08 May,2026 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Amarylisa Gonsalves
Kubbra Sait (Pic/Instagram)
Mother's Day marks a special day to celebrate the women who love, care and nurture in ways beyond visible to the eye. Every mother deserves immense respect and acknowledgement for their countless sacrifices and unending love. On this special occasion, Kubbra Sait, a pet mom, tells mid-day what it is like to be a mother to her two cats, Shifu, a Persian cat, and Sexyy Sait, a Siamese.
When asked what it is like for her to be a pet mom, Kubbra speaks of her babies with utmost admiration and awe. She says the word "mom" just more naturally to her when it comes to her cats. She says, "Shifu, my thirteen-year-old white Persian with the most piercing blue eyes you've ever seen, didn't come into my life so I could have a pet. He came, so now I have a child. PERIOD. I also got Sexyy Sait, who is a three-year-old Siamese cat. Someone once told me quite seriously, quite spiritually, that perhaps my purpose on this earth is to keep my cat alive. And I thought about it, and I thought, 'Yeah. That is it! That's all I have to do.' That's what I am doing."
The 42-year-old actress also opened up about what the best part is about being a pet mom or a 'cat lady' as many call her. In a deep, reflective response, Sait reveals how her cats have never let her experience loneliness. She shares, "You know that specific loneliness of unlocking your front door and being met with silence? I don't know that anymore. I've done that for years in Dubai. Now, my babies are always at the door. Always. You walk in, and the house just exhales. It's alive. And I think that's the most underrated gift of being a pet parent: you are never, ever truly alone."
Kubbra also revealed how raising a pet is different from raising a human. In a no-nonsense answer, Kubbra says, "My cats don't need school fees. They don't need karate classes or career counselling or a gap year in Europe. And that's already a significant advantage. I'm raising two highly intelligent, deeply opinionated beings who have never once asked me to fund their lifestyle choices. Is it the same as raising a human? No. But is my child trained against unnecessary physical conflict? Yes, actually. By pure example. So I'd say we're both doing fine."
The Sacred Games actress further admits how the sentiment and love one has for pets is similar to what one would have for a human baby. "Both are babies. Both need you. Both will, at some point, vomit on something you love dearly. I don't claim to know the full weight of raising a human child. I don't, and I won't pretend to. But I know what it is to love something so much that the pain is shared. To lose sleep over their well-being. To feel your whole nervous system recalibrate the second they seem off. I know that part. But looking at them after a bath is worth it!"
Talking of becoming a mom to a human baby, Kubbra has no hiding or sugarcoating in admitting that she is not looking forward to it. Has being a pet mom encouraged her to be a human mom? "Honestly? No," she says.
She adds, "And I say that with complete peace. I know 'never say never' is what you're supposed to say in interviews, but I think there's something more honest available to me here. Every part of me, my mind, my body, my choices, is moving in a clear direction. I am still very much a child myself. I'm in the middle of discovering who that child is, what she wants, and what makes her laugh. It's a full-time project. There is nothing sad in this answer. No loss to mourn, no clock I'm racing against. There is just a woman who knows herself well enough to know what her life is for. And right now, it's for Shifu. It's for Sexyy. It's for me."
Kubbra's perspectives and experiences prove that motherhood is not just about birthing an individual, but about the love one has within themselves to give, and the sentiments of care, protection, and selflessness one carries.
