Back when I was growing up, or even when my daughter was growing up, there was no concept of ‘ifs and buts’ in the love that a maternal grandmother [nani] could pour on her grandchildren,” recalls veteran actor Ila Arun. In fact, Arun’s childhood memories are coloured with the love, warmth and discipline that her nani meted out to her and her siblings in equal measure. “Every summer, we’d trudge off to Allahabad, to my nani’s place. We’d spend hours climbing trees, picking fruits from her orchard, listening to her folklores, and tagging along with her to splash around in the waters of the Ganga. All of that is an integral part of who I am today,” reminisces the actor.