Asin’s 7-year-old speaks 12 languages without screens
Rahul Sharma reveals he and Asin are raising their seven-year-old, Arin, without TV or phones, and she already speaks around 12 languages.
Asin and Rahul Sharma have kept their family life mostly private, but a new interview offers a rare look into how they are raising their seven-year-old daughter. Arin Rayn Sharma understands and speaks around 12 languages, including Korean, Japanese, Thai and Chinese, Rahul revealed in a conversation with MyGov India.
He credited Asin for the household environment behind Arin’s language skills, and the arrangement is deliberately old-school in one key way: there is no television at home, and Arin has not been given a phone or other screen so far.
The no-screen home
“We have not given Arin any screens thus far — no TVs or mobile phones,” Rahul said. The family leans on books instead, and Rahul says there are likely more books at home than at Arin’s school.
- Arin is in Class 2, but the house already holds books for Classes 8 and 9.
- Rahul jokes about letting her sit for the Class 10 board exam just to see what happens.
- He says the absence of television and mobile phones likely encouraged her interest in languages.
Rahul added, lightly, that the results have outpaced his own language ability. “I am finding it difficult to speak even two languages,” he said, adding that he and Asin are mostly “stuck with English and Hindi.”
Why this resonates
Asin built a career across South Indian and Hindi cinema, with titles such as Ghajini, Ready, Housefull 2, Bol Bachchan and Khiladi 786 to her name. Since marrying Rahul in January 2016 and welcoming Arin in October 2017, she has largely stepped away from the spotlight. That distance makes any update about her family feel like a small event for fans.
Multilingual childhoods are common in India, but Arin’s range stands out because it extends to East Asian languages while screen time is zero. The setup matters less as a prescription and more as a reminder that a child’s environment can be curated in very concrete ways.
What families can borrow
The Sharma household isn’t following a formal language curriculum, at least not as Rahul describes it. The input is simpler: books at home, conversation, and no default screen to fill the gaps. Parents who want to try the idea don’t need to aim for twelve languages; swapping one regular screen slot for reading or talking can reveal how much attention opens up.
Rahul also used the interview to call Asin the rock behind him and marrying her the most important decision of his life — a partnership note that completes the picture of the family behind the achievement.
Source: Hindustan Times
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