Posted on: August 15, 2009 - 9:44 pm
Singapore August 15, 2009
Independence Day … Swatantra Divas … the day India got its freedom from British colonial rule.
May the happiness and joy of this freedom, achieved through the struggle and sacrifice of thousands who fought and gave up their lives, be with us through out our history and may we forever be indebted and beholden to those sons of our soil, that made it possible for us to live and breathe in a free and independent world.
I was born in 1942, in the middle of World War II and at the beginning of the Quit India Movement initiated by Mahatma Gandhi against the British. I am a child of pre Independence. During the 8th month of my Mother’s pregnancy with me in her womb, she had bolted out of the house where we lived in Allahabad to join a ’satyagraha’ procession in Katra, a busy market area, slogan shouting the voice of millions of Indians who were demanding that the British leave India. There had been a ‘lathi charge’ by the forces to disperse the crowds. Protestors were being baton beaten and my Father’s friends had rushed in to save my Mother from any harm and escorted her back to her house. My Father was not in at that moment, but on coming to learn of this passionate and patriotic outburst from my Mother had reprimanded her, not so much for her act, but the inconsideration she had shown towards the life she was carrying. Later that evening, when tempers had cooled, some of those that had been a witness to the incident, joked with my Mother and suggested that if the child to be born would be a boy she should consider naming him Inqilab Rai - from the prominent slogan of the day, Inqilab Zindabad ! Long live the revolution !!
Just got saved from being pet named, Inky !!
There have been numerous Independence Day celebrations since and each one has invoked in us pride for the nation, pride for the flag and a pride in our free state. Many among our forefathers that fought this silent non-cooperative battle along with Gandhi ji, were inspired from similar struggles being conducted elsewhere in the world at the time. The Irish Revolution to be more precise, was a great and live example. And many nations after witnessing our struggle were inspired to fight for their own freedoms. The joy and ecstasy of identity, the selfish pride with which we connect and applaud our own land, our own people, is an emotion that has always surpassed all other. The rush of blood within us on holding the National Flag, as the strains of the National Anthem builds itself into a crescendo has never had an alternative expression. It has always been a face that has glowed with pride, with just that hint of moistness in the eye.
A dear family friend and one that had been in the forefront of our Independence Movement, was once narrating an incident she had witnessed at the Bastille Day parade many decades ago on the Champs-Elysee in Paris, when India was still ruled by the British. On one of the armored vehicles that were part of the parade, a large flag of France had been unfurled on its roof. Almost spontaneously and without warning a young woman spectator, watching the ceremony from the crowds on the side of the road, broke the cordon, ran and jumped up on to the roof of the vehicle grabbed the flag and wrapped herself around it in an expression of uncontainable passion and pride, screaming ‘Vive la France’ !! And our friend had said, what an emotional moment it was for her to see this, for, she wondered at that time, when it would be for India to be free and to have its own flag !!
Our flag - saffron, white and green said to, respectively, represent courage and sacrifice, peace and truth, and faith and chivalry. And the Ashoka Chakra in the middle in navy blue with 24 spokes came from The Lion Capital of Ashoka, the figure of four lions with their backs together, facing in the four directions. This was on top of a column during the time of Ashoka the Great, now secure at the Sarnath Museum. The wheel is taken from the base of this emblem, where it was prominently displayed.
Dr S Radhakrishnan, who later became the first Vice President of India, clarified the adopted flag and its significance thus -
“ Bhagwa or the saffron colour denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work. The white in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct. The green shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends. The “Ashoka Chakra” in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth or satya, dharma or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag. Again, the wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change.
”
How beautiful and wise the significance and how inspiring the thought.
In India, our flag that is officially flown, can only be made from Khadi, the home spun yarn, made so popular by Mahatma Gandhi. It has to be of given specifications and is only available in the city of Bengaluru, erstwhile Bangalore. For long years the flag could only be flown at specified buildings and on the vehicles of specified national heads, but a young industrialist, Navin Jindal, recently moved the Supreme Court of India, on why flying the national flag could not be permitted on private buildings and structures, homes and offices, after he had been denied permission to fly it on his office building. Jindal won a historic verdict and thanks to him I now proudly fly the national flag on all my residences, following designated protocol.
Many from the media made fun and ridiculed me, when they first saw these flags on my house, questioning me first of how I was allowed to fly the flag; they not being conversant at all with the judgement from the courts, and later, on being apprised of the law, accusing me of sham patriotism. I cannot even accommodate a smirk at this most despicable taunt !
Jaya left this evening for Mumbai after having spent more than a month by the side of Amar Singh ji during his ailment. I stay back till he is sound enough to travel back. Abhishek is back today from Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ravana’ shoot in Ooty, now Udhagamandalam its original name. ( Must have been a tongue twister for the Brits when they came in so they named it Ootycamund and then for convenience Ooty). Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. Had a high fever yesterday but is settling down today. Its worrying to be so far away from children and not be there to look after them. Yes, they are mature and married and responsible, but children will always remain children !
I have been lazy today. No, nothing to do with the promise of gymming - that incidentally was restricted to a milder form, due to a strained back - I did not make any attempt to give responses to comments. One of these days I hope I can surprise all of you.
In closing -
‘Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, than what we think of ourselves.’
And that is for all you EF and FmXt that squabble among yourselves within the confines of a space, meant for healthy discourse. You do not set a good example for the medium you are on, and neither do you show respect to the person asking you to refrain from such unwanted activity.
‘Funny how simple it is for people to trash age old teachings whether they be based on a Godhead or not and then wonder why the world has become so unsafe, unstable and seemingly out of control.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries .’
Ponder dearest ones .. or are we laughing !!
Amitabh Bachchan
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Dear Amit ji
“SOUL CURRY FOR YOU AND ME” is the title of the book written by You, dedicated to “MA” and “BABUJI”. I purchased this book 2-3 years back. I
liked this book very much as it is full of wisdom, written in a very simple language and presentation is also very good.
In fact some of the wisdom written in the book has helped me to become wiser and is now part of my own WISDOM BANK. I would like to mention
one such WISDOM Thought here taken from the same book.
PAGE NO: 56-57
TITLE:FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE
“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is foolish.
Stay away from him.”
He who knows not but knows that he knows not is simple.
Teach him.
He who knows but knows not that he knows is asleep.
Wake him up.
And he who knows and knows that he knows not is a learned man.
Make him your teacher.”
the above wisdom has helped me to understand a key point and then helped me to take a “CHANGED stand” about some significant people in my
life, and it proved out to be effective solution. Apart from this, it helped me in general to decide from whom to stay away, to whom to teach, to
whom to wake up and to whom to make my teacher.
Thank you for writing such a nice book and helping me to be a little wiser person.
And Thanks a lot once more for giving comments to my post again.
God bless you
Munindra Goswami
Bangalore
Dear Amitji
Great Country and we are proud to be Indians! Diverse in culture, rich in heritage and what not…sometimes one really gets bored overseas, you are devoid of the bustling sounds of traffic, roadside vendors etc etc…Village life is again something that one has to taste in his life…instead the people from Villages are highly respectful and extremely helpful…what better sleep can one get watching the open skies with sparkling stars, or going to the field in the nights to scare away animals. It’s a different taste altogether…..whenever I go to India, I make it a point to spend few days if possible in my Village..It’s nice and so down to earth…….
All back home would have relaxed watching the Parade but am sure my Appa would have talked all about his days in the Army to his grandkids…Prime Minister assuring the nation for getting past the drought and the action plan….
A cute poem on our country :
ऐ मेरे प्यारे वतन, ऐ मेरे बिछड़े चमन
तुझ पे दिल कुरबान
तू ही मेरी आरजू़, तू ही मेरी आबरू
तू ही मेरी जान
तेरे दामन से जो आए
उन हवाओं को सलाम
चूम लूँ मैं उस जुबाँ को
जिसपे आए तेरा नाम
सबसे प्यारी सुबह तेरी
सबसे रंगी तेरी शाम
तुझ पे दिल कुरबान
Any fond remembrance Amitji on this day?? Which of your best roles u liked as an Army Officer? Major Saab , Lakshya??
Luv and Regards
Shankar
Dear Amitji
Your spot on these days…wow..
Luv
shankar
Dear Sir,
its feels great to communicate with you through your blog. truly an unbelievable experience. i’m not sure if my comment will get your valuable reply or not but no harm in trying.
i shall be in singapore with my family from 23rd till 27th august. i don’t know if you shall still be there or not, but if you are it would be an opportunity of a lifetime to even just catch a glimpse of you. i’m originally from Pakistan (living in dubai since birth)so theres not much chance of me coming to Mumbai so this is probably my only chance. might be too much to ask, but is there anyway i can see you or meet you when in singapore??
in fact, my parents met you in Dubai sometime in 1983 or something when you had attended a lunch at a hotel. my parents were invited for that same lunch and tell me how they sat with you for almost 15-20 mins and talked to you. they have a picture with you from that lunch with you in your trademark kurta pajama and shawl.
anyway, i hope you read my comment and i hope i can get some feedback from you regarding my desire to see you or MAYBE meet you in singapore. PLEASE let me know if that is at all possible. it will really really really mean the world to me and my wife.
