The entire world currently is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic which has brought everything to a standstill. even as uncertainty in the air, actor Ashish Chowdhry is rather positive and is trying to instill the same feeling in his children, too.

In a recent interview, speaking about the same, he said, "We, as a family, have gone through worse in our life, especially being victims of terror attacks. We’ve gone through way too much in life for my kids to realise that this is not an issue that can’t be handled. 

Ashish lost his sister Monica and brother-in-law Ajit during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Having said that, Chowdhry adds that his kids, son Agasthya and daughters Salara and Sammah, are not in a denial mode, and are quite aware of what’s happening around.

"They realise what kind of hardships people are going through. I did a little bit of charity and I made my kids sit by my side as I did it. I explained to them why I was doing it, so they value the fact they have a roof over their heads and food to eat," Ashish said. Other than his kids and wife, actor Samita Bangargi, his late sister’s kids, son Kanishq (21), and daughter Ananaya (17) also live with him. The 41-year-old shares how he always motivates them saying this too shall pass.

"I’ve always maintained that I’m a father of five. I keep telling them that this may not be the worst, and it’s not that anything will not come after this. We’ve to be prepared, whether it is death, accident, natural calamity, or pandemic, we have to overcome it," he said. The actor further says that he looks at every problem as an opportunity to learn and also teach people around him. "I know it’s bad but it was also bad when the 26/11 attacks happened. How do we explain what is worst?"