Grandmother's tales: The Girl From Foreign

It all began when thirteen-year-old Sadia Shepard ventured unannounced into her grandmother's room in Boston one Saturday, and found her applying coconut oil to the head of her mother Samina......

'Surekhaji never intimidated you'

'She made you feel relaxed so that you can do the scenes best.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sadia Siddiqui/Instagram Sadia Siddiqui worked with Surekha Sikri in television serials like Balika Vadhu,......