Warning for brief WWII mentions.
[name_f]Pavana[/name_f] [name_f]Dhana[/name_f] [Kola] Kolannur (57) is [name_f]Shreya[/name_f] and Himadri’s mother, who lives with a lot of [name_f]Indian[/name_f] tradition. She often gets mistaken for Hindu, though she’s really a Sikh. She doesn’t mind if her children aren’t super religious or following the Sikh traditions, some of her in-laws actually are Hindu while some are not in any religion at all. [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] loves her huge family and culture, though she won’t force [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] to obey the culture or to have many children like some of her relatives. She doesn’t see [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] as lesser just because she isn’t [name_f]Indian[/name_f] like Shreya’s spouse. She feels a lot of people in her family have an impact, much like India’s high population, and she refuses to be silenced. She’s a children’s show producer of a show that originated in [name_f]India[/name_f]. Though she’s doing her part to erase stigma about [name_f]Indian[/name_f] entertainment in Western media.
Pavana’s good friend is from a Jewish Yiddish family, but the differing cultures never bothered in a negative way. [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] knows the Yiddish language has unfortunately been less used, much of this as a result of WWII, which is why the two are both extremely anti-war and anti-genocide. Both she and her friend are very loving towards their children, with them talking all about new family experiences. [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] admires that her grandchildren are close with one another and that Shreya’s children are always asking when they get to see Himadri’s children. [name_f]Shreya[/name_f] wore a traditional red 2-piece wedding dress when marrying, with a veil passed down from [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] and jewellery passed down from her grandmother. [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] is grateful for Shreya’s closeness to her grandmother as well, which [name_m]Himadri[/name_m] shares, and it’s inspiring [name_f]Pavana[/name_f] to be the best grandmother she could be as well.