Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Shweta: I only wish I could have protected him from everything

“I have always been told by my family members that Mom and Dad wanted a son, more so because Mumma’s first child was a son and she had lost him at the tender age of one and half. I never got to meet my first sibling. But mom and dad were very hopeful for a second son…. they made a sankalp (mannat) and started praying to Maa Bhagwati for straight 2 years. They fasted, they meditated, they did puja, hawan and went to spiritual places and met spiritual people. But then I was born, on a Diwali day…. Mumma considered me very lucky and often called me Lakshmi Ji. They continued with their Sadhna, and a year later my little brother was born. Right from the beginning he was a charmer, he mesmerized everyone with his beautiful smile and twinkling eyes,” she wrote.

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Shweta Singh Kirti further wrote that their mother believed that Sushant Singh Rajput’s arrival was because of her daughter’s luck and she accepted the honour. This also made her very protective about her little brother as she felt responsible for bringing him to this earthly plane. She shared that they were always together while playing, studying or even being mischievous, that people forgot they were two individuals. “They even called us “Gudia-Gulshan” as if we were a single entity (Bhai’s nick was Gulshan and mine Gudia),” she noted.

Shweta then went on to write about the time they started going to school. The first year, the siblings’ classes were in the same building and so she shared that they managed well. However, they got separated when they got promoted to the next class. She divulged that once during lunch break, she was shocked to see Sushant standing in her classroom. She shared that her four-year-old brother confessed that he was feeling alone and anxious, and wanted to be with her. And like any protective elder sister, she decided to hide him with her in the class rather than dismissing him off. However, she said that she did ponder how adventurous and courageous he was to escape his building with a watchman, and finding his way to her class.

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“…..And as a 5 year old protective big sister, I assured him that he can be with me. First, I tried to hide him in between me and my friend, but somehow my class-teacher noticed him while taking attendance. I was myself a little scared, but to protect my little brother, I stood up and told her that he is not feeling well and asked if he could stay with us until dismissal. To my amazement, the teacher agreed and we were so happy, but little after 2 periods as the social norm will have it, he was sent back to his building but by that time we have had so much fun that all of his anxiety were gone,” wrote Sushant Singh Rajput’s elder sister.

Shweta Singh Kirti then remembered the time she got married in 2007, and was moving to the USA. She shared that when she was leaving, the siblings hugged each other tight. She wrote further that while Sushant soon got into Bollywood and continued to make them proud, she continued being protective towards him. Sharing a WhatsApp conversation between them where she asks her brother to visit her, she wrote that this was her way to relive their childhood once again away from all the noise.

Concluding the note with a wish that she could have protected her brother, Shweta wrote, “I only wish I could have protected him from everything….I still wish I will wake up to see my Bhai… just right next to me and will realize this whole episode was just a nightmare and nothing more. #BhaikikahaniBehankizabani #Downthememorylane #LuvuBhai.”