Mandira Bedi reveals what led her to adopt Tara

Mandira Bedi has always led her life on her own terms and conditions. Known for playing strong women characters on screen, the talented actress is a doting mother off screen. She is mother to two kids, son Veer and daughter Tara.

Mandira Bedi and her late husband Raj Kaushal adopted Tara in 2020. The couple was hailed for adopting a girl child from Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, despite having son Veer. Talking to a publication, the actress revealed the reason behind adopting a girl child.

Saying she always wanted a daughter, Bedi said, “We wanted this to happen. I wanted a sibling for Veer, I wanted a little daughter and I love making her hair and putting bows in her hair and dressing her up. It feels like I have got a little doll to play with. She is so cute, loving and adorable”.

Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a statutory body of the Ministry of Women & Child Development that facilitates adoption in the country, gives prospective parents the option of three states to choose their child from. Bedi wanted her daughter to be from one particular state.

“They give you those three options, so we had put Maharashtra, we had put Delhi, we had put Punjab/Himachal, just because there were three options that they had asked for. And there was also in finer-print “anywhere in India”. And that “anywhere in India” makes your position on that queue move up really fast. So that’s the only advice I would give to people who are looking to adopt,” she added.

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