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Kabir Khan and Mini Mathur have been married for almost 25 years and in a recent interview, Kabir spoke about their inter-religious marriage and how it was accepted wholeheartedly by both their families. “Her father said the difference between Khan and Khanna is ‘na’, which means non applicable,” he told Humans of Bombay.
Kabir was brought up in an inter religious family himself and said that his parents’ love story is a “film script waiting to happen.” He said that his kids have been brought up in a way that is very similar to his growing-up years. Sharing that he is an atheist, Kabir said that him and Mini have never really pushed their kids towards any religion but have encouraged them to find their own path. “The way we have brought up our children, is also the way how I was brought up. We never really tried to push them into a direction. We let them celebrate and follow whatever they have a passion for. Because I think that’s the way you find your path,” he said.
Kabir said that when they initially thought about getting married, Mini expected some opposition from her extended family but they faced none. “Mini comes from a very traditional Mathur family. Religion was never really an issue and initially, Mini thought that there will be an issue in trying to convince her extended family but it’s just so beautiful how they all accepted me,” he said. Speaking about his own family, Kabir said that since his family was already inter-faith, there wasn’t much resistance.
“We had a wedding, did rituals from both sides, more for the families than for us. I am actually an atheist so I don’t really truly believe in God and religion so it was very easy for me to sort of accept all that,” he said. He added, “We’ve had many fights, we’ve had lots of issues but religion has never been one.”
Elaborating more about his parents’ inter religious marriage, Kabir said that his father’s side was more conservative and at one point, his parents “had to run away, they eloped. My mom went to a university in Wisconsin. My father had already started teaching so he went to Harvard as a visiting professor. Harvard was not the pull for him, it was just to be close to the woman he loved.”
Speaking about his childhood, Kabir said that for him, “Religion was never an issue. It was never a point of conflict. In our parents’ lives, I’ve never seen religion come up as a point of conflict. It was always a celebration of the best of both the religions have to offer. Diwali was celebrated with as much fervour as Eid, as was Christmas.”
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