I'm getting married today and I'm taking you guys along with me.
And if you don't know about my marriage, go and check out my last video where I explain how untraditional our last video is.
And we're getting married under the Special Marriages Act here in India.
And this allows anybody to get married whether it's inter-religious or a foreigner marrying an Indian.
There's a huge misconception here in India that if you want to marry a Hindu, you have to convert to Hinduism.
It's simply not true.
We even had priests telling us that I have to convert and it's simply because they don't actually know the laws
and they wanna make some money.
So I'm gonna take you and show you exactly how the Special Marriages Act works here in India.
And if you guys didn't know, Manisha is Gaurav's sister.
And you've seen Gaurav in a number of my videos and I always get requests for you, bro.
Gaurav: Yeah. Karl: Once a week, twice a week, people are saying "Where is Gaurav? Where is Gaurav?"
Gaurav: I'm right here.. Karl: Yes. Gaurav: in this video. Karl: See you today.
Gaurav: Let's go. Karl: Let's do it.
Wait for me. Going without me?
There's four steps you have to take to get married under the Special Marriages Act.
And the first step is you gotta find a girl like one of these.
And that is obviously the hardest step, right?
Especially if you're me because I don't wanna have kids.
I want a girl who is independent and works.
And I want a girl who wants to stay in India and not, you know, leave.
And often times, you know, these are deal breakers here in India.
And especially if you've seen that last video where I talk about how untraditional our marriage is. Even more deal breakers in there.
So it's a miracle that I found the beautiful Manu there.
And that she agreed to marry me.
The second step is, there are so many documents that you have to fill out to get married under the Special Marriages Act.
It is crazy and you really just need to go get a lawyer to do it; someone who specializes in it because it is just so difficult.
And one document I had to, one weird document, was I had to pay my government 10,000 rupees
to send me a certifcate saying that I'm not married back in New Zealand and that I'm single.
I didn't even know that was like a thing, right?
Anyway, let's go inside the SDM office that we're here at now, the District Magistrate's Office.
This is where the marriage is gonna happen.
So the first step is, we came here 30 days ago to give a notice of marriage to the District Magistrate. Yeah.
And you have to do that 30 days in advance because they hang it on a wall here
so people can object to you and your partner getting married.
Oh, we're getting in trouble.
Okay, it's all okay. But bro, did you object to our marriage?
Gaurav: I didn't. Why would I?
Karl: Let's go find out if anyone did, bro. Gaurav: Okay, let's go.
This is jat style pose. Stand by the tree like a jat. Come.
Watch this. She has this jat tree pose where she puts her hand on the tree. Put your hand on the tree like that.
This is jat pose.
Alright so here's the board where you can object to marriages.
You've got the couple photos and all the information.
Our marriage isn't actually there anymore because we're getting married today.
So we came here 30 days ago, we registered to get married.
And now the 4th step is we have to and get the marriage certificate finalized and signed
by me, Manisha and the District Magistrate.
And the District Magistrate is kind of in-charge of this entire area of North Delhi where we're getting married.
And so what you're seeing on this is a Muslim getting married to a Hindu
And then a jat getting married to a Muslim as well.
So this is all kind of inter-religious marriages on this board.
Aunty and Uncle are here now.
Uncle! Say Hello. Uncle: Hi. Hello. Karl: Aunty, say hello. Ram Ram. Aunty: Hello. Hi. Ram Ram!
So behind me is the District Magistrate's Office.
And there's a number of times you have to bring your documents here.
And the police confirm them first time when you come to register the marriage.
And the police confirm them again when you come to solemnize the marriage.
And both times, the District Magistrate, he signs it.
And then now today, he's gonna sign it a second time to solemnize the marriage.
This is the Magistrate's office where the marriage is gonna happen this afternoon.
Okay so our documents have been checked again and
now we're just waiting for the District Magistrate to come and solemnize the marriage.
But the issue is no one knows when he's coming.
There's no kind of set time for today because elections are going on.
So they expect us just to sit here and and without giving us any kind of time
which is a bit crazy because people come here every single day to get married.
There needs to be like a certain hour when he just comes to the office and does the marriages
and goes back out to do whatever he needs to do.
We're gonna go and get some food now and come back and hopefully he'll be there when we get back.
They have this kind of token system here.
So in the morning you come and get your token
and that kind of lets you into the SDM's Office and you'll do it in kind of an order.
So the paperwork is in order. Nothing is digital here.
It's all literally reams and reams of paper.
We met the SDM and he checked over the files again. He checked it twice now.
The first time and then again today.
And now we just have to sign it and we're gonna go and we're gonna sign it over this pink window over here.
We don't actually sign it in front of the SDM, in front of the District Magistrate.
We're nearly there. We just have to go and print off the marriage certificate now for them.
And then sign it and give it to them.
And then it's done. They don't got a printer there. They can't, you know, print it off for us.
So they send everybody around the corner to a printer shop.
And they email the document to the printing shop.
Alright we've got the certificate. Gaurav has it and there's two terrible photos of us and
what we're gonna sign right now.
Alright. Here goes.
Uncle: Congratulations!
That's it. It is done. Thank you Uncle! It's nice to be part of your family now. Thank you.
That was really nice, simple.. simple and sweet.
Just how I like it.
So for bidaai, you have to go in the aeroplane now. Go!
We'll take you to the airport and drop you off. You're going to New Zealand, na?
Bye Manisha!
But seriously, we are going to New Zealand to visit my parents.
And it's kind of sad too because my grandfather died just before we were about to get married.
So we need to go and see where he's been buried and see my grandma as well.
So.. yeah.
It's like a bittersweet visit to New Zealand.
But we'll be back. We'll be back to Delhi and.. yeah.
I'll be living in Delhi. Don't worry about that. Nothing changes.
Jai Hind!
I heard Manisha say something in the back there. What were you saying?
Manu: I wanted to confirm if they automatically change the surname and religion and everything.
It's all gone. You're Christian and now you're Manisha Rock.
Manu: I confirmed. Karl: Now you're rockin'. You're not a property owner anymore.
You're not a Malik. You're a Rock. Rock.
Manu: I told him to change yours. Karl: Eh? Manu: The other way around.. yeah.
Karl: They won't do that. Manu: I said convert him into Hindu.
So you are a jat now.
Karl: That's okay. I don't mind being a jat but.. Manu: And you're a Malik.
Karl: It's funny how I couldn't just choose 'No Religion' on the form. You had to choose one religion. Manu: Yeah.
You can't not have a religion in India. You're just born with it.