“Ma” from Manvi, “Sa” from Saurabh, and the drink they both love, which is how #MASAlaSoda got its name.

Masala soda ran through everything, mixed into the cocktails and the mocktails at all five events, so the name was never just a hashtag. The wedding took place in the foothills of Jim Corbett in April, a month that is usually punishing. Both days came out cloudy instead. Both sets of parents are firm believers, and they took the weather as a message.

The couple work in AI, one as a designer and one as an architect, which gave the whole celebration a lightness. Two days, 200 guests, five events, and weather that nobody had any right to expect.