Mandira Bedi opens up on her adopted daughter Tara; says, ‘It’s a long process, and I don’t know why it’s not easier…’

Speaking of the challenges of adopting daughter Tara, Mandira revealed, “I wanted to have a second child and adopt.

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MUMBAI : On February 14, 1999, Mandira Bedi, a well-known actress and former television presenter who is now a fashion designer, wed Raj Kaushal, the love of her life. Subsequently, on June 19, 2011, they welcomed a son they named Vir. They then took in a 4-year-old girl, whom they named Tara Bedi Kaushal. Everything was fine until Mandira's husband passed away on June 30, 2021, as a result of a heart arrest.

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Speaking of the challenges of adopting daughter Tara, Mandira revealed, “I wanted to have a second child and adopt. When my son Veer was about six, I put in the papers for adoption. It’s a long process, and I don’t know why it’s not easier. I mean, I understand the reasons, but when it’s clear that this is a good family, it should be simpler. It took a while, Veer turned nine, the pandemic hit, and I told Raj, ‘It still hasn’t happened. Why?’ We had gotten caught up and didn’t follow up much. So, I thought, it’s now or never, and we pushed forward.”

Due to the pandemic, Mandira said that they had to fly tara from Jabalpur to Mumbai in a private jet, saying, “This is maktoob… for a girl who had never sat in a car before, she took a trip on a private jet. It was naseeb, kismat. We wouldn’t have used a private jet, but it was too dangerous to fly commercially because Covid was at its peak. It was the most practical solution at the time.”

Opening up on the surge of emotions in the family, Mandira said, “I was very overwhelmed because a little human being was coming into our life and everything would change. Veer was crying, and I was crying. When we reached the airport, this little girl with a plastic hat came with Raj. She was so small. It took time for her to settle into the family, and for Veer to start liking her.”