Regards,
OMER
Dear Lion King & EFs….
On this occasion I would like to recall one of debate put on the air by one of the leading news channel of India.
Debate somewhere focused on Pt.Neharu contribution as first prime minister.
One of aged Muslim participant asked one simple question… Before independence 80% government were either from Kayastha or Muslims because they were learned people but soon after independence this figure surprisingly changed to 80% pundits as government employees and rest of community in 20%.
hello sir…
happy indepemdence day….love you
gomati
Dear Amitji
I am not sure if I am first today but as mentioned yesterday I will try to be first hence trying for the same.Happy Independence day Sir
Thanks & regards
also,a very HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to you and to your family..
OMER
Hi Mr. Bachchan,
Hope you are well. And I hope Amar singh ji is also recovering fast.
Just wanted to ask you if I can keep you posted about my daughter Nehas play?
Thanx for the love…..love u too.
Madhu.
SIRJI..NAMASTE…AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !!!
REGARDS,
MANOJ KUMAR OJHA
http://manojkumarojha.blogspot.com/
Dear Sir,
A very warm wish for the Independence Day of our Country. The emotion of the whole country has been poured into the tri-color. Several celebrations are going ,on this auspicious occasion. The day we got freedom after almost two hundred years from the English witness a long struggle and sacrifice of countless lives.
But after looking over the present scenario, where corruption and discrimination against religion, women, child and various ethnic group are still prevalent, the sweet taste and enthusiasm of independence come a little bit down. People have become very much self-concentrated and a handful of persons come forward to help a deprived person. Is it the dream of our national heroes viz. Gandhiji, Nehru, S C Bose , Bhagat Singh n many more ?? Why most of the people cant think beyond their personal greeds? What should be the role as a countryman towards the nation? Where poverty, corruption, dowry, nepotism and greed will take us? Would we able to give the world an everlasting message of humanity and fraternity?
I do celebrate the Independence day but honestly speaking there is a little pain somewhere inside me ….. I hope and pray to the almighty that in one fine days we will lead the world and all the devils would be extinct…
Vande Matram — Jai Bharat
With regards and best wishes
Yours - Deep
Hey Mr bachchan… Love u lotz
Happy Independence day
Hope you are doing well.Sorry to hear about Aishwariya and hope she recovers real fast .
Take care
Love
Sheetal
happy independence day amitjii
lots of love and warm regardssss
zazee
SIRJI…VERY GOOD EVENING AND A VERY HAPPY INDEPENDECE DAY !!!
NOT ONLY TEMPLES WERE GOT DESTRUCTED BUT ALSO ONCE THE GREAT SEAT OF LEARNING “NALANDA” WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY EMPEROR ASHOK AND WHICH WAS AT FULL FLOURISH BETWEEN 427 CE TO 1197 CE WORLDS FIRST RESIDENTIAL UNIVERSITY WHERE 10,000 STUDENTS AND 2,000 TEACHERS ACCOMODATED IS SITUATED IN BIHAR GOT COMPLETELY DESTROYED AS PER WIKIPEDIA~
AN EXCERPT FROM THE WIKIPEDIA ~
In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by Bakhtiyar Khalji, a Turk; this event is seen by scholars as a late milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. Khilji is said to have asked if there was a copy of the Koran at Nalanda before he sacked it. The Persian historian Minhaj-i-Siraj , in his chronicle the Tabaquat-I-Nasiri, reported that thousands of monks were burned alive and thousands beheaded as Khilji tried his best to uproot Buddhism and plant Islam by the sword, and the burning of the library contin ued for several months and “smoke from the burning manuscripts hung for days like a dark pall over the low hills.”
The last throne-holder of Nalanda, Shakyashribhadra, fled to Tibet in 1204 CE at the invitation of the Tibetan translator Tropu Lotsawa (Khro-phu Lo-tsa-ba Byams-pa dpal). In Tibet he started an ordination lineage of the Mulasarvastivadin lineage to complement the two existing ones.
When the Tibetan translator Chag Lotsawa (Chag Lo-tsa-ba, 1197–1264) visited the site in 1235, he found it damaged and looted, with a 90-year-old teacher, Rahula Shribhadra, instructing a class of about 70 students.
Ahir considers the destruction of the temples, monasteries, centers of learning at Nalanda and northern India to be responsible for the demise of ancient Indian scientific thought in mathematics, astronomy, alchemy, and anatomy.
AND NOW, A VERY GOOD NEWS THAT THIS NALANDA UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO GET ITS OLD CHARM ONCE AGAIN. LET’S SEE BY WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.
WITH LOVE AND WARM REGARDS,
MANOJ KUMAR OJHA
http://manojkumarojha.blogspot.com/
Dear AMITJI,
Happy Independence Day. Am I the first to day? I have write it without reading your blog.I’ll read now.Good night……Triveni
It is heart-warming to see the FmXt growing into a much closer knitted family now. It is equally joyous to see this family network mounting at a personal level for many.
However, we all need to sit back and rethink our purpose of coming on this favourite space we all so fond of???
The over-abundance of comments reduces diversity and keeps some meaningful interactions and positive ideas from taking hold. Many sentiments remain unshared because they appear so down in the thread or they are likely to be lost in sheer volume and clutter. Many do not get the opportunity to seek a “Yellow” line that we all fancy.
Our dearest AB has given us this affable opportunity to network and converse with him. Let us be mindful of the beautiful space that he shares with all of us. Let us utilise this with maturity conscientiousness and much consideration.
We all love AB with a lot of passion. With great passion, comes great responsibility.eh?
Love you All.
Amitji
Thanks for the message on Independence..also noted that Jayaji has left today to Mumbai…
Nice to Know Abhishek is also getting back from Ravana shooting..Most importantly, Aish is getting sick quite frequently..must be getting on to gruelling shooting sessions…she needs gud rest…Now that Jayaji and Abhi are getting back..she should be fine…may she recover soon…
Thanks for sharing all with us…
Luv and Regards
shankar
Sir,
Happy Independence Day to you and to all of EXFam!
God Bless You And Your Family
Happy I-Day!
Hi Amitji,
Happy Independence Day!!!! though a little belated. Nice to note that u had a lazy day. I came across a quote by Daniel Radcliffe recently in Readers Digest saying “There’s never enough time to do nothing.” How true it is!!! In this day, we always seem to be in a hurry to something or the other that there’s never time to sit and relax and tune in with oneself.
Nice to read your post today. Sometimes makes me regret that we were not a part of that generation when we could have put in our service also to bring freedom to India. Proud to be an Indian!!!! Jai Hind!!!
Lots of love and regards,
Usha
Amitji
Ending is nice..wish u a gud nyt…you are India’s Pride…
Rgds
shankar
You are my sweet obsession.
I love you so much.
I want to wish happy independence day to India and all Indians in every country!
I learned many interesting things today, for instance about the Indian flag.
When you spoke of the influence other independence movements have had for your own, I couldn’t help remembering the huge effect Gandhi and his peaceful movement for independence had in my own country, since he was a role model for Martin Luther King Jr.
Love, Phyllis
Hi Amitji,
Yet to read the blog. Just wanted to say Hi.
Love.
hi amitji,
how r u?
Hope you are well.
Hi Amitji,
Did you read about SRK ? I guess many of us have had this experienceout of India. I atleast have and many of my friends too. how can we tackle this ? I mean what is the best way according to you ?
Also my daily reminder …
Can you please try and use speech to text converter software to write your blogs ? That way you will be able to reply to many more of us..
Regards,
Dear Amitji
Pls announce the surprise….can;t wait for it!!!!
Regards
shankar
Dear Sir,
Can you please ask your collegue SRK & Karan Johar to stop doing cheapest publicity stunts…..!
This is a cheap publicity stunt by SRK to promote his film MY NAME IS KHAN, which is on smiler subject’s line, where SRK is just counting on his hidden JIHADI feelings over the NON-JIHADI world by the backing of the innocent non-muslims, who love him unconditionally.
anil
No, Amitji, we are not laughing.
You are absolutely right and I agree. We need to be respectful of each other, of this space, and most of all, show the utmost respect for you.
I can see how much this squabbling pains you. You are like the father, who sees his children quarrel over absurdities.
Thank you for the lovely tri-colors on the blog.
Nicknamed “Inky”!!! Thank God not.
Love and regards,
Jasmine J
Hello Mr. Bachchan,
Happy Indipendence day………….
Dear Sir
Just check and found again at number 7 spot..Any way will try again next time..How is Aishwarya as you have mentioned she is having flu?I hope she is fine..I was not aware that Jayais also satying at Singapore…Hats of to both of you for your commitments…Hope to meet you some day..Have seen you once at the set of KBC and ond day out of your home Jalsa…
Thanks & regards
Hi Mr Bachchan,
I do understand when u say ‘ its worrying to be so far from children and not be there to look after them’.
My daughter Neha lives in london alone and i just keep worrying abt her.
I do hope Ashwariya is feeling better now.
love,
Madhu.
Tried to post this yesterday twice, but it went up in smoke both times.
