Sushmita Sen created history and broke all barriers when, in 2000, she decided to adopt her first daughter, Renee. For the unversed, the Juvenile Justice Acts and adoption policies via the Central Adoption Resource Authority have never forbidden single women from legally adopting kids. However, for Sushmita, there were challenges and social biases as well. The actress revisited the time when the judge had told her dad that no good family boy would marry her, as she was adopting as a single mother.
Sushmita Sen reveals how the judge had told her dad that no boy would want to marry her
Sushmita sat down for an interview with Dr Sheen Gurrib for her YouTube channel, sharing how she and her family had to face societal biases before adopting her first daughter, Renee. Sushmita revealed how the judge had reminded her dad of the repercussions related to adoption as a single, unmarried mother, and the actress shared how her dad was always supportive of her decision. It had flipped the entire script in the court, and the actress shared:
“The judge also warned my father that no good family boy would want to marry me, but he told him that I have not raised her just to be someone’s wife. Then they granted it and that was the turning point.”