https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal A publication about how people gather and celebrate, by Taaffeite. en https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/dossiers/garden-wedding-under-an-old-rain-tree https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/dossiers/garden-wedding-under-an-old-rain-tree Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:03:49 GMT Dossiers A rain tree that was standing before the hotel was, and a ceremony laid out beneath it. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/bengali-malayali-fusion-wedding-mandap https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/bengali-malayali-fusion-wedding-mandap Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:29:01 GMT The Field Guide Fusion weddings tend to turn one culture into the other’s decor. For a Bengali bride and a Malayali groom, we kept the count even. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/half-of-it-shows https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/half-of-it-shows Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:28:56 GMT Field Notes M. S. Subbulakshmi believed only about half of practice shows on stage, her great-granddaughter says. A wedding has an unseen half too. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/picked-before-it-opens https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/picked-before-it-opens Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:24:55 GMT Field Notes Jasmine is picked as a bud and has to reach the market before it opens. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/nobody-sat-above-the-salt https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/nobody-sat-above-the-salt Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:22:44 GMT The Field Guide In a medieval hall, your seat told the room your rank. For a hundred guests in Bengaluru, we laid a table that said something else. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/the-ceremony-left-a-note https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/the-ceremony-left-a-note Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:56:51 GMT Field Notes A wedding briefs the band, the florist and the photographer. Nobody briefs the guests. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/the-chair-that-moved-itself https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/the-chair-that-moved-itself Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field Notes One folding chair, moved again and again before a single guest sat in it. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/people/the-man-who-times-the-fireworks https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/people/the-man-who-times-the-fireworks Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT People Thirty seconds early and the crowd's applause lands on nothing. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/the-anatomy-of-an-entrance https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/the-field-guide/the-anatomy-of-an-entrance Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Field Guide Every grand entrance follows the same four beats, whether anyone planned it or not. https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/forty-minutes-of-rain-and-no-one-noticed https://www.taaffeiteevents.com/journal/field-notes/forty-minutes-of-rain-and-no-one-noticed Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field Notes The tent held. Here's what almost didn't.