Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2 actress Aalika Shaikh reveals why she left her family, changed her name!

TV actress Aalika Shaikh, best known for her role in the Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2, recently revealed why she changed her name from Shaheen Shaikh to Aalika Shaikh.

New Delhi: TV actress Aalika Shaikh, best known for her role in the Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2, recently revealed why she changed her name from Shaheen Shaikh to Aalika Shaikh in an interview with a leading daily. She opened up on long-standing issues she's had with her family and how women weren't treated as equals at their home. She told Times Now Digital, "Actually, maine meri family se sab kuch chod diya tha, maine ghar chod diya tha. Main ek Muslim family se belong karti hu aur mere yaha ladkiyon ko pehle padhaya nahi jata, dusra unki shaadi bhi hojati hai jaldi se. Aur meri jitni cousins hai unki shaadiyan hogayi hai however I am not in touch with them. Mere baate nahi hoti family se. (I have left my family and my home. I belong to a Muslim family and here women are not given education, and they get married very quickly. All my cousins are married. I don't talk to my family)".