’Write for the ear’” I thought, so that you may be instantly understood as when actor or folk singer stands before an audience. I delight in active men, taking the same delight in soldier or craftsman…the poetic theme has always been present. I recall an Indian tale: certain men said to the greatest of sages, ‘Who are your Masters?’ And he replied, ‘The wind and the harlot, the virgin and the child, the lion and the eagle.’” From AN INTRODUCTION FOR MY PLAYS by W. B. Yeats
Those Images
Seek those images
That constitute the wild,
The lion and the virgin,
The harlot and the child.
W. B. Yeats, 1938
http://heartstorming.com/2009/01/william-butler-yeats-nine-muses-ideas-stimulators/
Krishna is my favorite god of the Hindu pantheion, even though I know him only from books and stories. Yesterday’s reminiscence was so exquisitely rendered, that it brought him to new life for me. I definitely want to read that book once it comes out! Thank you again for sharing your memories with us.
Love, Phyllis
Hello Mr. Bachchan-Namaskar,
I have been thinking of asking this question ever since Aishwarya Bachchan became your daughter in law; Does she cook when she is home. What’s best dish you ever liked IF she ever cooked something while at home. Whome would you think cooks better Mrs.Jaya Bachchan, Mrs. Aishwarya Bachchan or may be your favourite chef at home. What is your favourite dish including sweets. Hope you have ever tasted Hira halwai’s Gulabjaman’s in Allahabad. I would be glad to see an upcoming blog from you pertaining to your favourite cousines. Waiting for a reply.
Happy Janmashtami…………
Richa
This Blog is like our own life …..
residing inside our own body…….
whose control is in someone else’s hand……
thus keeping this beautiful platform in good health……
is very important to keep the supreme controller in best state of mind to enhance the overall life span.
It will be greatly appreciated if this platform can be utilized more for Amit ji’s Blog and interaction with millennium’s biggest star.. We are highly blessed to have him with us so let’s cherish each and every moment of his blessings.
And he will bless us for years and years and years……… I hope.
Wande Matram….
Jai Jawan Jai Kissan….
Kaar chale hum phida janoo tann sathiyo ….Aab tumhare hawale watan satiyo
Sare Jahan see acchha Hindustan hamra ….
Aie Malik tere Bande hum….Aise hai hoo hamare karam…….Neki parr chale
Jai Blog ji kee
Jai Mata kee
Dear Sir,
I have been writing you for last several day but still waiting for your yellow lifeline… why this discrimination is only against me…. hope you would be giving a great gift on this auspicious occasion of India’s Independence anniversary….
I hope and pray to god for quick recovery of Mrs. Aishwarya Bachchan. In wait for your response…..
Yours:- Deep
A small poem/prayer to celebrate Janamashtami:
Blessed are You, O Lord our God,
Wellspring of all that is.
You are the sea on which we float,
You are the wind that fills our sails,
You are the storm that buffets us,
You are the calm that bring us peace.
Open our ears to hear Your word,
Open our eyes to see Your beauty,
Open our hears to be warmed by Your love.
Free us from our lonely prisons of fear and selfishness.
And make us over, day by day, into bearers of Your Peace.
Blessed be, all those who seek to grow and worship, for we are all part of creation, and we are created to grow continually and revere the Creator and Lover of All Creation, in order to have peace and attain fulfillment in our days on earth.
I am most interested in how one might obtain a copy of Bhawana Somaaya’s book here in the United States. Will it be possible? Might I obtain it via overseas order?
I love you with a deep and abiding love, and respect for the person you have grown into, over the years; it is a reflection of all your family upbringing, and your experiences during your time. Is this not why I find older men much more fascinating than younger, less experienced? You are young yet… you are more attractive now, than earlier, to me. But then, I am also married to a loving husband who is 18 years my senior; he will be 69 years of age this August 24. God willing, he will survive his cancer, and continue on with me for many years. He too has a lovely beard; I find beards on men to be very sexy and appealing! Do not become clean-shaven anytime soon! I would love you still, but the beard is part of your sex appeal… I wonder if other women of the “family” agree with me on this?
Loved your post regarding the visit to the temple in Mathura, and the very detailed description brought me in my mind’s eye to be there with you, so long ago. I would like to visit there. I am also impressed by your father’s choice of shards of carvings, and display of them at entrance of home. I love WB Yeats, though I am not English. There is great respect in rememberances and traditions carried throughout years in the family. So sorry for long and rambling post this morning; I ask forgiveness from you, and the extended family (I struggle with the term fmext; I like EF better. It is easier!)
love always, mwuuuah!
Elaine
WISH ALL THE INDIANS A VERY HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
dear sir,
i am not a regular here……tryin to catch up……your writing inspires me. the one where you talked with yourself about your days in DU….it made so much sense to me….i have recently graduated…and even i am trying to find my place….confront my fears…..make my presence felt….and the rest….and when you spoke about it i really felt hope…i am not lost anymore…thanks to you….you have touched my heart …and my life…and for that i am forever grateful.
Dear Inky, (just kidding)
I am so sorry about your strained back. You do not have to do any punishments.
Please take it easy!
I wish I could thank your father’s friends for rushing in to save your mother and you. Thankfully you are here with us today.
Thank you for all the information about the colors and material on your flag.
I am not a patriotic person but I respect your proud feelings for your country.
I do have a tiny Indian flag at home which I got from the parade a few years ago. I wish I could go tomorrow. I love the flag colors up on top of the page.
I like the idea of a peaceful change.
You posted so late that I thought you might be out partying for the holiday or that you were so immersed in your new book.
My best wishes for Aishwarya for a quick and complete recovery. It seems the worrying for you almost never stops.
Tell Abhishek I said hello.
I’m sorry you had to witness dissent on the blog.
Please take care of that back and you can surprise us whenever you’re ready. Take your time.
Love,
Rochelle
Today is also my papa’s Birthday …U know what My nana je was a freedom fighter……….and my mama ,masa je and my papa’s birthday falls on Independence day…………isn’t it it a gr8 coincidence…………
Respected Amitabhji
love the little smily face with the flag.
Saw Abhisheks prog with the Jawans on NDTV today.Was really touched by the gift he gave them.Your fathers poem written by you. The Jawans of our country give up everything for our country and us and it was overwelming to see Abhishek spend some time and bringing a smile on their faces. You are indeed blessed to have such a wonderful son who is so unlike the rich spoilt brats of today. Love and best wishes to him and your family on this special day.
Love
Sheetal
hi amitji,
it’s better then Inqilabji
Happy independence day
Good night
Happy Independence Day to you and your family!
Love Sopna
And the icon waving our beautiful flag — priceless.
Thank you for updating us about the family. Sorry to hear Aishwarya is unwell, hopefully she feels better soon. Yes, children always remain children — we want to care for them, take their pain away, make them feel better — whether they are newborn or grown adults. Once a parent, always a parent. My sons are grown up too now, and I totally relate to how you feel abour being away from your children when they are unwell.
This post is a fascinating read, yet again, like all your other ones.
Love and regards,
Jasmine J
Dear Mr.Bachchan
Saadar Pranaam & Charan Sparsh
Happy Independence Day to You and All the EF.
Would like to know your comments on this … Is it correct to call 15th August Independence Day for all times to come ? Or should we not call it National Day … Would like to know your thoughts.
Calling it Independence Day on one hand keeps reminding us that we were slaves for 200 years… it is good to remember that …so that we are careful , however it is demeaning also or perhaps reflects that we still are not confident ..I dont have an opinion yet but this thought just came to my mind when i was writing this comment so wanted to have ur thoughts on this .
Best Regards and best wishes to AMAR SINGH Ji and your family
Amit B - Singapore
BTW - any idea how many EF members from Singapore / based in Singapore
Happy Independence day sir!!!!!Hope u r fine & fit.May god bless u sir.
Love
RAHUL DEDHIA
dear anna, (meaning elder brother in tamil)
comming back to this blog after a period of two months or more……just hope u remember me ??
anyway………..happy independence day and
LONG LIVE INDEPENDENT INDIA
best wishes from
your thambi(meaning younger brother from bangalore)
hello sir, i admire ur work,ur personality,ur courage n last but not the least ur amazing blog….. watched today songs frm ur old movies…….apnee to jasey tasey..thoree aesy ya wasey,jahan teree yeh nazar hai,pag ghungroo baandh meera…. n lots more,loved all of them…..i loved ur work in cheenikum…waiting for ‘paa’…hope it will b as amazing as baalkis cheenikum…..keep bloging n sharing ur thoughts wid us…… wid lots of respect ..regards
discourse is good, feeble argument not so, ya ya never trust the headlines …
wish everybody peaceful independence day.
more discourse …mmmm
and less headlines (for me a self-tapping on the head, don’t follow headlines)…
Hi Sir
At First…HaPPy IndEPenDEcE Day.I really loved your new snap on the Blog.
Sir i am litt bit angry from u because this is the 3rd time when i am repeating my ques.I jst want to know your exact birth timings.Am i asking toooooo much?Pls dont mind my words.I really really really respect you.
Thanks
sachin k rastogi(new delhi)
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SIRJI…WE GOT INDEPENDENCE IN 1947….BUT YOU DON’T THINK STILL WE HAVE TO GET INDEPENDENCE FROM CASTE, CREED, RELIGION BASED FANATICS????
