An elderly couple married recently in a village near Kawardha city in central India after a 50-year-long wait on February 15.<br /><br />The couple lived together for half a decade and had three children, but could never afford to get married. <br /><br />Sukal Nishad, 73, was introduced to a woman in another village 50 years ago as part of arranged marriage but fell in love with her younger sister, Gautarahin Bai, 67, who also liked him. <br /><br />Both of them kept meeting and decided to get married. <br /><br />But the families were not happy with the match as Nishad had turned down the elder sister and did not support the alliance. <br /><br />Nishad, who worked as a labourer, did not have money to get married on his own as a local custom required him to throw a lavish feast for the entire village. <br /><br />So, he and Bai decided to live together and get married whenever they could afford to. <br /><br />The couple lived happily, had two sons and a daughter, but with money always short, getting married remained a dream. <br /><br />This year their children decided to fulfil their parents’ wish and arranged a wedding for them a day after Valentine's Day. <br /><br />The entire village gathered to greet the couple and finally take part in a feast that was 50 years due.
