RSVFree: How Indians are trying (and struggling) to wriggle out of attending weddings amid a raging pandemic

“Opened Facebook after ages today and it’s just a combination of Mother’s Day posts, wedding photos, and Covid obituaries,” Raj Kunkolienkar (@kunksed) tweeted on Sunday.

Kunkolienkar’s post was one part observational and nine parts stemming out of frustration.

Last week, the Goa-based cofounder of Stoa School, a premier B-school, wearily tweeted about his grandmother testing positive for Covid-19 after she was “dragged for a wedding” despite his protest.