HOPE TO GET YOUR RESPONSE.
WITH LOVE AND WARM REGARDS,
MANOJ KUMAR OJHA
http://manojkumarojha.blogspot.com/
A Very Happy Independence Day to you too !!!!!
Love you tooo much.. Good Night…
Raja
My dear Sir,
Pranam
On 17th august , I am having my final round of interview for the post of Lecturer in a Management Institute…. A little fear and uncertainty are prevailing upon my mind … what should I do….. .I want to get your blessings and love….. Hope you would….
Thanks in adavance
Yours :- Deep
Shri Amitabh Bachchan,
Happy Independence Day to you Mr Bachchan and all Indians, around the world.
With love,
Manish Parmar, UK.
Dear Amitji
I must tell you something that was quite a problem in the Middle East …all Indians were not given senior management positions…on projects they demanded westerners…
Of late the trend has changed, Indians have proved that in Brains they second to none…Dear EF’s ..trust me this is no offence to any individual or nation..I am proud to be an Indian..Now the Projects are headed by Asian including Pakistanis…
We are a strong nation..given a honest opportunity we can do wonders..instead of blaming each other, we have to stand tall in our indvidual assignment and progress rationally to make our nation move more forward…
Amitji aapke rai??
Rgds
shankar
Dearest Mr. Bachchan, Sir - Happy Independence Day to YOU and all of India!!!
Wishing the best Independence Day EVER to all who read this message - mostly you, Big Guy!
Sending lots of hugs and kisses to YOU…
XXXXX OOOOO
Valorie
Hello Dear Amitji,
Just want to say hello, before reading blog..
Prashant
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN…
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO YOU AND ALL OUR INDIAN MEMBERS OF OUR BIG FMXT…
may you all be free allways …all of us here in this world…may we all be free to do as we all wish …as we all wish for peace and free world…
i have to read the post and get back to you later…
till then..just know that i love you and allways be here for you as you are for me and for our big FmXt members…here every day no matter what …
thank you for your care and attention…
anat magen here in israel…
Dear Amitji.
My father was a freedom fighter.Inspired by Gandhiji he came to Orissa for teach them Hindi as Rastrabhasa.My mother also doing the same.She is organising a comittee name RASTRABHSA PRACHAR SAVA in Orissa.We heard lot of stories about freedom from my father.How they spent their time in jail.In the jail also he taught hindi to other prisoners. But now we have less enthusiasim on Independece day & Republic day It is my feeling…Ok Bye ….. With love
Triveni
For AB,
… … still pondering… … back soon… …
Regards,
Sudhir
Wish you all a Happy 15th AUG. May we all say in unison
“Vande Mataram !”
Time to watch this today - India poised by AB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-TwHwLc98
Dear Amitji !!!!!!!!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to u n all EFs. Today your post combines
all emotions……..can feel wat u are telling about the pre independence days,
as my grandparents used to tell us and while telling tears used to roll down
their eyes………although we are born in the post independence era…..we
can feel what our ancestors went through. We are breathing in a free India
but we all have to remember that it was hard earned n should work towards
maintaining it to pass it on to the future generations……….Thanks for all
your insights……..n about the change i think so India is changing in quite
a positive way with the changing world………but children should be told
n taught about their culture n be grounded to their roots.
Yeah…….thank God……you were not named Inqalab Rai…….Omg…..
Inky……..would have been so funny……..hahaha…….
Your closing statements with those quotes are worth reading and worth
pondering……..only if everyone tries to understand what u wanna convey.
This platform provided by you for us…the general public should be used only
for uplifting each other……..this is my opinion………
Please convey my luv to Jayaji……..i really adore her since childhood.
N luv to Abhishek n Ashwariya also…….n may she recover soon………..
Can understand how much u are missing them…….
Thanks n Regards !!!!!
Lots Of Love n Best Wishes !!!!!!
Karuna !!!!!!
Dear Amitabh Bachchan,
* * * Happy Independence Day to you and your family and all !! * * *
Have a beautiful day and happy celebrations ! : )
I am going out with my Church on a picnic and I will return and write to you more …
God bless.
With love.
Tatiana S. USA
hi sir
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!
Swatantarta Diwas Ki Shubhkamnayein.
Dear sir (Inky for today!!!)
Salute the patriot in ur mother…
There’s something abt the colors of our flag, so beautifully chosen, so austere, thats brings a surge of patriotism in me…I feel my heart painfully contract and tears well up when I see our flag being hoisted. I am so proud to be an Indian.
A healthy discourse it shall be henceforth, with a little cross chat…like a classroom when the teacher is away.
Hope Aishwarya gets well soon. Must be the weather we have here rt now…too humid. Dont worry. Rest ur back and surprise us soon.
Love.
Aishwarya.
yes Happy INdependence Day
I am so proud to be an Indian…today and always no matter where I live and for how long
My motherland will always remain with me.
with love to all
i waited for so long man……… was determined to be in the first 25 at least………. happy independence day…………. how are you and howz life and all………. saw jaya mams bong movie desh.. she is fantastic……. just let her know am a huge fan of hers……….. take care and bye……. and ya i wish to get a yellow strip plzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I do ponder.. about the 3 funny things we use to do without giving them a deep thought to know how inconsistent - sometimes - we are.
( And that is for all you EF and FmXt that squabble among yourselves within the confines of a space, meant for healthy discourse. You do not set a good example for the medium you are on, and neither do you show respect to the person asking you to refrain from such unwanted activity. )
so sorry for that.. but i am sure that they didn’t know that you don’t approve the cross chatting activity.. and ALL YOUR EF/FmXt do love and respect you.. so please don’t be upset with any of them.. please.
I am sad that your back is strained.. and that Aishwarya is down with chest infection.. poor she.. pray and hope taht she recovers soon.. and that you will be alone without the dear wife and son.. just with your dear friend whom i wish he rapidly recovers.
The post is so meaningful.. i admire your mother more and more.. glad that you had been saved from the being called ” Inky “.. and loved all what you had mentioned about revolution, independence day.. flag coloures’ meanings.. and sad that you had been accused by sham patrionism..
enjoyed reading about the woman who covered her body with the flag.. that was so moving.. women had equally participated in all freedom, liberation movements.. and they had equally loved their homeland and were ready to sacrifice their lives for their countries.. like men.. which proves that how beautiful equal/different women & men are.
Loved the flag animation.. waiting for what you are going to surprise us with.. Have a wonderful night.. great to feel lazy sometimes.. wish you a great day tomorow.. lots of love.. sweet draems.
Bharat humko jaan se pyaara hai.
Sabse nyaara gulistan hamara hai.
Bachchanji humko jaan se pyaare hai.
Rohit Kumar Bhutoria
rohit.bhutoria@gmail.com
Continued: SO like your mother to rush to join the satyagraha, you in her tummy. What a strong lady, so passionate in her beliefs, nothing was going to come in the way of her expressing her love for the freedom of the country, doing her bit to drive the British away! Being rescued by your father’s friends and then facing the displeasure of her husband! I can so see it in my imagination.
I think I (and the rest of the world) much prefers Amitabh Bachchan to Iquilab Rai.
Although “a rose by any other name….”
Thanks for explaining the significance of the colors so well, and including Dr. Radhakrishnan’s quotation.
Another wonderful quotation that really makes one think — hopefully, it should anyway — so true that it is inconsequential what others think of us, and so important how we conduct ourselves.
I only hope it will be understood in its true spirit of maintaining one’s dignity and self-respect, and not used as a way of “I will do what I want to do coz’ I don’t care what others think of me!”
I wish you had included your recollections as a five year old (if any at all) or as you grew up from 1947 onwards — of those early years of the country’s independence.
Maybe next year.
Love you, Amitji (it has taken me so long to say this, while I see others saying it all the time to you, some naughty gals even propositioning you with “your place or mine”!!!! IBut always felt shy of saying it like this! But I realised I really do and always have.)
Jasmine J
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, but you are one day behind your country, isn’t it possible to fix two days of holidays in a year? i mean to celebrate Independence day and Republic day .
Dearest Amit ji,
Yes i am pondering and not laughing… So true.. Sorry to hear about Aishwarya’s ill health…
U take care of yr back…
Dont strain yr eye’s and neck to give us a suprise…
Luv ya
respects
Joshua D
Happy Independence day to all!!! Dear Mr Bachchan,another interesting post which enlightens us about our ‘Tiranga’.The indepth knowledge about why certain colors n a symbol were chosen to become in togetherness-the most beautiful flag of our beautiful country.Your blog has the intimacy and the intricacy that has become part of many lives.May you always touch the heart n soul of one and all just the way your parents did.You r a true Indian n the best way to annoy ur critics is to ignore them!hope your family stays well n wish ur daughter-in-law a speedy recovery.many regards.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Nice to have a lazy day ! You enjoyed ?
No wonder your acting as angry young man
was so good, Mrs. Teji Bachchan gave
you a “first hand” lesson !
I wish you not to have more problem with
your back and tomorrow to be a very happy day !
Have a nice good sleep with the very happy dreams !
