A day after her husband Kabir Khan spoke about their inter-faith marriage, Mini Mathur addressed why never took 'Khan' as a surname after tying the knot with Kabir nearly 25 years ago. Mini appeared on Cyrus Broacha's podcast, where she said that she would never change her name under any condition, because 'Mini Mathur' is her 'identity'. She admitted that she faces red-tape because of this, especially when it comes to paperwork, but she still fights about it every time her name becomes an issue. In addition to her ideological decision for not changing her name, she said that there was also a very logical reason behind this, as Kabir felt that they'd have to get all her official documents changed as well if she took 'Khan' as a surname, and he wasn't willing to go through the hassle. She said, "For me, it was very simple. My identity was Mini Mathur much before I married Kabir Khan, so I don't see why I need his name's support. And also, it was his suggestion. He said, 'Bank change karna padega, passport change karna padega, bahut complicated hai'. He never asked me to change my name, and I never wanted to change my name. And thankfully, it was never a discussion." Mini said that she absolutely believes that women should keep their original names even after marriage, but said that they could run into some trouble because of this. "When you walk into a passport office, especially in Maharashtra government, they're like, 'Aapka naam Mini Suresh Mathur hona chahiye ya phir Mini Kabir Khan hona chahiye', because without your husband's name in the middle, you're nobody. I have fought and fought and fought, and I still don't keep my father or brother's name anywhere. Even in a school form, I fight. Why do you need a column for religion, why do you need my husband's name to support mine? B***s. And my husband supports me in that. B***s I would put somebody else's name," she said. In a recent chat with Humans of Bombay, Kabir also spoke about the surprising lack of opposition they faced from Mini's family when they decided to get married. He said, "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. 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. We’ve had many fights, we’ve had lots of issues but religion has never been one.”
