Shalini Passi on becoming mom at 20: ‘My son was like my sibling; he called me by my name’

 

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Talking to Deepak Pareek, Shalini jokingly said, “My behaviour was more mature back then than it is now.” She then added, “No it wasn’t. I used to go to the toy store and get as excited as my son. I would take him to Disneyland and go mad on the rides with him. And then I used to tell him, ‘Robin, let’s do skating classes,’ I used to take him ice skating. So both of us are ice skating then I taught him skiing, scuba diving. We were like siblings. It is like we grew up together. For the longest time, he used to call me by my name and it is only now that he addresses me as his mom.”

 

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Sharing her sibling-like bond with her son, Shalini recalled a hilarious anecdote. She said, “He used to call up my mother and say, ‘Your daughter has lost it.’ He used to complain to my mother about me.” She added, “Because I didn’t want him to have aerated drinks, I used to mix water in them. For the longest time, my son didn’t know what they really tasted like. Once, he went to this birthday party, where he had coke and he came to me and said, ‘Mumma, I had coke and it was so good. He said, they get very bad coke in our house. So, he used to call up my mother.” She added, “My whole life is dedicated to my son.”

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Shalini Passi is married to Delhi-based businessman, Sanjay Passi. The couple have a son named Robin. The family lives in a 20,000 sq ft mansion in South Delhi.