Harshdeep Kaur: Baisakhi is special this year because of my baby boy

This Baisakhi is a special one for Harshdeep Kaur, who welcomed her baby boy

Hunar

recently. The

Dilbaro

singer says she misses celebrating the festival in Delhi, with her family and friends. “I remember visiting Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tila Sahib in Delhi, where the Baisakhi celebrations used to take place. We would look forward to the langar there. My grandmother would also make us sit in the verandah and sing folk songs for us. I miss Delhi a lot. We visit the gurdwara every year, meet friends and family and celebrate at home,” the

Heer

singer tells us.

Talking about how this year's Baisakhi is special to her, Harshdeep says, “This year is special because of the birth of my baby boy, Hunar. There are some rituals that we follow on the child’s first Baisakhi, and his grandparents are excited for that. The day also marks the 40th wedding anniversary of my parents so it is double celebrations for us.”

For the Nachde Ne Saare singer, this Baisakhi is a more subdued one because of the pandemic. Harshdeep says, “This year, the celebrations aren’t like every year due to the pandemic. Also, Baisakhi is associated with

farmers

and harvesting of their crops, but this year due to the ongoing farmers' protest, the festival isn’t as celebratory as usual.”

Harshdeep Kaur and her husband

Mankeet Singh

welcomed their baby boy Hunar on March 2 this year. The couple got married in a traditional Sikh wedding ceremony in March 2015 in Mumbai.