INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
services exam 2015 topper Tina Dabi and her husband Athar Aamir Khan, who came second in the same exam, hosted their wedding reception on
Ashoka Road in central Delhi on Saturday
The guests included Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.Ms Dabi, 24, and
Mr Khan, 25, got married in Jaipur last month and their family and friends had attended the wedding celebrations in south Kashmir's Pahalgam
on April 7.Several bureaucrats from Rajasthan were seen at the reception
Both Ms Dabi and Mr Khan are Rajasthan-cadre Indian Administrative Service or IAS officers.At a time when the country is seeing heated
debates on communal disorder, the coming together of Ms Dabi and Mr Khan is being hailed by many as a beautiful example of love and
peace.Dalits across the country recently took to the streets to protest against changes in a law that they claimed would dilute the law that
seeks to protect them from abuse and harm
Shankar Prasad at the wedding reception of Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir KhanShe is from Delhi and is a graduate of Lady Shri Ram College in the
same city.Athar Aamir Khan ranked second in his second attempt at the exam
In his first attempt in 2014, Mr Khan had got into the railways and was undergoing training at the Railways Institute of Transport
Management in Lucknow.He is from a village in Anantnag district, south Kashmir
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan attends the wedding reception of Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir KhanDespite coming from a place that constantly faces
terror attacks and where access to proper educational opportunities is missing, Mr Khan topping the exam was seen as an inspiration for
youth in the valley.Mr Khan and Ms Dabi had met at the Department of Personnel and Training in Delhi during their training, and they fell in
The couple had faced communal backlash on social media when they announced their wedding plans last year.Ms Dabi has said she does not let
the comments affect her and for her, this marriage goes beyond the boundaries of religion.
