Photo courtesy of SunilAside from their nonconformist wedding, Sunil and Sulochana are bucking trends even as a couple. Marriages are highly politicized in a country where parents dictate whom their child will marry depending on their caste, class, and religion. When my parents got convinced, I went around the whole village to invite everyone to our wedding,” Sunil recounts. In many ways, the high-profile Ambani wedding has perpetuated the casteist and gendered rituals of Hindu marriage traditions. He reasons that Hindu marriages are designed to put heavy financial pressure on families and to appease Brahmins, the highest caste.