This is how Shashi Tharoor's twins Kanishk and Ishan welcomed Sunanda Pushkar, after the wedding in his ancestral village in Kerala yesterday
This is how Shashi Tharoor's twins Kanishk and Ishan welcomed Sunanda Pushkar, after the wedding in his ancestral village in Kerala yesterday
"Amma, welcome to the family," these were the words that moved Sunanda Pushkar, soon after she married Shashi Tharoor, yesterday morning.
Kanishk and Ishan, Tharoor's sons from his first marriage to Tilottama Mukherji, were lined up to welcome their new mother, while Shiv, Sunanda's son from her marriage to Sujit Menon, was at her side.
A traditional Kerala Hindu wedding was solemnised at 8.30 am, at the MP's ancestral home in Elevanchry, a village near Palakkad.
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"I am sure her motherly presence will change our lives for the better, and I am happy to have a complete family," said Kanishk.
"Ishan and I have a brother in Shiv." Ishan writes for the Time magazine from Hong Kong, and Kanishk edits Open Democracy, a magazine from London. Shiv studies in Dubai.
Onam too
The marriage festivities had co-incided with Onam celebrations, and the family had Onam Satya (a traditional Onam dish) for lunch, though guests were treated with a simple breakfast of idli and wada after the wedding.
"It was touching to see how well Ishan and Kanishk were getting along well with Shiv," said Narayana Unni, Shashi's maternal uncle.
"It's been a long time since I have witnessed such an occasion in our family."
Ishan and Kanishk teamed with Shiv to leave for Trivandrum, where they will stay in a hotel for the night before attending the wedding reception in Trivandrum Club, today morning.
Shashi took Sunanda to Guruvayur temple to pray before Lord Krishna. Jayashankari Amma, Tharoor's 92-year old grandmother offered new clothes to the newly-weds, as is the tradition.
Low-key affair
While the wedding was a low-key affair with close to 300 guests in attendance, Mani Shankar Iyer, former union minister and Congress leader, was the only known face.
"I wanted to keep it that way because we had no facilities here to accommodate the dignitaries and we have anyway invited all VIP friends for tomorrow's reception," said Narayan Unni.
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| The couple Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar after their wedding |
Family sources said the couple was planning to visit Spain before they would be married Kashmiri style, as Sunanda is a Kashmiri Brahmin, in Dubai, on August 30.
Another reception would be held in New Delhi on September 3.
Tharoor's Tweets
Onam wishes to all & thanks for the many congratulatory messages on my marriage to Sunanda tomorrow @ancestral village ufffd
Grandmother's home besieged by TV crews. May I appeal to media to please respect my privacy at this personal moment for my family?
On Saturday
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