Shikha Sharma, Wellness Consultant, NutriHealth Systems, explains the last-minute jitters, 'Most brides-to-be are stressed out with the constant attention and pressure. 'He very graciously did grant them to us,' she says. In the whirlwind of activity, Mohan even forgot to plan her honeymoon and ended up begging the New Zealand High Commission counsellor to give them visas for the trip in six hours. As a result, they actually turned up in pyjamas for a pre-wedding function because they did not want to be late. A month before the wedding she realised her trousseau wasn't looking good on her, 'Sidharth had to fly down to Kolkata to reassure me that it was fine.' Even her friends had to deal with the mood swings when she got upset with them for just wanting to party while she was tense. Of course the usual jitters were all there. 'There were strings of tube roses and crystals and I had little pandits chanting shlokas with gongs and bells throughout the varmala ceremony.' She made sure it was a landscaped lawn with a large pond even if it had to be in the city. But that did not mean she cut down on any of the other things she planned. 'I initially wanted to have a destination wedding but then realising it would not be easy for the elders, we settled for a farmhouse in Delhi,' she says. But her father fell ill a few days before the wedding and she ended up looking after everything from outstation guests to the invitations and decor.

So at 23, as soon as she graduated from the University of Arts, London, Mohan headed back to Delhi to start preparing for her wedding four months later. Madly in love with Sidharth Mohan, a Delhi-based garment exporter, she couldn't wait to get married. My husband though had a massage routine for a month and actually ended up with a glow, looking better than I did,' she laughs. As fashion designer Pallavi Mohan puts it, 'If I had the time I would be in the spa everyday but just taking care of everything, even managing time to shop was difficult.

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