These skills will be helpful in the long run: Alia

My only regret is not knowing how to play an instrument: Alia

I was barely 23 when I moved out of the house: Alia

Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt appeared along with her daughter Raha for the first time in December. Fans were elated. In a recent interview for The Nod, she talked about her priorities while raising the child. “The only thing that I’d do differently is to make sure Raha takes a liking to an art. That she learns at least one instrument, one dance form, and one sport, because these three skills will be very helpful for her in the long run. I know there is no right or wrong to this, but you left it up to me to decide what I like. I want to start Raha young, so she takes a liking to it. My only regret is not knowing how to play an instrument,” Alia said. 

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Alia reflected on her experience as a young adult and the impact that it had on her. She also talked about her experiences impacting her decisions with regard to parenting. “I was barely 23 when I moved out of the house. I’d be away on long shooting schedules, and sometimes you wouldn’t even know which city I was in. Now when I look back, I’m like, wow, it was very cool of you to let me do that so early on because that actually helped me come into my own. Papa recently told me: ‘If you don’t let Raha fall down, it will be the biggest mistake you’ll make because she’ll never learn how to pick herself up’. So that was a defining point in my life and our relationship. But I do feel I left home too soon — and I won’t let that happen with Raha,” Alia added.