Love,
e.t.
SirG’
VANDE MATARAM..!!
Vinod Agarwal
Amitji……..
I dont know why….but i never sent any comment eithout reading
however late it may be…….i dont wanna run to be the 1st……yes
i would luv but still i prefer to read n then reply…….for all the effort
you make in writing the post everyday………everyday…….theres
something new n full of informations n insights………you really
write with all your heart n try to give as much gud knowledge as
possible……so i think so we should atleast reciprocate with as much
luv and respect……..n not just run for being the 1st……………
If we have to get an answer from you we will…….whichever no. we
are on doesnt matter………Anyways thanks again for all your effort.
Luv…….Karuna……..
Inky would have been an endearing name..wouldn’t it??
Happy Independence Day!!
Love
Vida
Hello
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu said about the Indian Flag Tiranga:
” Under this flag, there is no difference between a prince and a peasant,
between the rich and the poor, between man and women. ”
That emoticon waving at us is wonderful. I pride myself for being an Indian. As a teacher in an Indian School in Muscat, my students would often ask me, “Ma’m you look like a christain, you have a muslim name, you can recite the strotas, who are you?” I would proudly answer, “I am an Indian”.
My son has two names…Noor Ali saleem and Sudarshan Ali Iyengar. I was staying with an Iyengar family when he was born. Gopalan mama and his wife, whom I fondly call Mami, looked after me at that time. He christened my son Sudershan Ali Iyengar.
Let’s all use this blog as a platform to build harmony. Let’s forget debates, arguments, and enjoy this togetherness. The FmTxt is born out of love and let’s nurture it with care.
Lots of love to you all
Nafisa Saleem
Hi Amitji
My earlier post got filtered ..dont know why.. i had just asked about SRK’s experience..any ways… I’ll just remind you to think about using speech to text softwares for your bloga.. that way you can answer many more of us…
Regards,
प्रिय अमितजी को नमस्कार ,
स्वतंत्रता दिवस की बहुत बहुत बधाई ……………
आपका लिखा हुआ ब्लॉग पड़ना बहुत ही सुखद अनुभव हैं ………और ये अनुभव में हमेशा करना चाहता हूँ …………….
इस अवसर पर गाँधी जी का प्रिय भजन याद आत्ता हैं
रघुपति राघव राजा राम पतित पावन सीता राम
इश्वर अल्लाह तेरो नाम सबको सन्मति दे भगवान्
पुनीत (जयपुर)
Respected Sir,
Once again Happy Independence Day………. Good night , sweet dreams and tc…
Yours : Deep
On second thoughts I think my second post too may be filtered..So Amitji can you just say hi to me …
Happy Independence Day to all my Indian brothers and sisters!
Jai Hind!
Dora
Hello Amit Sir,
vande matram,
Happy Independence Day,
Jai hind,
not much to say today
Enjoyed your post, liked to know about incident when you were in womb
Good night
Dr vikram singh
http://www.wacky5.com
Dear mr. amit ji,
we too had an IMA (indian medical association) conf. and independence day celebrations! we did virtual computerised flag hoisting, an national anthem..& later panel discussion on swine flew control prog. VASAI IMA..60 docs attended the event..swine flew panic needs to be controlled…also had a mouth watering pav bahji, gulab jamun, tava pulav as brunch..i am a pathologist; my hubby a gynaec..he organised this on 15 th aug..i am proud of him…SWINE FLEW comes after every 30 yrs…so age grp above 30 r immune to it….younger pop. more susceptible..H1N1 panic…water scarcity..r 2 major hurdles of today’s india…god give us strength 2 fight this…on 15 th aug…come what may…we will do it!!! won’t we amitji…
Happy independence day 2 u Mr. B. Thanks 4 sharing ur experiences with us. Love u lots: yerishna
A sermon directed to all the bloggers– please do not digress from the real purpose of this blog — to have meaningful dialouge concerning the subject. well said amitabhji.
your accompanied your mother, when you were still in womb,to shout slogans for independence of our country in streets.the traits of your mother have percolated down and embraced your personality.like mother like son!
dr. radhakrishnan, the great philosopher with vision beautifully explained the meaning of three colours incorporated in our national flag. thanks for reminding the bloggers here about the great ideals of one of the greatest sons of this country.
very glad to know that all your residences in mumbai have majestic tri-colour at the top. this is the spirit of a true patriot who loves his motherland. this inspires one to identify with his roots.
jayaji after spending few weeks in singapore is back in mumbai. she greatly values bachchan’s bond of love and affection with amar singhji.
concerened to learn that aishwarya is down with flu. she must be getting the best possible medical attention as she is not only a bachchan bahu but also a national treasure. wishing her speedy recovery.
independence day–national anthem–national flag–moist eyes –deep feelings–a very poetic description of all the rituals of this wonderful day in life of indians.
shubh raatri–jai hind.
with best wishes,
devkishin vyas,mumbai
Hi Inky
I kinda like that name. It is so cute. My nephew is named Ajinkya and we all call him Jinky. So Amitabh can be Inky too. Or how about Mitu. Now now I am getting too cooky pooky. Well well………( no chuckling)
Happy Independence day to you too.
Please take extra care of Aishwarya . We have been hearing of swine flu all around in India, so please ask her to be really really safe.
Love you always
Ritu
Response to Shankar No: 55, Isn’t the real issue that all nations, expatriates working in the middle east are treated as 2nd class citizens. The fact that indians largely contribute to the infrastructure of a country has little importance to the arab world ..
I am so proud to be Indian. Full stop. Never forget your past, your heritage and culture.
Love Always ..
Manish Parmar. UK.
Hello Sir Ji…
Happy Independence DAY
VANDE MATARAM
Love you sir ji & Keep Smiling
- Mahendra Athneria
JAI HIND!
NICE POST !AGAIN AND AGAIN…….
U R REAL INSPIRATION.
TAKECARE,
KHUDA HAFIZ.
My dearest Mr. Bachchan .. or would you actually prefer ‘Inky’? ; )
I have been looking forward to reading your version of events regarding Independence Day and as always you didn’t disappoint!!!
Also too in addressing this cross chat issue. Keeping to ‘Bachchan’ or ‘blog’ related comments only and addressing you at all costs is a way to make sure we all enjoy reading them…lets face it we are all only really here for you!! Squabbling and nastiness is very far from anything you would participate in and I personally think that is “the” best way!
I’m sorry to hear Aishwarya is still unwell. Hasn’t she had this fever for some time now? I will remember in my prayers and hope she recovers very soon.
I’m also sad to hear about your back strain Mr B. The absence of the yellow slips today had suggested to me that you may be unwell… and I’m delighted that you didn’t attempt them! My only plea today Mr. B, is that you look after yourself…
Now I’m heading back to the post to the juicy parts ..but will most likely return in the morning….
Again Mr.B .. do take care, please…
Goodnight and sleep well….
With much love
Jasmine
xx
PS: Another very cutesy emoticon – I hope this yellow ball doesn’t eventually replace the image I have of Mr. Bachchan in my mind!! - Well you put it next to your name today! ; ) Hehehe….xx
Happy Independance day !!!!!!!!!
Dear Amitji,
Last week you witnessed celebration of Singapore’s National day while staying in Singapore and today it’s India’s Independence day. India got independence 62 yrs back while Singapore got it just 44 years back. But their is a stark difference between the progress made by two countries. Singapore is developed nation and India is yet developing nation. Many people in India still living in misery with basic things like housing, food, medical, education, etc. not in place for them. For these people what does independence mean? They are still slave to poverty.
Obviously, Singapore and India can not be compared but it was a visionary leadership and hard work of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his team who transformed Singapore in a single generation from poor, dirty and hungry nation to developed nation. Do you feel like our leaders after independence lacked that vision of development?
On the 62nd Independece day, India is battling against 3Is (as reported in Singapore’s local tabloid “Tabla”) Influenza, Insufficient rain and Insurgency.
Though scenario doesn’t look bright for India but still my hindustani heart wishing all Fellow hindustanis “Happy Independence day”. Wish India can overcome it’s battle against 3Is.
Dear AB
Happy Independence day to you !
Take care of your back and use hot water bottle/bag it will help to ease the pain. Get well soon wishes to Ash.
Loads of love
Vinita
Dear Sir
Happy Independence Day for you and all Indians
Love,
Lille Skvat
MY DEARST OF ALL…MY AMITABH BACHCHAN…
how great that fills to be free…to be on your own…to live your life as you wish….
i was thrilled to read about your mothers act at the times of the protests…she wa on of a kind…and was carring you in her womb…she was so brave….there arent many like her today….may she rest in peace…
a good name…Inky…but for a pet :))…i love the name Amitabh….its so powerfull…may you live long to carry this name for many many more years…
i just loved the discreption about the Indian flag…its so moving…you are righ,there is no filling that can comper to the filling when we hear the national anthom or holding our national flag….
the media should be a shamed of what they said about you when you flown the flags ll over your houses…they just cant stop,can they???
my dear,how is Aish?i am sorry to read about her illness…i pray that she will be soon healthy and lovely as allways…may she recover soon….
you are so right…even when children are mature they will allways be children for thier perents….
you were lazy today ?ha…..you did nothing ,but it was becouse you had a strained back…..i hope that you fill better by the morning…
i will wait to see the day you will be abl to reply to all the comments…i wonder how you will do that….
i think you are right…..we allways question our relegiuse teachers and what they say…but if we read the news we belive that in a minoute,i wonder why is that…
with that tought i will say good nght and sweet dreams my dear….
i hope you all fill well by morning and we will have good news about your back and about Aish too….
all my love and please do take care…
all my love to you as allways…
anat magen here in israel….
