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Welcome! I’m new to blogging so please excuse my amateur entries.

I’m a grad student, and I’ve been engaged for some time now, and I’ve finally set a wedding date! I’ve been browsing online for ideas, reading other wedding blogs, finding inspiration and information about South Asian weddings, particularly Gujarati Weddings. I’ve created this blog as a space for me to share my ideas, research, and inspiration, and hopefully, get some contribution/input from all of you! Join me on my journey to the mandap!



Enter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner</description><title>My Dulhan Diaries</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mydulhandiaries)</generator><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Hi, I am hoping you can provide me a website or post which relates to wedding guests? I have to attend a wedding in November, the weather will be cold, not to sure on an outfit yet. Thank you in advance.</title><description>Hi!
I hope this message finds you well. I apologize for the late response. Here are some websites...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/35719427007</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/35719427007</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:02:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I'm looking for good sites to look for my wedding panetaar sari or panetaar choli</title><description>Hi!
I haven’t actually found many panetars available online, but maybe you can try...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/19403472733</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/19403472733</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:45:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Hi Mrs. Dulhan, I hope you can help me! I've been searching all over for a Indian bridal dress for a Muslim wedding. I'm getting married in this year and I cannot find a dress that combines the look of an Indian bride with the requirements of an Islamic bride (ie. Hijab, sleeves). I don't like the look of wedding gowns, and that's all I'm finding. If you come across anything, will you please help me??? Good luck to you on your wedding day</title><description>Hi!
Congratulations! I don’t know if I can be much of a help since I had a Hindu Gujarati...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/15776706587</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/15776706587</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:35:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Dear Readers/Followers:
I wanted to post this flyer to let you...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgig2Rohf1qcvdhio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear Readers/Followers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wanted to post this flyer to let you know that Exclusively.In is having a “Diwali Tour” where you can shop and meet designers!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you haven’t already, sign up for &lt;a href="http://www.exclusively.in" target="_blank"&gt;www.exclusively.in&lt;/a&gt; for discounts on designer Indian clothing for all and plenty of gorgeous accessories!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mrs. Dulhan&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/10950471255</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/10950471255</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:02:26 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Hi Mrs Dulhan,&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Im so surprise reading your site. It is really helpful for the brides.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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I have a request from you if i can have a list of accessories for a bridal that should buy.</title><description>Hello there!
I’m glad to see that you’ve found my blog helpful!
Some common accessories...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/9021361115</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/9021361115</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:41:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>YAYYY!!!!!!! CONGRATS:D I'm so happy for you :')</title><description>Thank you for the well wishes!! I’m so excited to finally be married!</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/7930479595</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/7930479595</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:04:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>You can call me Mrs. Dulhan!</title><description>To My Readers and Followers:
*Drumroll please*
I&amp;#8217;m FINALLY married to the most amazing person...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/7021578302</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/7021578302</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:08:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>hi &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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great blog... love reading it.. im a photographer and specialise in indian weddings. i cover alot of gujarati weddings. have a look at my site www.designerphoto.co.za. would really appreciate it if you could feature my work. that is offcourse if you like it...:)&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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regards&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
hema</title><description>Thanks! I’ll look into it post-wedding.</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/6283365660</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/6283365660</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:09:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Did you get married yet???? TAKE FOREVER!</title><description>Not yet! Close to the end of the month!! My family is going crazy and they just all want it to be...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/6283350253</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/6283350253</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:08:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“Outsourced” introduces Indian weddings to an...</title><description>&lt;object width="512" height="288"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/2zjVQjS_FfsqBDRovBwd0w"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/2zjVQjS_FfsqBDRovBwd0w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" allowFullScreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Outsourced” introduces Indian weddings to an American audience! Catch up on the last episode of Season 1 on Hulu! I really hope they continue for a few more seasons.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/5460209430</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/5460209430</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:52:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Take a look and a listen to this new song “Mei Ada...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xwFlJP1kpHQ?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take a look and a listen to this new song &lt;strong&gt;“Mei Ada Bhi”&lt;/strong&gt; from the hindi movie &lt;strong&gt;READY. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It sounds like a Bolly twist on the well-known Bally Sagoo’s “Mera Laungwacha”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Starring: Salman Khan, Asin, Paresh Rawal*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can already see this song being a new Shaadi Song hit for 2011!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 id="watch-headline-title"&gt;&lt;span id="eow-title" class="long-title" dir="ltr" title="'Meri Ada Bhi' (New Song) Ready Ft. salman Khan, Asin, Paresh rawal"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/5455064765</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/5455064765</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:23:20 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>My Shaadi Obsession!: A Word to the Wise Bride</title><description>My Shaadi Obsession!: A Word to the Wise Bride: Thanks to My Shaadi Obsession for sharing this very...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4984030464</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4984030464</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:42:00 -0400</pubDate><category>wedding tips</category><category>gifts</category></item><item><title>After my recent pdf file post about Emergency Kit, I found an...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/shine/the-thread/player.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashVars" value="vid=24896593&amp;browseCarouselUI=show&amp;" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed width="400" height="225" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/shine/the-thread/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=24896593&amp;browseCarouselUI=show&amp;"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;After my recent pdf file post about Emergency Kit, I found an even better list on today’s yahoo video for brides! A much smaller kit consisting of 25 items…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prevent Wedding Day Disasters:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/event/the-thread/how-to-prevent-wedding-day-disasters-2474840/" target="_blank"&gt;http://shine.yahoo.com/event/the-thread/how-to-prevent-wedding-day-disasters-2474840/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4913459531</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4913459531</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:21:00 -0400</pubDate><category>emergency kit</category><category>pdf</category><category>bridesmaids</category></item><item><title>BWB Colors of the Rainbow!
