Pulkit and Sejal walked the talk with their marriage. They arranged a simple marriage and it was not to save money for themselves. The couple saved about 1.5 Lakhs and donated it to charity. Pulkit gives us the reasons:

*   Expensive marriages have almost become a must, due to the fear of what “people” will think otherwise. Many (especially low-income) families are forced into taking hefty loans to account for the wedding expense. We wanted to emphatically break this unwritten societal norm. No one should be forced in the name of customs/society (for any matter).

* Because the marriage cost mostly falls on the shoulders of the girl parents, costly marriages (along with dowry) cause parents to prefer a son over a daughter (grossly unfair to women) #. While the ideal solution to this is equal sharing of the expense between the girl folks and guy folks, the best short term solution is to keep the marriage cost nominal, so that a major reason for not wanting a girl child goes away