Priya Sakhaa,
HI, how are you/
waiting for surprise!!!!!!!!
How is Aishwarya?? Get well soon…
with pure love……….with pure heart………..
LO I’m VE………with……….U
smita_nine@yahoo.co.in
Amijit, I really need help, I made a mistake on the blog that only you could correct, and in addition it may offend someone if I write it here
I am in a deadlock
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Thanks for the inspiring piece of writing…..this Independence Day I’m reminding myself a line by ex-US Vice President,Cheney…..that “It is easy to take liberty for granted if you don’t have it taken from you”….I’m pondering on this….. that really many a times we need to be remembered that what we get today must never be taken for ranted and wasted carelessly……So many brave souls have fought for achieving this…….the example of your mother in this writing of yours shows her courage,selflessness, and her love for this country which is a true lesson for generations to come…..just think how many men and women have fought endlessly for the freedom bestowed today upon us…..
So, today…..to the true spirit of independence of our great nation…..wish you, your family and all the members of the extended family all the goodness and well-being…..
Regards,
Suryatapa.
Apologies to Shah Rukh Khan for what happened at the Newark airport. Some homeland security guards are just too “conscientious”. My son-in -law has also been the object of this “conscientiousness”, and it is hard to justify that it is for everyones safety. Sorry to SRK.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Happy Swatantra divas to you!!
Love the three quotes at the end and the waving tiranga. Thank You.
So much to learn from you as usual.
With Kind Regards
Rajesh
DEAR AMITJI,
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I POSTED MY E-MAIL ADDRESS ON YOUR BLOG .SOON AFTER THAT I’M GETTING E-MAILS FROM LADIES STATING THAT THEY LIKE MY PROFILE ON BIG ADDA DATING SITE. I DO NOT HAVE OR KNOW HOW TO CREATE ONE ,WONDERING IF INFO FROM YOUR BLOGIS BEING SHARED WITH OTHERS , WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.IT CAN CREATE A PROBLEM AS YOU SEE I’M A MARRIED MAN .PLEASE LOOK INTO IT .
THANKS, RAJIV
Dear Mr Bachchan
Happy Independence Day! And I love the reasons for the colours of the Indian flag…. such noble ideals. I am always so grateful when you share wisdom about Indian culture.
Could you possibly clarify one more thing about Blog culture?
I’ve received your message about EF squabbling loud and clear, and have only ever said anything negative about another member of EF once (a while ago) when a person had attacked a female member of EF most cruelly, and several of us raised our voices to object.
But I am genuinely confused about whether you are against friendly chit-chat, of which I have definitely been guilty in the past. Tonight, for instance, I was planning to thank Lottus for his Madagascar story.
And joke with Jasmine J who was teasing me about how I would have to cancel my Madagascar trip because I was so addicted to the Blog.
If you don’t want this, then I am sure we will all desist immediately. But friendships do grow up from this initial Blog chat, which are then conducted mainly off-blog. But I don’t think I would, for instance, have become so fond of (Just) Jasmine in London if we hadn’t found a common bond here on the blog first through our mutual silliness about a certain hero of ours.
So PLEASE could you tell us straight… how do you want us to conduct ourselves?? I feel so strongly that it is YOUR Blog and will do whatever you want, but I would be so grateful if you could make your feelings on this subject known. And it might even put an end to some of the arguments.
With love and peace, Daisy
Amitji, I too feel sorry, like Rochelle does, that you had to witness discord on this forum. My personal apologies, on behalf of all of us.
Everyone — we need to prove ourselves worthy of the honor bestowed on us by Amitji, by conducting ourselves with dignity and not squabbling like kindergarteners. I think Tehreem and Vipin Sharma, Canada, are the voices of reason. One storm in the teaspoon erupted yesterday over something completely insignificant. All because of a gentle, friendly suggestion that was made, and then came another storm today at another suggestion. Half the people support the suggestion maker, and the other half crucify them and throw eggs and rotten tomatoes at them and get personal.
I feel if a good point is being made, it should be taken in the right spirit. Take it for what it is — a suggestion. No reason to bite people’s heads off, or get defensive, or justify oneself, or get so upset.
Please everyone, let us just get along. With great love for Amitji, comes great responsibility. Well said by Tehreem.
Perhaps a good idea would be to exchange e-mail addresses and indulge in the discussions privately, fight privately, not on this forum, so that Amitji is spared the spectacle.
I mean no disrespect to anyone by writing this, so please don’t read any in this. In fact, to use Amitji’s phrase — kshama, kshama, kshama if I ruffled any feathers. I simply feel we have a collective duty to show respect for Amitji. If anyone wantsto engage in personal conversations, here is my e-mail: jasminejaywant@hotmail.com
Love to everyone,
Jasmine J
Salaam Amitji
I’m not Indian but I have spent a few Amazing years in Great India. I have nothing but fond memories which SHALL remain with me for the rest of my life.
The tradition of Flying kites (Patang) on Independence was the activity the most memorable. I wish All my Indian Friends Happy Independence Day & you should be REALLY PROUD OF YOUR CONUTRY.
Jai Hind
Love your Rushdie-like second paragraph! great stuff!
I am always a bit ambivalent about changing names of places and trying to revert to some imagined original. In some instances the reversion is valid inasmuch as the places were proper towns before the advent of the British. But in other cases, most notably the city of Bombay (I never refer to it as Mumbai, it is my own little resistance! Not least because ‘Bambai’ is the city of Hindi cinema) there were not more than fishing settlements before the colonial powers arrived. There’s a nice parlor game about what that site was actually called at the time. But in any case some of these cities owe so much to the British period that to try and erase this history is inappropriate. This is the easiest kind of thing for any nationalism to target. But this hardly wipes out the history! Change all the names and let everything else remain the same!
Around this Independence Day SRK had to spend two hours detained at Newark. Months ago it was Mammootty. I think you were involved in such an episode in somewhat different circumstances while shooting for Kaante. The American post-9/11 madness continues..
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MY DEAR AMITABH…
you talk about the ones that did fight for your cuntry and for you being a free man….to be on your own…to walk free in your land…this is a filling of proud …you all should be proud of them and thank them for fighting for you to live….may thier memory last for ever in your hearts and minds,,,we can only learn for people like them …
they didnt think about them,they thought about thier children,thier familys,theis freinds who lived till then under the british legassy and they had to do something about it ,and they did,they did it for you to live the day you will walk proudly and say :i live here in India,my cuntry ,my land…
may their memory last for ever…they did it all for you ,to be free and to be able to live your life as you wish…may it last for ever….
long live freedom!!!
and by the way…you dont have to be punished …it wasnt your falt….you have a strained back…but you still can try to reply to us very day you wish…
we are all waiting for your yellow ……
we all will wait for ever if we need…we will be here allways with you…even if you dont reply…we are here…
my endless love to you as allways….
anat magen here in israel…..
hi sir,
happy independence day.
par kya swatantra divas ko independence day kahna sahi hai,ishka meaning to kisi par depend na rahna hai, par kya kisi par depend na rahkar hum jiwan ko ji sakte hai?
your little and dear friend
toran
Jai Hind will suffice. May be curt but when we have forgotten Mahatma Gandhi and fawn over SRK for the news of the day you can see my discontenment.
Biggest accomplishment in past since Independence was passing the Free Education for all Bill. Wish it will accomplish for the millions what you accomplished with your educated background.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY SIR!!!!! JAIHIND. PROUD TO BE INDIAN. HOPE AISHWARYA GETS WELL SOON. SO YOU ARE REALLY ENJOYING UR VACATION IN SINGAPORE….TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH SIR….
WITH LOVE
VINEETH NAIR AND SMITA NAIR
DOHA
QATAR
Hello Amitji,
Happy Independance day to you too!!!
Barely made it today it`s going to be a very hectic one.Down town Oyster festival,Casino in the night, and a plat date in between….why does all have to happen in one day. Also have to get ready for the cultral festival,We are teaching a dance to our local kids on Dostan`s Desi Girl and a Gendaa Phool…. Yes! Being a little partial for Anhishek`s songs….. Hope you don`t mind.
Lovey thoughts! Have to get back again on that.
Till then,
Have a good night,
Rani Kothari
Hello
Will some of you do me a favour? Read 556 of Day 480 and give me a feedback?
With best wishes
Nafisa Saleem
Dil se tujhko bedili hai
Mujhako hai Dil ka guroor
Tu yeh maane ki na maane
log maanenge jaroor
Yeh mera deewanapan hai ya
Mohabbat ka suroor..
Tu na pahchaane to hai yeh
teri nzaron ka kasoor..
Dearest and Most Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Soarsh..
