She makes the day brighter. She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes. Happy Friday — spent it in a magenta strapless ball gown scattered with petal appliqués, tucked between the roots of a grove of old banyan trees.

Roopsi Bansal in a magenta strapless ball gown covered in petal appliqués, holding a small bouquet of wildflowers among the roots of old banyan trees

Those twisted, silvery banyan roots make one of the best natural backdrops I've found — no two branches grow the same way twice.

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