Meet AR Rahman and Saira Banu’s divorce lawyer, she is author, columnist, and…

New Delhi: AR Rahman and his wife Saira Banu announced their separation after 29 years of marriage. The Oscar award-winning composer penned a heartfelt note, where he also is termed it a’ ‘shattering’ decision and that they'd hoped to reach the “grand thirty.” Sharing a post on X(formerly Twitter), Rahman wrote, “We had hoped to reach the grand thirty, but all things, it seems, carry an unseen end. Even the throne of God may tremble on the burden of broken hearts. Yet, on this shattering, we seek which implies, though the pieces may now not in finding their place again.”

“To our friends, thanks for your kindness and for respecting our privacy as we walk through this fragile chapter. #arrsairaabreakup,” the post further read. Soon after this news, bassist Mohini Dey, who worked with Rahman, also confirmed her separation from her husband Mark Hartsuch.

Meet AR Rahman and Saira Banu’s divorce lawyer, she is author, columnist, and…

Advocate Vandana Shah is representing Saira Banu, AR Rahman’s wife, of their announced separation after nearly 29 years of marriage. But who's Advocate Vandana Shah? All you know in regards to the prominent advocate famous for coping with high-profile divorce cases. She may be an author, columnist,​ and Social Entrepreneur on whom the BBC has made a documentary ‘Invisible Women of India’ which became broadcast worldwide on International Women’s Day.

Shah is the author of the bestseller ‘Ex Files’, The Story of my divorce-published by Penguin under the Shobhaa De imprint. It has been launched by the Hon’ble Attorney General of India Mr Mukul Rohatgi and the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court.

‘After being thrown out of her marital home with just the clothes on her back and Rs 750 in the bank, Vandana rebuilt her world and founded the first support group in India to help people going through a divorce, 360 Degrees Back to Life, reads the official statement on her page https://vandanashah.com/. She has since come full circle from being a litigant to being a divorce lawyer and practices on the family court in Mumbai.

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Her first book, 360 Degrees Back to Life: A Litigant’s Humorous Standpoint on Divorce, endorsed by the iconic feminist Gloria Steinem, won an award. Vandana has translated the opposite book on the Jain faith from Hindi to English.

When asked if there’s a correlation between AR Rahman and Saira’s separation announcement and Mohini Dey’s subsequent separation from her husband Mark, just hours later, Advocate Vandana Shah became quoted as saying to news agency IANS, ‘There’s nothing between Rahman and Mohini Dey. I don’t know why persons are connecting these two events. Divorce is a demanding and painful decision. They’re already in pain; such news only increases their trauma.

Saira’s lawyer, Vandana Shah, issued an official statement confirming that Saira Banu had made the demanding choice to separate with AR Rahman after 29 years of marriage following years of emotional strain.