A 25th anniversary gift for parents: their silver jubilee in one family book

Printed copies are paid, one for their shelf and one for each sibling's home.

1. Cover

   Their names and the number 25 over a wedding photo or a recent photo of the two of them. You choose from three cover options, such as Sunita & Rajesh: 25 Years, One Home, Jaipur 2001 to 2026.

2. How it began

   Your answer on how they met or how the marriage was fixed, with the one funny detail everyone repeats at family dinners. Arranged, love or a bit of both, the page tells it the way you do. You read and confirm this page before anything else.

3. The wedding chapter

   Prints from the wedding album, restored for fading and scratches. Faces are never redrawn, colour is added only if you ask, and you can always see the original. Captions describe the rituals gently, because wedding customs vary by family, region and community.

4. India in their wedding year

   A spread about the year they married: who was prime minister, a cricket moment, the films people queued for and what everyday things cost then. Facts come from a list a person has checked, never made up, and songs and films appear as titles only.

5. Homes and years

6. Totally them

   One place, one dish and one song that are totally Mummy and Papa, from your answer, on a page of their own. For example: the first trip to Shimla, Mummy's Sunday rajma and the old song Papa still hums.

7. Wishes from the family

8. A letter from the children

1. Whose anniversary is it? Their names as the family says them (Mummy-Papa, Amma-Appa, Ammi-Abbu) and as they should read on the cover
2. When and where did they get married? Month, year and city
3. In one line, what are they known for in the family?
4. How did they meet, or how was the marriage fixed? Any one funny detail?
5. Name one place, one dish and one song that are totally them.
6. Which homes and cities have they lived in? (optional)
7. What do you want to say to them on this day? (this becomes the closing letter)

• Children planning a gift for their parents' 25th wedding anniversary, with a function or family dinner a few weeks away
• Brothers and sisters who want to give one gift together, with a copy for each home
• Family abroad who cannot make it to the function but want their wishes in the book
• Parents whose wedding photos exist only as old album prints

• Classic album: ivory pages, serif names and a clean year-by-year order that elders find easy to read
• Silver jubilee: a soft silver-accent palette with fine borders, made for the 25th
• Tribute magazine: a cover story, a short interview page built from your answers and a family by-the-numbers page
• Heritage: deep maroon, gold-look borders and kolam or rangoli motifs
• Retro India: chapter openers in the look of the year they married
• Illustrated cover: a painted portrait of the two of them for the cover only, with real photos inside
• Minimal modern: white space, big photos and small captions