TORONTO: Priyanka talks about her Hindu, Christian, Islamic upbringing with Oprah

TORONTO: Actor Priyanka Chopra’s
interview with Oprah Winfrey is all set to air next week. In a new promo, the
actor talked about the various religions she followed as a child growing up in
India.

In a new
promo for her upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, Priyanka Chopra is seen
talking about her religious views and secular upbringing as a child in India.
Priyanka spoke about how she had Christian, Islamic and Hindu influences on her
life.

Priyanka
was on the show to promote her recently released memoir, Unfinished. In the
promo, Oprah mentions how reading it reminded her of her own time in India. She
talked to Priyanka about India’s ‘spiritual energy’ and asked if she had a
‘spiritual foundation’.

Responding
to her, Priyanka said, “I think I did. In India, it is hard not to. You’re
right. With the swirling number of religions that we have, that live within the
country as well. I grew up in a convent school. I was aware of Christianity. My
dad used to sing in a mosque, I was aware of Islam. I grew up in a Hindu
family, I was aware of that. Spirituality is such a large part of India that
you really cannot ignore it.”

Priyanka
added how her late father, Dr Ashok Chopra, always taught her that all
religions are ways to the same God. “I am a Hindu. I pray, I have a temple
at my home, I do it as often as I can. But truly to me, I am a believer that a
higher power does exist and I like to have faith in that,” she said. The
interview is scheduled to air on Discovery+ on March 24.

Oprah
recently took the world by a storm with her interview of Meghan Markle and
Prince Harry. In the interview, which released on March 8, the couple made some
explosive revelations about their life as senior members of Britain’s royal
family, the support they didn’t receive and the racist vitriol Meghan faced
from the UK media.