Yesterday, Mandira Bedi said goodbye to her beloved husband Raj Kaushal, who passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the early morning on Wednesday.
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As soon as the news was out on the Internet, Mandira and Raj's colleagues and friends penned condolence messages while others also attended the funeral.
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Raj's funeral videos and pictures hit the internet set a new example, as his wife Mandira performed his last rites.
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Unlike followed in the Hindu old tradition of a man in the family performing the last rites, wife Mandira was seen holding the bier of her husband, which men in India usually hold.
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Pictures and videos of Mandira performing her husband’s last rites, broke the gender stereotypes in the most challenging times of her life. Netizens were seen lauding her.
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One of the netizens shared an article on the same, calling the actress as “EMPOWERED WOMAN OF INDIA.’
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Another netizen wrote, “may god bless her. it’s appreciable that even in this moment of grief, she broke the gender stereotypes and smashed the patriarchy.”
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