly installments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV7.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV7.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV7.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning was difficult as I was Hindi and Vijay is Tamil. Not having guidance from the elders in my side of the family was challenging as our cultures are different. My parents are sickly so I sought advice from the many Tamil aunties that I work with. They provided much needed guidance and continually checked that I was on the right track. I would get a few ideas and then get Vijay to approve one of it. He was very easy to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV2.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>I got my way by emotionally blackmailing him most of the time  that I would now be converting for him.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV5.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV5.jpeg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV5.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Service providers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Make-up artist : VDT Bridal<\/li><li>Mehndi: Bridal menhdi by Narusha<\/li><li>DJ: Rishi Kissoon&nbsp;<\/li><li>D\u00e9cor and catering: Maharaja&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/li><li>MC: Ravin Jhankee&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cake: HoneyB Bakes<\/li><li>Pyrotechnics: Stereo Effects<\/li><li>Photography and Filming: Ramasamy Studios&nbsp;<\/li><li>Priest: Thamo Valaithum&nbsp;<\/li><li>Venue: Shree Veeraboga Emperumal temple hall &#8211; Tongaat<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV4.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV4.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV4.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV4.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How they met: &#8220;Vijay and I met on an app called \u201cWeChat\u201d\u2026 things didn\u2019t really&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/sujatha-and-vijay\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sujatha and Vijay<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SV4.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2666,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions\/2666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letstalkindianweddingssa.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}