My wedding story, 5thFeb2022 — a good coffee read…

Whether I believe in gender equity or not, the concept of strong and weak-mindedness is something that I always believed in. Despite considering myself as a strong person being mentally strong with huge confidence, one thing that always used to bother me is weddings from the bride's side in stereotyped Telugu families. Discussions and stories from relatives and neighbors used to make me think of marriage as an economic relationship with the idea of parents bribing someone to marry their daughter. For the wedding, I have seen that bride’s family is forced to spend beyond their means. I hardly understood…