Sayani Gupta has gone to Goa to ring in her birthday. The actor turned a year older yesterday and enjoyed “being away from the city”. “I have some lovely friends here, so it is nice, and I am happy to be in a place that is so calming,” she says, adding that she didn’t do anything special for her birthday this year.

“I am not a person who enjoys celebrating birthdays. It is a weird day as you feel the pressure to do something when in fact, it is a normal day. I hate cutting birthday cakes (laughs). Moreover, I hate planning. Just chilling in the Jacuzzi, the pool and going for drives works for me. Having a chill and peaceful day with some good food is the best,” she shares.

While she is not in Mumbai, on her birthday, she made arrangements to distribute sanitary pads for girls at an orphanage. Sayani says, “We’re still afar from making pads affordable for women, and it’s distressing to think that some of us have to use cheap alternatives. In fact, it’s my goal to reach safe organic sanitary pads to girls all over Mumbai, and then eventually, all over India. It’s a relief to work with people who want to make the world a slightly more liveable place, and want to help the underprivileged.”