KOLKATA: Sisters Jyotsna and Kalpana, whose wedding ceremony preparations went up in smoke when the shanties of their Armenian Ghat neighbourhood had been gutted three days in the past, found lend a hand from well-wishers who arranged for the ceremony on Sunday. It was an atypical atmosphere — simply off the railway tracks — and the ceremony was scheduled between 1.20pm and 4pm.
Among those affected by the hearth, the sisters’ mother Moyna Bibi, a rag picker, was the worst hit. She misplaced the whole lot she bought for the marriage. “I didn’t know the arena was so sort. We live in consistent combat right here. I didn't know the way to regulate the marriage after this kind of crisis. But the next morning, many of us — most of whom I’ve by no means noticed — got here to provide lend a hand,” she said.
“The wedding ceremony was scheduled for a time when no trains move this monitor from Prinsep Ghat to Dum Dum,” said Riazul Sheikh, Moyna’s uncle.
A makeshift level, chairs for the guests and items for the brides and grooms turned the razed stretch right into a hub of happiness for the afternoon. In a half-burnt room, the girls put on finishing touches to their make-up even as native kids peeped in to catch a glimpse. Decked in Benarasis and jewelry — talented by native MLA Nayana Bandyopadhyay — the two women regarded resplendent. Political lines blurred during the celebrations as Congress leader Santosh Pathak talented cash to the girls. Several traders, too, helped out.
The grooms, wearing silk kurtas and pyjamas, arrived at the shoulders in their pals. Raju Sheikh and Ramjan Sheikh had been also affected by the hearth. Raju’s shanty was one of the crucial many that had been gutted. However, Ramjan’s area, at the different facet of the tracks, escaped the hearth.
The maulavi reached the venue at 2.45pm. After the ceremony, the two pairs walked alongside the tracks against their in-laws’ houses. “My younger daughter Kalpana will step right into a room adorned with plants, however Jyotsna may have a area with a smoky stench and tattered tarpaulin as a ceiling,” Moyna Bibi said.
“We had deliberate to ask 400 other people from our locality and the grooms’ facet, however after the hearth shall we no longer invite even a single particular person. However, considered one of our well-wishers arranged for food packets for all the guests who got here to wish my daughters. The menu integrated biryani and sweatmeats,” the girls’ mother gushed.
Among those affected by the hearth, the sisters’ mother Moyna Bibi, a rag picker, was the worst hit. She misplaced the whole lot she bought for the marriage. “I didn’t know the arena was so sort. We live in consistent combat right here. I didn't know the way to regulate the marriage after this kind of crisis. But the next morning, many of us — most of whom I’ve by no means noticed — got here to provide lend a hand,” she said.
“The wedding ceremony was scheduled for a time when no trains move this monitor from Prinsep Ghat to Dum Dum,” said Riazul Sheikh, Moyna’s uncle.
A makeshift level, chairs for the guests and items for the brides and grooms turned the razed stretch right into a hub of happiness for the afternoon. In a half-burnt room, the girls put on finishing touches to their make-up even as native kids peeped in to catch a glimpse. Decked in Benarasis and jewelry — talented by native MLA Nayana Bandyopadhyay — the two women regarded resplendent. Political lines blurred during the celebrations as Congress leader Santosh Pathak talented cash to the girls. Several traders, too, helped out.
The grooms, wearing silk kurtas and pyjamas, arrived at the shoulders in their pals. Raju Sheikh and Ramjan Sheikh had been also affected by the hearth. Raju’s shanty was one of the crucial many that had been gutted. However, Ramjan’s area, at the different facet of the tracks, escaped the hearth.
The maulavi reached the venue at 2.45pm. After the ceremony, the two pairs walked alongside the tracks against their in-laws’ houses. “My younger daughter Kalpana will step right into a room adorned with plants, however Jyotsna may have a area with a smoky stench and tattered tarpaulin as a ceiling,” Moyna Bibi said.
“We had deliberate to ask 400 other people from our locality and the grooms’ facet, however after the hearth shall we no longer invite even a single particular person. However, considered one of our well-wishers arranged for food packets for all the guests who got here to wish my daughters. The menu integrated biryani and sweatmeats,” the girls’ mother gushed.
Home gutted, locals help sisters get married
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