LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Swara Fahad

In conversation with Brides Today, actor Swara Bhasker and social activist and state president, Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Fahad Ahmad let us in on their journey of becoming friends to partners, what drew them towards each other, and the secret to a healthy relationship.

- MEGHNA SHARMA

Brides Today: Let’s start from the beginning: how did you meet each other?

Swara Bhasker: “We met on the 19th of December 2019, at a CNRC (The Citizenship Amendment Act) protest. Fahad [Ahmed] was one of the organisers, and I was one of the speakers at the protest. I remember he had gotten my number from a common friend—an activist—and asked if I’d be willing to give a speech. I was a little apprehensive, but told him that I’d definitely come. But he insisted that I give a speech.

On the day, I arrived late, and made my way to the stage. I saw someone fixing the mic, and didn’t know who he was...and moments later, he introduced himself as Fahad. Interestingly, that was our first photograph together—of me speaking and Fahad fixing the mic. And then we kept meeting during other protests...”

Fahad Ahmad: “I remember for the protest in Mumbai, where Swara was meant to speak, I asked for her photograph so that we could announce her as one of the speakers. When I reached out to her, it didn’t strike me that she was a celebrity! She sent an extremely stylish photograph of herself in a sari—a ‘headshot’... I didn’t even know what a headshot was at that time!”

BT: How did your relationship blossom after that first meeting?