India, March 31 -- When Sukanya Gupta first told her now-husband, Niranjan S, that she might lose her hearing completely, his response was simple: "Teach me sign language." Six years later, that promise manifested as a heartwarming wedding. Telling her story to HT.com, Sukanya described her dual-culture wedding, in which the gap between Tamil chants and her world of silence was filled by her husband's English translations. From a secret engagement to an Excel-sheet life plan, their journey reached a beautiful peak in the form of a wedding, proving that true partnership is about making sure your partner never misses a beat - or a vow.

Born in Kolkata, Sukanya Gupta moved to Bengaluru in 2020. While growing up, she was diagnosed with gradu...