Hi, I am Rasika Bhatia, a true Delhi girl without any airs. I am a wedding planner by luck and a graphics designer by profession, holding a degree in English Honors. I strongly believe that there are no shortcuts to hard work, which constitutes 80%, while the remaining 20% is being at the right place at the right time! I have worked as a visual artist and a copywriter at Archie’s Cards, where I got my first opportunity to put down my beautiful imaginations. Soon, I felt stunted in my job and wanted a larger canvas to bring my visuals to life. This led me to start my own flower and lifestyle shop, where I created small handcrafted candles and gifts. One day, an opportunity walked through my door and introduced me to the world of wedding designing and planning. The timing was perfect to venture into the world of weddings, as very few regarded wedding planning as a profession. It was either a florist or a tent walla. “What’s a wedding planner? Who needs one?” was the prevailing mindset. It was there that I saw the opportunity and started fulfilling my dream setups and themes, which until then existed only as castles of clouds in my thoughts or on the cover of a greeting card. Twenty years ago, those setups were unseen and unimaginable. I was lucky enough to find an equally crazy dreamer as my life partner, who was also a creative genius in the clothing line. Together, we started with a team of two talented Bengalis and gradually became a name to reckon with in the wedding industry. Wedding Commitments was born and has been a part of some bigwig weddings, including Airtel, Amtek, Jindal’s, M3M, ATS, AMIL Pharmaceuticals, Thappars, and Munjals, to name a few. My work took me to various destinations in India, from deserts to mountains and oceans, in my tryst with weddings. I also had the opportunity to take on international projects in the UAE and Southeast Asia. The wedding of a sheikh’s daughter in Oman was the high point of my career.
Apart from loving my work, I am also an animal lover, just like my husband. We have had a horse, German Shepherds, Labradors, Bull Mastiffs, and currently, we have a Great Dane called MJ. This love has opened a new realm for us, where we introduced Animal Cruelty-Free Weddings through www.thegrandindianchariot, where we save horses by introducing an electric chariot for Baraat, brides, and grooms.
I love experimenting with cooking and healthy cooking with my master chef daughter in our free time. I am also very interested in herbology and living organically. Some of my other hobbies include reading biographies and stories of real people. I feel that my work is recreational and I feel lucky that I could earn a living by following my passion.
Currently, I am a wedding consultant, wedding planner, mom, wife, and, at the top, an author! My first book, “The Grand Indian Tamasha,” takes readers on a roller coaster ride into my world of weddings. It is written in my true witty style, hilariously unedited, and shares stories as they happened. Watch out for this book, slated for release on May 10th, 2023, published by Om Books and written by Rasika Bhatia.
Website: www.weddingcommitment.com
Facebook pages: Wedding Commitments and Birthdays by Commitments
Days by commitments
Instagram- inlovewithdecorandevents
Email:- inlovewithdecorevents@gmail.com
About Book
Reception ho yah inflation…shaadiyaan toh honi hai.’ The band, baaja, baraat have got louder. With destination weddings, experiential events, curated guestlists gaining popularity, the wedding planner has become a permanent fixture on the shaadi scene not just as the event organiser but as the friend, philosopher, and guide to the entire khandaan. The Great Indian Tamasha makes us realize that saying yes to the proposal is probably the easiest part. As we immerse ourselves in the chaos of the stories laced with black humour, we are exposed to the dark underbelly of the weddings of the affluent and the influential. These weddings are more than just a glamorous return to traditions or celebration of new kinship bonds; they have come to epitomize conspicuous consumption and a show of strength. Well-known wedding planner Rasika Bhatia’s incisive portrayal of spirited brides, hesitant grooms, controlling parents, greedy in-laws, fraudulent clients, and conniving competitors aptly depicts the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of the modern big, fat Indian wedding that has indeed become a tamasha.