My mother has been invited to the wedding of an acquaintance in Mumbai. The bride is reasonably well off (by Indian standards) and when my mother asked what gift she would like, she was told not to bring anything. However, we are a bit about this and think it might be more to do with manners and feel that she should give something. So, does anyone know what sort of gift is acceptable at an Indian wedding? Should she give money and, if so, is there any rule of thumb for size of gift? Just to make matters even more confusing for us, the wedding is Parsi rather than Hindu/Muslim so we don't know if that has a bearing on matters. My mother is really keen to take up the invitation but doesn't want to cause any embarrassment/offence by not giving a gift. Any advice would be very gratefully received.