Sibling fights are universal, and so is the fear of being punished afterwards. Preity Zinta, who has an elder brother, once shared a childhood memory on the then-popular talk show Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai . After a fight escalated, Zinta ended up hitting her brother on the head, leaving him in tears. “ Uski aur meri ladai ho gayi ek bari aur maine patthar leke uska sar phod diya… phir wo rone lag gaya ” [We had a big fight and I hit his head with a stone, and then he started crying].

The Veer-Zaara actor recalled how her father reacted whenever she cried: “ Jab main chhoti thi to kabhi bhi roti thi to mere papa mujhe bolte the, ‘Tum Rajput nahi ho, tum Rajput ki dum ho… Rajput rote nahi hain’ ” [When I was little and cried, my father would tell me: you’re not a real Rajput, Rajputs don

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