By Amy & Srinu Regeti — The Regeti’s | South Asian Wedded Life (SAWL)
If you’ve followed us for a while, you already know that our work as wedding photographers has never been just about the wedding day. For nearly two decades, we’ve been privileged to witness love unfold through every phase — engagements, multi-day Indian wedding celebrations, growing families, and the stories that connect generations.
But somewhere along the way, we realized something was missing.
There wasn’t a dedicated space where South Asian couples — especially those navigating life between cultures — could talk about everything that comes after “I do.”
That’s where SAWL – South Asian Wedded Life was born.
The Heart Behind SAWL
SAWL is a community, a podcast, and a movement built by us — Amy and Srinu Regeti — for couples like us and the ones we’ve served for years.
It’s a space to have the conversations that often go unspoken:
- How do you honor tradition and embrace individuality?
- What happens when your families come from two faiths, two languages, or two worlds?
- How do you keep love and laughter alive amid the beautiful chaos of weddings, in-laws, parenting, and everyday life?
We created SAWL to give these stories — your stories — a voice.
From Wedding Planning to Wedded Life
Through our SAWL podcast, blog, and community, we’re exploring every layer of South Asian-American married life — the cultural, emotional, and even the humorous.
We talk about things like:
- Blending Indian and American traditions in your wedding and home
- The meaning behind rituals and how to make them your own
- Navigating boundaries, expectations, and identity as a couple
- Parenting in multicultural families
- And even those funny little everyday things that only South Asian households truly understand
It’s part celebration, part therapy, and part real talk — because life doesn’t come with a manual, but it can come with community.
Why It Matters
For too long, South Asian weddings and marriages have been portrayed through surface-level glamour — colorful events, beautiful outfits, and grand celebrations.
But behind every wedding lies something deeper: the shared experience of balancing family, culture, and love in a world that doesn’t always understand the mix.
SAWL is our way of honoring that complexity — shining a light on what it really means to live South Asian Wedded Life in today’s America.
Join the Conversation
Whether you’re engaged, newly married, or 10 years in, we invite you to be part of this journey.
✨ Tune into the SAWL Podcast/YouTube
📖 Read the latest stories on SAWL.life
💬 Follow us on Instagram @theregetis (*where both ourselves and SAWL will be represented)
And most of all — share your story.
Because your love, your struggles, your laughter — they all deserve to be seen.
Come join us as we are just getting started with the SAWL journey— South Asian Wedded Life. Where every story is ours.
![Every time my mother-in-law (Amma) visits, our home feels like it expands — stretching between two continents, two ways of living, and two generations of love.
There’s laughter, there’s learning, and yes… sometimes a little friction too. But when she leaves, the silence feels bigger than the space she filled.
This time, as she boards her flight back to India, I realized something I hadn’t before — how much her presence has shaped my rhythm as a mother, wife, and daughter-in-law.
The chai doesn’t won't taste the same without her.
Read the full story — “When My Mother-in-Law Returns to India: The Quiet Between Two Worlds” — now on the blog.
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📍South Asian Wedded Life (visit - www.SAWL.life) by with The Regeti’s
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