Amid the clashes that hit the northeast Delhi this week, a young Hindu woman living in a Muslim-majority area was forced to cancel her wedding.
23-year-old Savitri Prasad said she was weeping in her home as violent mobs battled outside on Tuesday, which was to have been her wedding day. But Savitri Prasad's father then organised the wedding for the following day, saying his Muslim neighbours were family and he was comforted by their presence.
My Muslim brothers are protecting me today," Savitri Prasad told a Reuters team that visited the house on the day of the ceremony, breaking down again as her family and neighbours comforted her.
The rituals took place at Savitri Prasad's home, a small brick building in a narrow alley in the Chand Bagh district.