“Bombay is where our friends and daily rhythm are, but Goa is, and will always be, our home base,” shares jewellery designer Shweana Poy Raiturcar, who married industrialist Vikram Salgaocar in a ceremony that spanned across the two cities earlier this month. They met in what Raiturcar calls “the most unassuming way.” Two Goans crossed paths in Mumbai, independent of any parental intervention, despite their families knowing each other. At the time, Raiturcar was working in the city and Salgaocar was based in Los Angeles, visiting India for a wedding. “We knew we liked each other, but we didn’t think it would go anywhere,” she admits. Then, Salgaocar reached out with a message she still has saved: “Hi, I’ve moved back for good.” “All I thought was, ‘I’m not letting this guy go’,” Raiturcar shares.
“People say relationships are all fireworks,” she reflects. “But ours has been more of a steady, unwavering calm.” After three and a half years of dating, Salgaocar proposed on one of the rainiest days in August. A yacht ride that seemed ludicrous in the weather turned beautiful when, for ten unexpected minutes, the sun broke through. “There was no spectacle and no audience, just two people with stillness around us,” she says.
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In Goa, ‘An Evening in Vrindavan’ unfolded at Jeevottam House, the bride’s home. A live sitar recital by Swayam Siddha set a devotional tone. The décor centred around an embroidered Tree of Life, created by designer Monica Shah, symbolising “the merging of two lineages and families.” Raiturcar wore a custom JADE by Monica and Karishma nine-yard sari in mashru satin silk, extensively hand-embellished with zardozi, threadwork and kasab. Her blouse featured rare moti bharit beadwork. Goan jewellery like the nuth and pakhe, traditionally made in pearls, were reimagined in diamonds by KDZ & Co. Salgaocar chose a pastel sherwani with a dhoti by Tarun Tahiliani.
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