Blood Kumar likes to give blood, so when he got married, he decided to turn his wedding into a blood donation drive:
An employee of the Indian Space Research Organisation, which has its headquarters in Bangalore, Blood Kumar is the doyen of the local blood donor circuit.
He said that it seemed obvious to turn his wedding ceremony into a collective blood donor session.
Guests arriving with presents found themselves cajoled by Blood Kumar and his wife Mangalam to join the blood party, held at a corner of the wedding hall in a busy part of the city.