Swara Bhasker celebrates Eid with husband Fahad Ahmad, daughter Rabiya and family, remembers uncle Zirar saab; see pics

Swara Bhaskar shares pics from Eid celebrations

• Swara Bhasker shared an emotional Eid post missing her uncle
• She reflected on family memories and hope amid sadness
• Her daughter Rabiya celebrated her first Eid with mehendi

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Swara Bhasker’s Eid this year was filled with love—but also with a quiet sense of something missing.

The actor shared an emotional note on Instagram, talking on how different the festival felt this time. Eid, which is usually about togetherness, laughter and celebration, carried a more subdued, reflective tone for her and her family.

At the centre of her post was her uncle, Zirar Saab, whose presence once brought energy and warmth to every Eid. Through a series of personal photos—some joyful, some deeply moving—Swara Bhasker revisited memories of how he made the festival special for everyone around him.

“It’s a strange and unfamiliar Eid this time, with Uncle not being fully with us. In the three Eids I’ve spent with the family, he was always the most enthusiastic member encouraging his daughters and me to get our bangles and clothes organised and watching and chatting as all the girls applied mehendi. He was the first one up and ready on Eid mornings in his starched white kurta pajama and crisp Nehru topi. By 8am he would begin to herd his sons for the morning namaz. And he’d walk purposefully trailed by his sons, at least one of them scrambling afterward because he was a few minutes late and Uncle wouldn’t wait. The whole town remembers Zirar Saab’s brisk walks on Eid and everyday- in the mornings and evenings greeting neighbours and acquaintances.”

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Her words feel less like a post and more like a conversation, one filled with affection, nostalgia and a deep sense of longing. The photos she shared echo that feeling, capturing family moments that now carry even more meaning.

Swara Bhasker also spoke honestly about the emotional difficulty of seeing a loved one in a fragile state. “It is a strange medical condition to witness one’s parent in. They aren’t there but they aren’t gone. One has all this grief but one cannot mourn…” she wrote. It is a feeling many understand but rarely put into words so simply.

And yet, her post was not just about loss. There was also a conscious effort to hold on to hope—to keep celebrating the small moments, even when things feel heavy. “But we carry on living life and trying to enjoy the small moments so that we don’t get entirely engulfed in the sadness; and to remind ourselves that there is still hope. They are after all still with us despite the incapacitation. And that’s something to celebrate.”

She ended her note with a simple but powerful line: “Eid Mubarak Uncle, it’s not the same without you.”

Interestingly, just a day earlier, Swara Bhasker had shared a much lighter glimpse of her Eid preparations—this time through the eyes of her daughter, Rabiya. Calling it “Raabu’s first Eid ki mehendi,” she posted sweet moments of the little one joining in the celebrations, even applying mehendi to her grandmother. “Raabu jaan ne dadi ki mehendi bhi lagayi,” she wrote, alongside a video of Rabiya happily scribbling mehendi on her mother’s foot.

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She also summed up the festive spirit with a playful checklist: “Outfit check, mehendi check, bangles check, beautification – to do and gratitude triple check.”

Swara Bhasker is married to Fahad Ahmad, a political activist and member of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). The couple married on January 6, 2023, and have one daughter named Rabiya, born in September 2023.