I wear my nationality as a badge of honour: Bhumi Pednekar

Actress Bhumi Pednekar shared how for her mother and father India came first and that she inherited her love for the country from them.

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Bhumi took to her Instagram, where she shared a video of her mother in tears and talking about her love for the country. “I love my country. I can go to any extent to do anything. My time they were not taking people, girls in army. Only, except medical corps. They were not taking girls. I fought them because I was a paratrooper then. I had done two Republic Day parades. People don't even get one chance,” said Bhumi's mother.

She added: “I did it twice. Then, I fought with the DG. General Bakshi was there.

I fought with him. I said, why don't you take us in the army? What's the use of our training? We are trained so well and so hard. As a paratrooper, the training is very tough.

Then, the Republic Day camps also are very tough. I said, what's the use of all this? Few people are not inducting us. But, I'm so happy for the younger generation.

They are inducted.”

Bhumi's mother said that the girls are now a very important part of our army.