Mira Sethi announces engagement on social media

The writer and actor shared a bunch of photos from her engagement and they're all so sweet!

20 Nov, 2018

Saat Din Mohabbat In star Mira Sethi announced her engagement to a family friend on social media today.

In a long post on Instagram, the writer and actor shared the story of how she and her fiance Bilal fell in love:

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In the spring of 2017, a tall, funny, curly-haired dude walked into my life. I'd known this curly-haired dude all my life -- in the way you know your parents' friends' kids -- but we'd never sought each other out. (Weirdly enough, Bilal and I overlapped at Oxford in 2008—he was doing his PhD, I was spending my junior year abroad. But we never looked each other up, never bumped into each other in that tiny cobbled town.) ⁣ ⁣ Almost a decade later, we met in Lahore on a warm February evening. We vaguely agreed to meet for dinner sometime. ⁣ ⁣ A few days later we were at Spice Bazaar, and it was suddenly cold again. Bilal asked what I'd been upto: he nodded across the table and asked gentle, probing questions. Lots of questions. In between licking mutton kunna gravy from my fingers, I found myself answering his questions with an openness and ease I hadn't encountered in myself in a long time. Later, we sat in the garden of my house and played with Max. My brother joined us. The three of us talked. Bilal dug his hand inside Max's mouth and pulled out a sharp branch. Max was all over him.⁣ ⁣ A few days later Bilal lost his mother to pneumonia (she'd had Parkinsons for a decade), and it was a wrenching, difficult time. Bilal and I would text. Talk about light stuff. He used the heart emoji unselfconsciously, as a friend might. The conversations veered from TV shows to politics to "plan for the day?" The few times we met before he left for DC, he talked openly about his regrets and hopes and dreams. Sitting across from him in Cosa Nostra, this time not very hungry because my body was clenched with affection and interest, I listened. He was warm and funny and brilliant. That night, I curled up next to him and we watched a show on Netflix. ⁣ ⁣ The next year was a whirlwind. We travelled together to Lisbon, Brussels, Amsterdam, New York, Islamabad, Reno, San Francisco. We went to a festival in the desert and slept under the stars. We danced to really bad music. We biked across the desert at night, our cycles glowing with fairylights. Bilal biked ahead so I could follow him. *continued in comments* ⁣

A post shared by Mira Sethi (@mira.sethi) on Nov 20, 2018 at 12:50am PST

⁣Mira also shared a bunch of photos from her engagement and they're all so sweet!

Bilal and Mira's mother Jugnu Mohsin share a sweet moment

We wish Mira and Bilal a life full of adventure!

Comments

Sabir Pakistani Nov 20, 2018 03:41pm

Congratulations to both. Beautiful families and Bilal looks so innocent and simple . Beautiful families.

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Mann Nov 20, 2018 04:51pm

Congrats Najam and Jugnu.

gp65 Nov 20, 2018 11:31pm

Charming story. Wish you both a happy life.

Siva D Nov 21, 2018 12:46am

Congratulations to both!

Siva D Nov 21, 2018 12:47am

Congratulations to both! Mira Seth appears to have inherited the best of both her talented and accomplished parents. God bless!

N abidai Nov 21, 2018 08:21am

Lead by example,like the joy of simplicity ! This is how Pakistani norms will change,marriage should be a simple and happy occasion, not a ceremony to show off! Congrats to the happy couple!

SATT Nov 21, 2018 12:04pm

My heart is broken.