This wedding season, get an e-invite

For would-be couples, e-kankotri becomes a preferred way to solicit presence of guests

Devanshi Joshi. Vadodara/DNA

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

It seems that gone are the days of a postman delivering a kankotri at your doorsteps. In the era of internet when everything is getting an e prefix, how wedding invitation cards can be an exception to the e of online strings? Now as the concept of e-kankotri is getting popular among modern marriage aspirants in Vadodara, dont be surprised if you get a wedding invitation card online this marriage season. The e-kankotri is a soft copy version of a traditional kankotri with the multimedia effects. The e-kankotri opens up with music and sound effects along with flashes and special effects and pop ups. Of course there wont be any postman or courier to deliver the e-kankotri, as it will be sent through email. The e-kankotri is just like an e-greeting cards available on different websites but it is different because it has a live and personalised effect.Many websites offer the readymade e-wedding invitation cards, just like other greeting and wishing cards. What one needs is just to enter the names in the relevant boxes and the names of invitees. Darshak Jha, a city-based web designer, says: “I have been designing one wedding invitation card for the NRG couple. Many NRIs ask for the e kankotri as it is faster and now everyone opts for the emails rather postal mails. The e-kankotri can be created with the help of different sound, flash and pop-up effects. The soft copy of card looks same as the hard copy, but its more live.” Sandip and Divya who are going to get married are opting for e-kankotri. Sandip himself is designing his wedding invitation card in form of e-kankotri. Sandip who is flying from Canada to get married to Divya of Vadodara in December, finds the concept of e-kankotri an easy way to send the wedding cards. “Most of the relatives live abroad and it is very expensive and time consuming to send the wedding cards by courier or post. Being a software engineer, I myself have designed our wedding invitation card. Unlike the hard copy, it is live with sound and flash effects.”There are also people who send the scanned copy of invitation cards to friends and relatives. Madhu Shukla, an aspirant bride, said: “Most of my friends have settled at different corners of the country and abroad. I keep in touch with them through emails; I dont know their postal address so I have opted for email for sending my wedding invitation cards.”