Titas Chowdhury (HINDUSTAN TIMES; May 10, 2020)

There’s no respite for Mahhi Vij even during the Coronavirus lockdown. She’s spending her days taking care of Khushi and Rajveer, her adopted children, and her nine-month-old toddler, Tara. “I miss taking all of them out. We’re making up for that by holding terrace parties. Some days, we have a pool party too,” she says.

She believes that she’s “a hands-on mother” to Tara and is constantly on her toes. She says, “I’m a little fussy when it comes to her. I want things to be in a particular way in her room. I clean and sterilise her bottles myself, check the temperature of her room and the milk that she drinks. I don’t even have five minutes to sit and relax because I need to constantly make sure that she’s comfortable.”

Vij feels though she has matured after embracing motherhood, she’s also become emotional. “I can’t be in the same room when she gets her shots because I start crying. I’ve become so emotional that even if I hear a sad song on the television, I start crying,” she describes.

The Laagi Tujhse Lagan actor feels that with the arrival of her toddler, her relationship with her mother has improved. “Earlier, I used to fight a lot with my mother for the smallest of things. When I was pregnant, I saw her, a diabetic patient, standing in the kitchen for hours cooking for me. She would be up throughout the night to take care of me. I realised how important she is to me. I’ve become very attached to my mother,” she signs off.