Sandeep Weds Rashna

About Us

The BRIDE

Rashna grew up in Moscow, Russia and Toronto, Canada. She enjoys being outdoors, kickboxing, tennis and going to the gym. She discovered her passion for reading when her mom gave her the first Harry Potter book in grade 3. Rashna loves travelling: she has visited 25 countries so far and looks forward to exploring more.

The GROOM

Sandeep lived in many different countries as a child. Born in Oman, he has lived in Bahrain, India, Canada and the US. He has also lived in Japan for a year as an intern. He has always been active, with soccer being his main sport growing up. Favorite pastimes include sports, anime, tv shows, movies, coding, books and traveling.

The Proposal

"AS TOLD BY SANDEEP" -: Rashna was going to visit me 2 weeks before our engagement function with family and friends (about a hundred of them) in Toronto, and I hadn't proposed yet! I was planning on taking her to Big Sur and popping the question there. I, however, fell sick a few days prior and she cancelled her trip as I had not the energy to make the trip worthwhile.

I was in a pinch and a time crunch. Two weeks left and no more opportunities to see her before the big function. But I couldn't miss my only opportunity ever to propose, so I decided to fly to Toronto the following weekend, one week early. This was an elaborate scheme, a surprise proposal, involving my family, her parents and….a proposal planner! After a few futile attempts to plan something in a city I hadn't lived in for years, Rashna's mom discovered that there is such a thing as a proposal planner. I jumped at the opportunity to get professional advice on planning/locations in Toronto.

The setup: I found a really pretty Japanese park in Mississauga, close to where our families live, and got her mom to bring her there on the pretense of meeting a photographer. Her mom brought her there and then made a silent, swift exit. Rashna, tasked with finding the photographer, walked through the park, where I mysteriously appeared. She was shocked to see me, as I was messaging her in chat claiming to be in Sunnyvale just a few minutes prior, but also happy at the same time. As I walked her to the spot I had picked out by the little lake, under a tree, I tried to explain what was happening to her. Rashna was still in a daze when I dropped to one knee and asked her to marry me. After she said yes, we feasted on some cake on a little table nearby I had prepared.