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Rubina Dilaik wants her fans to plant trees and be environmen­tally aware, than send her gifts.

Rubina Dilaik has been asking her fans to help save and nurture the environmen­t instead of sending her gifts

- Kavita Awaasthi kavita.awaasthi@htlive.com

An eco-conscious citizen, Rubina Dilaik does her level best to conserve the environmen­t. Every year, she takes up new resolution­s, ideas and plans to do her bit for the environmen­t. And since a year, she has been spearheadi­ng “a campaign”, as she puts it, wherein she asks her fans to plant a tree instead of sending her gifts.

“I receive a lot of love and adulation from fans. They send me gifts all through the year from all corners of the world on the special days in my life. They put their heart and soul into making the gifts and cards, and getting them delivered. So, I thought that I’d ask them to do one act of kindness or charity on my birthday, rather than sending me gifts. I asked them to help someone in need by counsellin­g or providing them with monetary support,” shares the 30-year old.

But that’s not all. She also urged them to plant a tree on her wedding anniversar­y. Rubina told them that she would dedicate her anniversar­y (June 21) to the environmen­t. “My husband, Abhinav (Shukla) is an adventurou­s person and we both love the outdoors. I wanted to do my bit towards our society.

One of my fans planted 11 trees on our first anniversar­y and others wrote to me saying that they planted trees as well. It was their gesture of love and it felt good and encouragin­g,” she says.

The actor also works on herself and has personal goals and resolution­s too. She reveals that every year, she “tries to not be the same person” she was last year and makes changes in her life, personalit­y and surroundin­gs. She says, “I work on habitual and emotional changes which, at times, become a block and stop me from reaching a higher level. I also believe in making goals for myself. Barring the personal ones, I can share that last year, I decided to work out at least four days a week for my mental well-being. I enjoyed doing yoga and callisthen­ics. I also decided to learn a new form of art or skill.

I also took my parents on an internatio­nal trip. So, I try to stick to the goals I choose and take baby steps towards them, keeping in mind the bigger goals of my life.” She never talks about the changes she plans in herself and hopes that her “friends and family notice the changes instead”.

My husband, Abhinav (Shukla) is an adventurou­s person and we both love the outdoors. I wanted to do my bit towards our society.

RUBINA DILAIK,

ACTOR

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PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/ RUBINADILA­IK

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