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Somy Ali: We All Have Fair Weather Friends, But A True Friend Will Always Have Your Back

On Friendship Day, Bollywood actor turned humanitarian, Somy Ali, who now runs her NGO, No More Tears, talks about the significance of friendship in her life and more.

Friends are for life. They are our favourite companions in every phase of our lives. On Friendship Day, Bollywood actor turned humanitarian, Somy Ali, who now runs her NGO, No More Tears, talks about the significance of friendship in her life and more.
 
바카라I will quote one of my favourite shows right now that I have been watching, 바카라Stranger Things바카라. What is of the utmost importance in a friendship? 바카라Friends Don바카라t Lie바카라. Such a simple, yet such an important statement and principle to abide by when it comes to friendship. It바카라s my friends who I rely on when they tell me I am wrong or putting my ego rather than my dignity ahead of me. I trust them to tell me the truth even if it hurts and I will do the same for them always,바카라 she says.


 
Having close intimate friends who know everything is a rare thing. 바카라No. It is not important to tell your friends every detail of your life because humans in my experience turn on you very quickly, given a better opportunity; thus, the friend now is your enemy and knows all your secrets. For someone who has been there, I was not in a good place emotionally as I trusted him with everything and he bared it all to the media in an article using his pen proving it to be mightier than the sword. Except in my case it proved disloyalty so I am very careful now with what I disclose to anyone,바카라 she adds.
 
Most of the long lasting friendship starts in school or college. 바카라For the majority of the individuals, yes, but for those who move countries, cities and states it바카라s not pragmatic. If it is not you, the other will move on. I know I have when I have moved from one country to another. There is no intentional or malicious reason to do so, life just gets in the way and both parties move on. Sometimes they reconnect after years, which is beautiful and at times, they stay disconnected. Such is life,바카라 she shares.
 
In the fast paced entertainment industry, people have no time for friendship. They don바카라t even have time for themselves and their families as well.
 
바카라It바카라s not their fault. It바카라s a very competitive field and I remember when I got together with actors my age back in the 90바카라s, we were so young and gossiping was our biggest entertainment. I am not sure if that remains to be the same now, but I feel that social media has everyone either severely self-engrossed or too worried and lurking on others posts. I am equally guilty of both. It바카라s human nature to be curious and compare and yes, be envious. It바카라s innately built in our DNA, one has to be a monk, completely off the grid, or a Buddhist not to do any of those things in this social media based era,바카라 she says.
 
It is often said that two actors can never be friends. Somy disagrees, and adds that many are actually good friends.
 
바카라But one has to first comprehend what a real friend or true friendship entails. We all have fair weather friends, but a true friend is someone who will always have your back. They will never lie to you, backstab you, hurt you intentionally, and above all, they will be there to support you in your worst times. A true friend is loyal, kind, generous and will stick up for you in front of a million people because they genuinely care for you. So, to answer your question, yes, I am a cynic by experience, no, actors cannot be true friends. There will always be that unwillingness no matter how hard they try a speck of envy and jealousy amongst them. I have no shame in admitting that even though I was friends with the actresses of my era in the 90바카라s, a small part of me envied them and was jealous of them. Now, one can look at this in a positive manner and deem it to be flattery too. It depends how one perceives what, as life is all about perception and seeing the glass half full or half empty,바카라 she adds.

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