Cupid cat unites Swara, Fahad

Swara Bhasker reveals her love story with Fahad; from protests to parenting, and a cat named Ghalib

- Anita Raheja

Swara Bhasker lets the cat out of the bag (pun intended) and shares that her politician husband, Fahad, and she were brought together by a cat with a poetic name, Ghalib. Swara and Fahad are currently working together in a reality game show called Pati Patni Aur Panga - Jodiyon Ka Reality Check.

Q. When and how did you meet Fahad?

A. We met on 19 December 2019 at the first CAA-NRC protest organised in Mumbai at August Kranti Maidan.

Q. What was your initial reaction when you met him?

A. I was struck by his straightforward and candid attitude.

Q. What qualities were you attracted to and vice versa?

A. I was attracted to his candour and reliability, and he, I think, liked the fact that I was down-to-earth and grounded as a person.

Q. Who played Cupid?

A. Ghalib, a rescue kitten, played cupid in a way because Fahad found him, and I fostered him (and later adopted him), and Ghalib became a reason for us to keep meeting and gave us a shared personal interest outside politics. Also, he showed me Fahad's tender side.

Q. What was the icebreaker?

A. The political situation in India.