Overview

• In a Hauterrfly interview, Ranaut says her parents’ firstborn son, named Hero, died 10 days after birth and that her mother believes hospital staff mishandled his umbilical cord.
• She says her grandmother then prohibited hospital deliveries, leading to later births in the family taking place at home in the same room.
• Ranaut describes growing up in a household she characterizes as patriarchal, where girls were demeaned and her bond with siblings suffered.
• She recounts delayed menstruation that her mother linked to her love of dolls, saying the dolls were thrown away and that she was horrified when her first period began while her mother felt relief.
• The personal recollections have been republished by The Indian Express and News18 without independent corroboration or institutional responses in the coverage.