Matriarch of a multicultural family

Truly Malaysia: Selva Rani (second left), Gaejendran (left) and Muhammad Ashwin (right) with Anis Syahirah and their children at the wedding of Lui and Laxmie.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: It’s a melting pot of cultures in retired nurse S. Selva Rani’s family.

Five years ago, her son T. Ashwin Thiren @ Muhammad Ashwin Thiren married Anis Syahirah Abd Rahman, both 35, and just last week, her daughter, T. Laxmie Niranjana, 32, tied the knot with Lui Wooi Kit, 33, complete with a tea ceremony and a traditional Hindu wedding.