when I launched my line at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2009,” she adds. It wasn’t easy growing up. Masaba has had more than her fair share of testing times, identity crises, trying to understand the relationship between her parents and being born out of wedlock. “People used to look at me with curiosity - my thick black curly hair, my big bottom and my West Indian father who was a mystery to them. But dad always called a spade a spade. He and my mom never minced their words with me. My mom told me the truth right from the Soha Ali Khan
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beginning and never stopped me from having an independent relationship with him. In fact my mom has always been very straightforward with me - even as I battled with my weight,’’ she adds. Vivian, her father, Masaba admits has always been extremely supportive of her endeavours. Despite the fact that she took some time to realise what her true calling was: dabbling in music, dance and so on, Viv never urged her to choose a career path. Her ‘mom was strict about studies’, she admits with a laugh.
Actress Sarah Jane Dias
“I wish I had a sibling when I was growing up someone I could share my most intimate thoughts with, my grief and my dreams. I was an introvert, but being an only child taught me how to be independent, instilled confidence in me and I learnt to fight my demons. Life is what it is. Either you give up or you fight to live on your own terms, like my mom did - and I am her daughter,” she shares. ���������������������������� and Alia Bhatt