An older woman in the corner, smiling. She whispers to another guest: "I'm her mother. And I'm not supposed to be here."
A woman in a red ghunghat. A man in a gold turban. They hold hands but don't speak.
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Invitations with no names, only a date and a location – an old haveli on the outskirts of Lucknow. Guests arrive in masks, curious. The bride wears a gold-and-indigo lehenga but covers her face with a ghoonghat made of mirrors. The groom wears a black sherwani and a veil of jasmine.