Alia Bhatt pens notes, shares anxieties amidst India-Pak tensions: ‘There’s a certain stillness in the air when a nation holds its breath’

India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire but tensions are still simmering between the two neighbouring countries. Amidst this, actor Alia Bhatt took to social media on Tuesday to share her anxieties in a post.

The Jigra actor shared screenshots from her notes app. The first one read, “The last few nights have felt… different. There’s a certain stillness in the air when a nation holds its breath. And over the past few days we’ve felt that stillness. That quiet anxiety. That pulse of tension that hums beneath every conversation, behind every news notification, around every dinner table. We have felt the weight of knowing that somewhere, out there in the mountains, our soldiers are awake, alert, and in danger.”

Expressing her concern over the risk soldiers take to guard us, Alia added, “While most of us are tucked into our homes, there are men and women standing in the dark, guarding our sleep with theirs. With their lives. And that reality… it does something to you. Because you realise this isn’t just bravery. It’s sacrifice. And behind every uniform is a mother who hasn’t slept either. A mother who knows her child is facing a night not of lullabies, but of uncertainty. Of tension. Of silence that can shatter in an instant.”

The actor also went on to say that this year Mother’s Day also felt different. “I couldn’t help but think of the mothers who raised heroes and carry that quiet pride with just a little more steel in their spine,” she wrote. “We mourn the lives that have been lost, soldiers who will never come home, whose names are now etched in the soul of this country. May their families find strength in the nation’s gratitude. So tonight, and every night forward, we hope for less silence born of tension, and more silence born of peace.”

She concluded by saying, “We stand together. For our protectors. For India. Jai Hind.”

On the work front, Alia will next be seen alongside Sharvari in Yash Raj Films’ women-led spy-thriller Alpha.