The show must go on! Guest marries bride after groom no-shows

In what sounds like the plot of a Bollywood musical, The Times of India reports that a 30-year-old man who came to witness a wedding ended up marrying the bride himself in what the paper describes as 'a kind gesture as the bridegroom-to-be failed to turn up to tie the knot on Wednesday.'

The blushing bride Ponradha, 23, was supposed to marry  Sithiraivelu, 35, but he reportedly skipped out after quarreling with his in-laws-to-be on Monday. Apparently this wasn't the first time he'd gone missing after an argument with them, as the Times describes the family 'expecting him to come back as usual, [but] he did not return." Understandably,  "the bride's family went into a frenzy, as a stopped marriage would affect the girl's future."

"The news spread around the town of Lakshmimanagaram like a wildfire when Sivakumar, a relative of the bride [!] who had come to take part in the wedding, agreed to marry Ponradha after his relatives persuaded him to do so. The wedding then took place as per the schedule, much to the relief of the family."

Well, at least with this catch of hers the age difference is only 7 years as opposed to 12. Hopefully her new found husband is only a distant relative!