Sania Mirza is an Indian tennis star and one of India’s new female role models. She was married recently to Pakistani cricket player Shoaib Malik but the wedding almost didn’t happen. It wasn’t the fact that Malik is from Pakistan, India’s arch-nemesis. It was when another woman from Hyderabad claimed she was already married to Malik.
The other woman, Ayesha Siddiqui, whose family lives in the posh Banjara Hills neighborhood on a street adjacent to Mirza's, filed a criminal case of "cheating" against Malik. Although the cricketer claimed he had been tricked into marrying someone he'd never met, his earlier marriage was widely known in Hyderabad's society circles, particularly after the Siddiqui family hosted a dinner for the Pakistani cricket team in 2005. Mirza stood by her man as the police questioned him, insisting, "Me and my family know what the truth is."
All is well that ends well, though. The two were married at her parents’ home and the Indian tabloids are in a frenzy for the four day long reception.
The other woman, Ayesha Siddiqui, whose family lives in the posh Banjara Hills neighborhood on a street adjacent to Mirza's, filed a criminal case of "cheating" against Malik. Although the cricketer claimed he had been tricked into marrying someone he'd never met, his earlier marriage was widely known in Hyderabad's society circles, particularly after the Siddiqui family hosted a dinner for the Pakistani cricket team in 2005. Mirza stood by her man as the police questioned him, insisting, "Me and my family know what the truth is."
All is well that ends well, though. The two were married at her parents’ home and the Indian tabloids are in a frenzy for the four day long reception.
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