A few weeks ago, a fellow shaadi...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk6nc1oJ5Q1qcvdhio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; PANTONE 14-0957 TPX Spectra Yellow&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk6nc1oJ5Q1qcvdhio2_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BWB Colors of the Rainbow!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A few weeks ago, a fellow shaadi blogger Noreen asked me to participate in an Inspiration Board Collaboration inspired by selected PANTONE colors for a South Asian Wedding Rainbow. She’s created a banner for all of the participants called “Brown Wedding Bloggers.” I was randomly selected to use &lt;em&gt;PANTONE 14-0957 TPX Spectra Yellow&lt;/em&gt; which reminded me of marigolds! You may already know that marigolds are extremely significant in any South Asian Wedding — I recently read a blog post by &lt;strong&gt;Celewire &lt;/strong&gt;about &lt;a href="http://celewire.com/why-marigold-is-more-popular-than-rose-in-south-asian-culture.html" target="_blank"&gt;Marigolds&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyways, here’s the long awaited contribution to the Brown Wedding Blogger’s Rainbow of South Asian Weddings!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please take a look at the BWB ladies’ blogs and Rainbow Inspiration Boards:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mybrownwedding.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mybrownwedding.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.mybrownwedding.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thebigfatindianwedding.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thebigfatindianwedding.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.thebigfatindianwedding.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.missindianbride.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.missindianbride.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.missindianbride.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aainabridal.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aainabridal.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.aainabridal.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://littlebrownbride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://littlebrownbride.wordpress.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://littlebrownbride.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asianweddingideas.blogspot.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asianweddingideas.blogspot.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.asianweddingideas.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redwhiteanddiamonds.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redwhiteanddiamonds.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.redwhiteanddiamonds.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://desibridemagazine.com/profiles/blogs/bwb-colors-of-the-rainbow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://desibridemagazine.com/profiles/blogs/bwb-colors-of-the-rainbow" target="_blank"&gt;http://desibridemagazine.com/profiles/blogs/bwb-colors-of-the-rainbow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img height="188" width="220" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&amp;ik=06c8c61f1b&amp;view=att&amp;th=12f45e05ee7f1e57&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_gmdr1yyy0&amp;zw"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Left to Right (inspiration board)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Top: &lt;a href="http://www.moderndugun.com/ozel-dugun-pastasi-modelleri.html" target="_blank"&gt;Wedding Cake&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.exclusively.in" target="_blank"&gt; Exclusively.In&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.malanijewelers.com/sku8-02091md10g07-4.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Malani Gold Polki Bridal Set&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://weddings.theknot.com/Real-Weddings/73449/view.aspx?id=73449&amp;type=1" target="_blank"&gt;Hanging Marigolds-The Knot&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Search-Results.php?searchName=wedding%20tent&amp;pagniationSize=10&amp;blogSearchPage=1" target="_blank"&gt; Backdrop Decor by Raj Tents &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bottom: &lt;a href="http://dreamersevents.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/nisha-chandra-events/" target="_blank"&gt;Nisha Chandra Events Decor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.weddingbycolor.com/princessjessica/milestones/112026" target="_blank"&gt;Wedding Decoration Diyas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://notjustjeans.wordpress.com/2009/11/page/3/" target="_blank"&gt;Porticos- Wedding Marigold Collection&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1593079" target="_blank"&gt;Marigold Brocade Blouse &amp; Mehendi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://Payal-embellished%20marigold%20bouquet%20from%20InStyle%20Brides%20via%20MarigoldsandMithaiBlog" target="_blank"&gt;Payal Embellished Bridal Bouquet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shirise.com/shirise/product.asp?prod_name=Jimmy+Choo+%22Laser%22+Gold+Glitter+Sandals&amp;pf_id=PAHKADDDDBMABNIE&amp;dept_id=3004&amp;s_id=0&amp;&amp;ad_id=shopstyle" target="_blank"&gt;Jimmy Choo ‘Laser’ Gold Sandal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4912356559</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4912356559</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:43:00 -0400</pubDate><category>BWB</category><category>South Asian Brides</category><category>inspiration board</category></item><item><title>South Asian Bridal Emergency Kit</title><description>South Asian Bridal Emergency Kit: Hello Dulhans!
I’ve been compiling a list of items for my...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4680270030</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4680270030</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:32:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>'Tis the season for BASKETS!</title><description>I&amp;#8217;ve been having the hardest time finding a flower girl basket for my 6 year old cousin, but I...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4284493194</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4284493194</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:17:00 -0400</pubDate><category>flower girl</category><category>basket</category></item><item><title>FINDING THE RIGHT MUSIC -ROYAL PAINS</title><description>FINDING THE RIGHT MUSIC -ROYAL PAINS: Reshma Shetty talks with DJ Insomnia about having a DJ vs....</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208364748</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208364748</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:39:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>THE WEDDING Invitations-ROYAL PAINS</title><description>THE WEDDING Invitations-ROYAL PAINS: Reshma Shetty talks about Save the Dates and Wedding...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208342124</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208342124</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:37:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>THE WEDDING PLANNER-ROYAL PAINS - Sonal J. Shah Event Consultants</title><description>THE WEDDING PLANNER-ROYAL PAINS - Sonal J. Shah Event Consultants: Here are the last few planning...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208304678</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4208304678</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:34:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Take note of these 'Must-Have' Wedding Photos by The Knot!</title><description>Take note of these 'Must-Have' Wedding Photos by The Knot!: You can even forward this link to your...</description><link>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4207538734</link><guid>http://mydulhandiaries.tumblr.com/post/4207538734</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:26:39 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
