We owe serious and heartfelt thanks to some amazing friends.....
Aneesha Chopa: BFF. Chief Wedding Planner. Responsible for not unleashing Bridezilla. Painted 140 pipal leaf skeletons with gold paint for table centre-pieces. Opened hpuse, heart and mind to planning this wedding. Aneesha s absence was the darkest cloud over our wedding. BFF always!! I still cant believe she wasnt there and we got married without her!!!
Was quarantined due to swine flu in the family and had to miss D -Day :C
Anita Chopra: Aneesha's mum. The magic of the hall was all her planning and contribution. Since she was also quarantined, she reluctantly handed over to the more than capable Samia.However, she sent a tempo load of home-made magic tricks for the hall!!The wedding favours were her idea!!
Wendy D'Cruz: mum-in-law who made the beautiful cards using her artistic skills, also the mural we used in the hall (the cartoon couple). She helped with everything and organised the choir.
Samia Khan: dear old friend, erstwhile Production Designer, who jumped in at the deep end and gamely took over from Anita and made the magic happen! The "upside down lilly pool' was all her!
Petronella and Ashley Eates: Sweetest cousins-in-law, this couple spent all Sunday in the hall working their magic with Samia. Peta also took loads of pictures!
Sabah Siddiqui: Dear, dear friend who gamely made hundreds of paper flowers, helped with lots of little chores and was a true friend of the bride!
Caitlin Burke: Lully, all gangly a year ago is now a graceful and elegant swan! She was bridesmaid, and helped with dozens of little things. Her good humor extended to making us watch " Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" before the wedding!
Family D'Cruz:John Wendy, Daniel Ewelina, Joel Shauna, Nina, David, Nico and Ray: my new in-laws. They carried precious parcels from across the seas for the wedding brunch,they made hundreds of paper flowers, fetched, carried, strung flowers, decorated the car, made decorations, painted things, played beautiful music and sang like angels. muaaah!!!
Vivo: Vivo came and gamely tied flowers on golden bamboos.
Sudipta: Dearest Sudipta's good humour and outrageous statements had everyone in splits thru the mehendi, the hen night and the wedding day. This woman can be counted on to wave her magic wand and produce make up, jokes, laughs, assemble table centre pieces, and wotnot!!
Rachel Reuben: Ahhh.... she s the BEST. Am I blessed or what?? My dearest friend styled me, Alekhya and ROb. The clothes, the flowers, the hair, the makeup.... she wanted me to look "ethereal" and I did..... Best Woman at the wedding...Words fail me. Rach has been family for years, to me, to Rob, to Alu and to Mike.
Sean B: Best Man, who didnt lose the rings but was late and had the bride circling the Turf club in her car! His sms said it all: I had a great time. You married my best freind. What else could I want?:)
Shabari Shetty: My telepathic neighbour. We have the SAME taste in curtains, crockery, tupperware, wrapping paper... its insane!! Plus she has to be forcibly restrained from cooking and coming with heaps of food for parties. She opened her home, her hearth and her heart for the wedding and all of us basked in her warmth and laughter.
DJ Agnel: His wedding gift to his best friend's sister was to play the funnest music ever at our wedding, and we laughed and danced away to Goan Masala and good ole goenchi tunes!
Janhavi Borawake: The baby sister I ve never lacked cause I ve always had Janu. She was brilliant.
Leila Fernandez Khambatta: Lola, Lolly, Lolita Lempicka: sister-in-arms for all mad things. voice of reason. best person in a crisis. most organised person.and always full of surprises. She was responsible for making the wedding brunch the yummiest ever with the divine creme brulee she brought. Among a million other things...
Ketan & Rishika Dossa:My baby brother and his wife. Ketan was the best MAster of Ceremonies ever! He had the audience in splits and the wedding rocked thanks to him. HIs "item number" with his gorgeous wife sure spiced up the dancing!!
The Merrie Men: Taizoon, Appu, Bunty, Aleem, OJ, Zaheed: Robin's merrie men made the evening delightful, helping everywhere and keeping our spirits up!
Rustom Sherdiwala: Best-est photographer ever!!! So now we have super pictures of our magical night. He was patient and laboured for hours to give us 1200 photos!!xxxx
Shahine Ardeshir & Zareen Bahrucha: Soul sisters. Thanks for being there in all the important ways.
Niloufer Ebrahim: The wind beneath our wings, she has tirelessly worked towards keeping us together and helping us deal with all the obstacles and hurdles in our path.
FR Peter: Robin's uncle who blessed us at our wedding and genreously and rightly concluded that God is always with us, everywhere.
Taizoon Baker: Best Man #2. Thanks for getting RObin to the altar on time!!! (among a million other "taiz" things he did)
Michael Remedios: His love, his warmth, his smiling face and spirit of joy helped this wedding become even more magical!
