Swara Bhasker reveals her biggest fear before marrying husband Fahad Ahmad: ‘I won’t be invited to Bollywood Diwali parties’

She said, “I was astatine a precise weird signifier of my life. I believed I didn’t cognize however to justice people. I ever trusted the incorrect people, who mostly fto maine down. There was besides property difference. I conscionable thought it was not possible. It was conscionable excessively much. And it was truly shocking for me, due to the fact that I americium not idiosyncratic who would attraction astir ‘Log kya kahenge’, but yet, I was feeling terror.”

She added, “I was perpetually having these thoughts: ‘How would my parents react’, ‘What would my member say’, ‘How volition my friends react’ and the astir shocking happening is that I thought if I volition get joined to him, I volition not beryllium called for Bollywood parties –their Diwali parties. This was really what was coming successful my mind, and I couldn’t recognize why. It was shocking for maine due to the fact that I don’t filter my words, I don’t attraction astir different people’s reactions, I americium rather a frank person. So this was precise humbling for me. I told myself, Its okay, you are feeling this, consciousness it.”

She recalled the infinitesimal erstwhile she felt liberated and each her fears astir her narration with Fahad faded. She recalled, “I was successful the USA astatine that time. I person an uncle, who is white. He knew spiritual difference, but helium wasn’t overmuch alert of people difference. We were talking connected call, truthful helium asked maine who is this person. I told him ‘He was a friend’. He could recognize I was denying my feelings, truthful helium sat maine down and told maine the astir beauteous thing. He said, ‘If you volition find each prime that you similar successful Fahad successful a antithetic guy, who volition besides lucifer up each your different applicable conditions, would you see him then?’ And I unconsciously said, ‘No, but helium won’t beryllium Fahad no’. And it abruptly deed me, I was like, ‘What was this’.”

The histrion shared, “At that moment, I was similar wherefore americium I feeling truthful scared? That’s Fahad, that’s who helium is. Everything makes him who helium is and everything makes maine who I am. So I deliberation that liberated me. All my fears faded then.”

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Celebrating her archetypal day this February, Swara had shared a agelong station sharing details astir her determination to wed Fahad. In a agelong post, she wrote, “‘Wise men say, lone fools unreserved in…’ Fahad & I surely rushed into marriage, but were friends for 3 years prior. It was a emotion neither of america noticed blossoming, possibly due to the fact that the differences betwixt america were many.
Hindu-Muslim was lone the astir obvious. I’m older than Fahad & we travel from antithetic worlds: a large metropolis miss from an ethnically mixed English speaking household & a tiny municipality lad from a accepted Western UP household that speaks Urdu & Hindustani. I’m an histrion successful Hindi films, he’s a probe scholar, activistic & politician.”

“But our wide arts acquisition & values gave america a shared connection of governmental beliefs & a communal imaginativeness for our nine & country. We met astatine the CAA-NRC protests successful December 2019 & adjacent organised 1 together. Slowly, we became adjacent confidants. I felt harmless with Fahad & ever seen by him. He said helium could speech to maine astir thing without fearfulness of judgement. After months of aggravated connection & nighttime agelong conversations, I asked Fahad what next. He said though we were worlds apart, we were precise compatible, helium was precise fond of maine & if I waited 2-3 years for him to ‘settle’ we could marry. I was stunned but besides disarmed by his assurance & candour.”

Her station further read, “I ever thought I had gone beyond the log kya kahenge mentality, but suddenly, I was worrying astir however family, friends, filmy acquaintances & adjacent my ever loyal trolls would react. I had to look the concealed shadows successful my heart. Amazingly, Fahad could work my unspoken fears & we worked done them.”

She added, “Our families were concerned, but we stood by our love. Our shocked parents accepted our BIG decision, though hesitantly & aft mildly laying retired concerns. When they met america together, I deliberation they felt reassured. We were joined nether the SMA 1 twelvemonth agone today. Fittingly, a narration that began astatine a protestation to sphere the Constitution was solemnised nether law provisions. A period aboriginal (I was large by then), we celebrated astatine my nana-nani’s location with shared customs. There was tons of music, feasting & a Daawat-e-Walima. The joyous 10-day matter felt similar a taste mahotsav!”

On September 23, 2023, the mates welcomed their archetypal child, a daughter, Raabiyaa.