Vice President Venkaiah Naidu attends wedding reception of 2015 IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Shafi in Delhi
The 2015 IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Shafi, who tied the knot earlier this month in Kashmir, hosted a wedding reception in Delhi on Saturday. Athar was seen grooving to the dhol beats as Tina arrived in a splendidly beautiful outfit at the event.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and others were in attendance.
Shunning inter-faith taboos, 24-year-old IAS officer Tina Dabi who topped the civil services exam three years ago tied the knot with the man from Kashmir who stood second in the same examination. The couple had planned two wedding celebrations, one in Kashmir and the other one in Delhi.
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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu gives his good wishes to the IAS couple for a great future ahead.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan too remained present at the reception of Tina Dabi and Athar Shafi
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave his hearty blessings to the couple at the wedding reception in Delhi. Earlier, the couple tied the knot in Kashmir.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu attends wedding reception of 2015 IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Shafi in Delhi
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu attends the wedding reception of Dabi and Shafi in Delhi, who solemnised their relationship in Kashmir earlier this month
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Athar was wearing a golden sherwani while Tina was dressed in red, in wedding ceremony in Kashmir
It was love at first sight for the two IAS lovebirds. They had met at the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) office in Delhi during the 2016 felicitation ceremony.
Even though the couple came under criticism in view of their different religious backgrounds, they seemed undeterred by the distractions.
Dabi shot into limelight after she became the first ever Dalit girl to top the UPSC examination.
A lot of criticism came their way on account of a Dalit woman marrying a Kashmiri man.
Dabi and Athar Amir-ul-Shafi had on April 7 solemnised their relationship at Pahalgam Club in south Kashmir.
The event was a low-key affair. Family and friends of the genius couple attended the wedding that took place at the picturesque tourist resort, which is barely 30 kilometres from Athar’s House.
Dabi shot into limelight after she became the first ever Dalit girl to top the UPSC examination.
She passed the tough exams in her first attempt itself, securing just little over 52 per cent marks. Athar cleared the exams and ranked second in his second attempt.
Dabi, a graduate of Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram college, was born in Bhopal and did her schooling from Carmel Convent School. Her mother is a former Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer and her father Jaswant is a serving IES officer.
Earlier in 2016, rumours had it that the two are soon going to get married as Dabi openly talked about her relationship with Athar, who happens to be a Kashmiri Muslim.
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