Oh No, don’t treat thuis song as a complaint.. I loved this song in my childhood so much that I know no reasons why it was like that and today when I was watching it during the movie Yahudi that I had been watching right now.. I took a break to come and inform you of this special song.. that this one is a remarkable act of Dilip Sahab inone of his finest films.. No.. I had only heard of his this Yahudi earlier.. do not remember having seen it earlier and yet this was one of the most dearly sung Mukesh song.. are there some connections to the songs like there are connections to the people to the events and the rest of our associations like the country that you so clearly described on this 62nd eve of Independence day.. There are far fewer songs that would sing with greater emotional attachment.. it is only ironic that some of the newest movies I bought recently several feature Late Meena Kumari ji.. Ek Hi Rasta, Bhabhi Ki Chudiyaan and now this Yahudi.. Yes.. I know there is some connectivity to her.. she was an actor par excellence.. she is something that happens only once in a life time.. she is as big an actor as Dilip sahab or you might have been among the males.. The only one female actor who could touch me with same sense of greatness was mita patil.. and to a lessee extent our own Jaya madam.. especially in Mili and Abhimaan.. These are some thoughts that I never thought I would ever share with anyone.. and the thoughts that have defined my love for Hindi Cinema.. Does it help anyone.. does it help me.. I would not know.. I would never ever know.. why.. why is it that I am more dragged into the past of Hndi Cinema than into its future or its present.. why is it that I have to air my views in ths manner to you as I do.. what is the relevance and what does it achieve for me for you or for others.. yet we do that.. atleast I do that pretty often.. more often than often could mean to hold..
There are some very tricky questions that defy any answers and yet again there are some answers which do not seem to fit into any question.. why.. I hope some day the dreams of a young American of all his 12 years of age and being driven into online TV journalism could find some suitable answers for some of the questions and also fit some of the answers into much wanted questions.. we know our existence is not explainable by science.. if one does say evolution did take place one has not witnessed it.. one has no concrete proof of it.. then how did such diverse life emerge on this earth in the first place.. how did we assume the roles that we got into.. why did some of us ended up being males and the other half females.. why was there a neccesity of differences in our cellular exposition.. why was there a need for bacteria, viruses and other disease causing agents such as a cancerous cell.. The origin of life may be more intriguing but then living on this planet is not as evident as it appears on the surface.. why did I not get born as a plant.. what made me talk or communicate to you for such a long time on such non-sensical issues that take us nowhere.. whether by just swearing into peace harmony and brotherhood could we achieve them.. or even by some of our acts could we ever roll into a blissful state of mind.. why does the mind behave the way it does.. how does it record some events almost into a permanent state of its memory and why it fails us when we try our hardest to remember something much mre recent maybe even of a greater significance than some of the buried facts from past.. I fail to understand.. I fail to conceptualise the need of mind and its association with our living yet could anyone say that he has visualised its presence.. i would not get into a more diffciult concept of faith, of God of superpowers.. I simply want to know why and for what purpose did i come and take this birth and I must say tha I have no answer to that.. I have failed miserably at coming to terms of my existenc.. yet I must add here immediately that I shall go on living till the life wants me to.. I shall continue to keep pondering ver such thoughts which might appear too bizarre and absurd to the naive minds yet I shall seek answers to the questions and try to fit some of the answers to appropriate questions..
I know.. what my mind has doled out in today’s communication, conversation or even contemplation it appears absurd, baseless and cynical.. I may be allowed t be pardoned for putting doubts into some othe minds.. as well as some of the other minds.. including the mind owned by you.. to clear some of these doubts..
More later
Abhaya Sharma August 15/16 2009 1:43 AM IST
Amit Ji,
So nice to find the contribution done by your respected mother in Independence movement specially she was supposed to be extra cautious in 8th month of her pregnancy. Each and every effort counts as nature is always observing.
Slowly we are becoimg more and more greedy in terms of having all kinds of colors in addtion to Yellow from your rainbow.
Waiting for astonshing surprise from you.
Kindly take your sweet time, do all kinds of analysis before showering fruits on us…….You are supreme controller of our dear Blog, your decision is of utmost importance.
Jai Hind……Jai Hind……….Jai Hind
Thanks for acknowledgement on SHREE KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI !
NandaMaotsav ki badhaai !
JAISHREEKRSNA !
My Dear Bachchan
How are you?
Thank you for this patriotic post!
Happy Independence Day to you ,your family and all!
With all the struggles Mother India went through,she is still standing extremely strong!
I am also proud to be of indian origin.This day is being celebrated wherever there are people of indian origin….across the world!
I’m sorry to hear that my loving Aishwarya is not feeling well….by the grace of God may she get well soon….my continued prayers for her wellbeing!
What a name(Inky)….makes me laugh!
Have a Great Day!
May God continues to bless and protect you,your wonderful family and all FmXt!
My sincere love always…
Saroj
Amitji,
Off out to celebrate my bday and the fact that its Indian 62nd Year of Independence…havent had the chance to read the blog thoroughly..but glad to see that ABhishek is back and sorry to here about Aishwarya’s flu like symptoms hope she gets better soon…
Sorry have to keep this sort awaiting my lift, will be heading out shortly, thought I would respond before I left
All the best always
Vande Mantaram
Kishore
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Dear Mr Bachchan
Sorry, I think I’ve exhausted my brain as well as body today, after a really long and beautiful walk in Regents Park (where the roses are still utterly ravishing) and signed off before saying how sorry I am that you mentioned you have back strain. I’m really upset this is giving you more grief, and restricting your fitness regime, but am sure you are doing absolutely the right thing in only exercising lightly while you are suffering this problem.
With love and sympathy, Daisy
My Beloved Mr. Bachchan,
Happy independence day my dear for you, for all FmXt and for India…this vast green country.
Thank you for this wonderful post .It was really interesting reading of these incidents and of your mother following Mahatma Gandhi and her joining in this procession against the British rule…I know now where from you have got the spirit of a fighter. God Bless you.
And thank you for enlightening us about the meanings of the colors of the Indian flag…
It seems the media has come to be blinded by its prejudices and selfish interests that it can’t differentiate between what is to be criticized and what is to be lauded.
But It is a great thing to have the flag flying on your houses, as it is great as well to have it flying on your blog…
I loved the Indian icon….it is so nice…
I am sorry for the disturbance caused to you by the attitude of some people who come on the blog. Actually it is so good you have talked about it in your post, and I hope people will avoid repeating these undesirable and disturbing acts.
Iam sorry to know about your back…please take very good care of yourself and rest well.
And don’t worry about responses…you always have your ways to surprise us.
But we want you to be in best condition.
I hope your friend is recovering well, and I hope Aishwarya gets well soon too…
Thank you for the deep quotes..
Have a peaceful night,
And sweet dreams…full of Indian colors.
My love..and even more,
Rasha Zayed,
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& BigB facebook group,
Cairo, Egypt.
Hello Majorsaab, Jai Hind
Shubh ratri.
Dear Amit ji
thanks a lot for sharing all the memory and information related to independence day.
your words in the blog
“Yes, they are mature and married and responsible, but children will always remain children !”
what a caring father you are is visible through these words. what to say….you are great…..
wish Aish a speedy recovery from flu.
Waiting eagerly for the surprise.
I agree with you that the space should be used for healthy discussions.
Cheers
Munindra Goswami
Dear Buddy,
Wishing you a memorable Independence Day, Swatantra Divas, Yaome Aazadi greetings.
Such is a day today for every Indian that every living Indian irrespective of staying in India or abroad remembers it and celebrates it with joy and pride.
God is Great, You and your Mother were lucky to be saved without any injuries; may the Almighty bless their families with Peace and health for being kind enough to escort your mom back to your house.
Sir, that’s why there is a rebel inside you that keeps your spirits fighting through out.
Pray Mr.Amar Singhji get well soon and both of you come back home soon. Aameen.
May the Almighty bless Aishwarya and she gets well soon.
Just finished watching you and Abhishek with Karan Johar in Coffee With Karan.
Warm regards,
Kabeer
Dear Jasmine J # 73,
Loved the way you finally managed to express your love for Him. It sounded so pure and unadulterated… so authentic…!!! I’m sure it won’t go unnoticed. It will touch the right chord in the right place…
May be someday I’ll be able to accumulate enough courage to express my feelings towards Him. I’m new in this neighbouhood. And at the moment I’m simply overwhelmed by His colossal presence! He feels like God…
Hope I won’t be accused of blasphemy, but to me - (and I’m sure there are millions of my kind) - he is no less than a Deity!
Happy Independence Day, my dear…
Dora
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Wish you a very Happy Independance day. Let us salute the patriotic martyrs who gave us the freedom we cherish today.
Why is it that I never get my ‘yellow’ from you ?
Anyway..I will keep up my perseverance in its pursuit.
Like they say ‘ Don’t lose hope. When it gets darkest the stars come out.’
love
Priya
Dear Amit ji
I can sense the surprise, it is that you will give gold(yellow strip) to each and every body in any one single day.
Am I right……………………………………???
Hello Sir,
On one hand where I am very happy and proud to celebrate the independence day of mother land, on the other hand I also wonder how many years would it really take to bring the “real” independence….
