Releasing a photo of her two aunts, the Superstar actor wrote she hasn't been able to relate to desi stories about 'kids not enjoying their father's family as much as their mothers.'
"I always grew up hearing how Phopos were not always the best, stories about kids not enjoying their father's family as much as their mothers (Might be a desi thing?). I never really got that," Mahira revealed on the social media platform with an adorable picture of her with her two aunts.
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Mahira continued to write about her good memories of growing up in the joint family in her Dada's home. "All of us together. Even those who didn’t live with us were always around. I have two Phopos and God you all can’t imagine what they are like. They are beautiful, funny, kind and strong women," she said.
"My older Phopo (Surraiya), looked after her parents along with my father like they were her babies. The woman who works for her eats with her on their table... I have never seen that anywhere."
Mahira Khan pledges to donate to PM's coronavirus relief fund
The actor even talked about her younger Phopo and how her home in America was a 'safe space' for her. "My younger Phopo (Seema), when she moved to America with her family, worked till the day she left literally. And while I was there, her home was my safe place, till she was there I knew I would be ok."
I pledge to donate to @ImranKhanPTI COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund.
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) April 1, 2020
Anything in anyone’s capacity will make a difference. May we truly see relief for all. InshAllah. https://t.co/gNzVzQMhzL
"I feel like we are who we are because of all these relationships and people we have grown up with. There is so much of my Dadi Dada in them and there is so much of them in me. I thank God every day for them and my Chachas (I have 2, but that’s for another day)."
At the start of April, Mahira announced she will be donating to Prime Minister Imran Khan's COVID-19 relief fund, which is being set up to help out those most in need.
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