Nimrat Kaur on Dussehra: family, feasts and doom-scrolling
Nimrat Kaur, shooting abroad, made it home for Dussehra. Her festive plans include a traditional look, a full feast and the one habit she wants to burn.
Nimrat Kaur is filming abroad, but when Dussehra arrived, the plan was clear: get home. In an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, the actor said festivals are family time, and she walked through the food, the outfit and the one habit she would happily send up with the Ravan effigy.
Home is the non-negotiable
For Kaur, the festive season starts only when she is around her people. “Festivals equal family,” she said. She added that no festival is complete without family and described it as the best time of the year for “great food, big laughs and simply being at home together!”
The Dussehra table and look
Her festive menu is a deliberate break from an otherwise healthy routine. Kaur listed poori, sukhe kale chane, khatta meetha kaddu, sooji halwa and kheer. “If you can’t eat your heart out during our festival season then when?” she asked.
For the day itself, she has already planned a traditional outfit. Kaur said she loves bright, playful colours and keeps her festive wardrobe traditional.
A childhood in the cantonment
Kaur’s father, Major Bhupender Singh, served as an officer in the Indian Army, and her earliest Dussehra memories are from a bustling local army cantonment. She recalled watching a Ravan effigy burning ceremony as a child — “really fascinating to watch” — followed by a large dinner organised for the whole unit to feast together.
The habit she’d burn
Asked what modern habit she would burn in the Ravana effigy today, Kaur answered quickly: “Doom scrolling!” She explained it as “social media over engagement basically.” It is a deeply relatable answer and a reminder that even celebrities are trying to put the phone down.
Why this resonates
This is not a box-office story, but it is exactly the kind of celebrity moment fans hold onto. Kaur’s answers are specific and usable: the menu is built on pantry-friendly festive staples, the outfit idea is easy to borrow, and naming one habit to leave behind gives the festival a tiny personal reset.
If you are hosting this season, her spread is a straightforward template: semolina halwa, kheer, black chickpeas and kaddu are simple to batch for a family table.
Source: Hindustan Times
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