After eight years together and a whirlwind planning phase, we somehow managed to execute on our vision better than we ever imagined.

There were so many challenges in bringing together Indian, Persian, and American norms that we seriously considered scrapping the wedding.

After a grueling year and a half of updating spreadsheets till 2am, we successfully hosted our Indian-Persian wedding last June.

This year, my husband and I were celebrating our "Thala Diwali" (Tamil tradition for first Diwali post-marriage) so we wanted to make it...