Regards,
Darshan
Respected sir NAMASTEY sabse pehle aapko swatantarta diwas ki dher sari badhai, Ishwar kare ki ye din ham sab deshwasi hamesa manate rahen. sir , my english is not good enough so i will write in hindi hope u dont mind. sir, just yesterday i found ur blog address and u dont believe i was on ninth cloud. Because it is just like a dream come true. I dont know u will answer me or not but i will try to write u daily and also read ur valuable thoughts on ur blog. sir i live in delhi, just near to ur collage. whenever i go to KAMLA NAGAR i feel very special that u persue ur study from kirori mal collage. ye hamari delhi ke liye bahut shaan ki baat hai. sir, i respect u very much and from my childhood i wanted to meet u. But there was a problem with me that jis kisi celebrity se milne ki wish maine ki wohi nahin raha as i wanted to meet indira ji and then rajiv ji but u know what happend to them. iske baad maine apne man se dil se aapko milne ki wish nikaal di, i know this is quite superstitious but i really respect u and love u. sir, now when i got ur blog address i dont know u will reply me or not but writing here is just like talking to u and there is a saying that KARM KARTA JA, FAL KI ICHCHA MAT KAR SO i will write u , aap answer karein ya na karein, ummeed par duniya tiki hai . and yes i am going to tell my husband abut this becoz he knows my madness for bollywood ppl. Actually earlier he was in INDIAN NAVY and now he is working in merchent navy. he will also feel happy for me. now after writing u i will send a e- mail to him. sir i want to wish ash and abhi a happy life and ishwar kare ki aap jaldi se dadu ban jayen. i will pray to mata rani to keep u happy and healthy always.
Amitji,
Please tell Aishwarya that her fans LOVE her. Hope she is fine and is on her feet quickly. All that shooting she does must be catching up with her.
Aly
Hello,
JAI SHREE KRISHNA
Love & Respect As Always
Your E F
Sonal & Simran
Hello,
JAI SHREE KRISHNA
Love & Respect As Always
Your E F
Sonal & Simran
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For AB,
I have just done my bit of pondering and this is what I think.
The Brand culture has now become a global psyché.
Products are branded, currencies are branded, commerce is branded and so are people.
People are branded by neighbourhoods, communities, territories, religion, caste, color and creed.
In my case, when I want to present my own beliefs, and I look for the apt words, I don’t care if I find them in Zen Buddhism, Hindu Scriptures, Islam, Judaism or Zarathutsra… And I know that is a violation of the code of branding!
By this code, I must not have beliefs before seeking words to express them. I must find beliefs from the words that are given to me by my brand! Or else I will be branded a fake!
If there is indeed a volitional creator up there, someday He would probably regret having created this lot!
Regards,
Sudhir
My Dear Mr.Bachchan
Sorry to hear about your back strain….please take care,i pray that you feel better soon!
My regards to Mr. Amar Singh….hope he is doing well!
My sincere love always….
Saroj
Happy Independence Day!
Thank you for giving us some background information regarding the flag. It was really insightful. One sentence did take stand out for me and not for the best of reasons: “Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work.” It is sad that there is so much corruption and greed with many politicians in India. It just goes against what India is supposed to stand for. Hopefully India will keep moving forward and it will be rooted out.
I hope Aishwarya gets better quickly and do give my love to all your family!
Take care
Zubair
London
Hi amit
Happy Independence day Sir.How is your back.It’s great to read your blog and learn about your life and history.do take it easy take care friend.Shane
‘Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, than what we think of ourselves.’
absolutely right ! most of us always worry about what my friends N family think of me, what ppl will say, what society will think of me. whether ppl like me or not or what about my image in society ! this is how every step of the way we try to please someone or the other or seek approval by Nlarge which kills the fun of doing what we are doing or like to do. we ourselves creat unnecessary hurdles in our own minds which might be the cause of our failures or may be at the end it loses its charm or creates disappointments & dissatisfaction & so on…..
don’t you think so Mr. Bachchan !?
and thats why it becomes annoying that a man of your class can’t let go those silly or may be sometimes valid comments. you can’t overlook such things and explode publically is really unexpected from a dignifide person like you ! it seems funny too and give us a good laugh too ! anyway ! that could be your other side or may be you look at it differently ! aah! we can have different perspectives ! can’t we !?
Happy Independence Day ! ha ! independence from whom & what ? silly ! everyone knows that !!!! from Brits empire ! err ! is India really free countrry !? yep! the largest Democracy in the world ! hmmm ! ppl feel free too !? yep ! ferr to give & take bribes , openly adopting things (mostly bad,harmful)from outside world in name of western culture. ahh ! God knows what that is for most of the ppl in India,but hey ! whichever is not suitable blame it on others ! omg ! what a mockry in name of Democracy ! lot to say but ppl might think me as anti India/Indians. so i shall rather STOP ! FULL STOP !!!!! listen !!!!……. no more ! sh……….
Hello
You are the best. Eagerly awaiting for your next release - Alladin , I believe. Sir, please do what you do best, more action movies. More dishum, dishum Ek ajnabee and Family were excellent. This is your forte, especially gangster epics. I had heard sequel to the original Don was on the cards. Is this true? That would be terrific. Please beat up more bad guys so the streets are safe again.
I am going to watch Agneepath again now.
All the best.
Ps Aankhein was also par excellence !
My dearest Amitji.. Once again my congratulations on Independence Day of India!! Prosperity for my favourite India and the peace sky.. Bless God your remarkable and wonderful country. I do not know, coincidence or that that still, but we with the son have chosen today film PUKAR for viewing.. One of the films most favourite in my family.. Thanks you, my precious for your story about movement of independence of India.. I for myself do valuable notes..
Mass-media… Hardly they are capable to estimate without a grin that or.. It is paradoxical however.. Simply cynicism from their party. .And what absence or patriotism and respect.. Do not pay attention to it, my precious.. You the true patriot of your country and its national favourite..You simply are God for Indians!
My love to you.. You write that have pulled a back, my angel.. Be cautious please.. “The yellow strip” will wait really.. My best regards Aishwarya and the speedy recovery.. I understand your anxiety, Amitji. Children always remain children for parents and heart always worries about them.. How are feels Amarji?.. The strong health to it..
‘ Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, than what we think of ourselves..’
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You are absolutely right, Amitji. Recently I observe frequent quarrels for no reason at some unbalanced people from a blog. I try not to read these dismantlings. It is unpleasant to me and it is insulting that these people have not found other place for the disputes and do it here. This display of disrespect for another, and to you, my dear. The Similar relation a boomerang will return it to they. I Hope that debaters and ill-wishers will understand told by you truly. My prayers for them and their reason..
‘ Funny how simple it is for people to trash age old teachings whether they be based on a Godhead or not and then wonder why the world has become so unsafe, unstable and seemingly out of control.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries..’
Remarkable phrases! All of us should reflect..
Take care, my dearest friend.. I take gentle your hand in my palm and I give you my warmth and strong i embrace you.. With care and sincere love..Yours devoted Lyudmila..
प्यारे अमीतजी, स्वतंत्रता दिन के अभिनंदन..ईन्कीलाब..के बारेमे माताजी के बारेमें जानकर खुशी हुई…मैने आज आपका बडा आर्टीकल पढा..आपके पिताजीके बारे में..बहुत प्रेरणा मिली…उनके जीवनसे कविताओ सें..मेरे पास नहि है..यहां युके मे कहां से लाउ ? मधुशाला के लिये दिल तडप रहा है..कोई ले जाये मधुशाला तक…तो पी लु प्याला..हरिवंश के हाथोसे…होठोंसे…
बहोत ही प्यार, दिलीप
My dearest Amitji.. Once again my congratulations on Independence Day of India!! Prosperity for my favourite India and the peace sky.. Bless God your remarkable and wonderful country. I do not know, coincidence or that that still, but we with the son have chosen today film PUKAR for viewing.. One of the films most favourite in my family.. Thanks you, my precious for your story about movement of independence of India.. I for myself do valuable notes..
Mass-media… Hardly they are capable to estimate without a grin that or.. It is paradoxical however.. Simply cynicism from their party. .And what absence or patriotism and respect.. Do not pay attention to it, my precious.. You the true patriot of your country and its national favourite..You simply are God for Indians!
My love to you.. You write that have pulled a back, my angel.. Be cautious please.. “The yellow strip” will wait really.. My best regards Aishwarya and the speedy recovery.. I understand your anxiety, Amitji. Children always remain children for parents and heart always worries about them.. How are feels Amarji?.. The strong health to it..
My dearest Amitji.. Once again my congratulations on Independence Day of India!! Prosperity for my favourite India and the peace sky.. Bless God your remarkable and wonderful country. I do not know, coincidence or that that still, but we with the son have chosen today film PUKAR for viewing.. One of the films most favourite in my family.. Thanks you, my precious for your story about movement of independence of India.. I for myself do valuable notes..
Mass-media… Hardly they are capable to estimate without a grin that or.. It is paradoxical however.. Simply cynicism from their party. .And what absence or patriotism and respect.. Do not pay attention to it, my precious.. You the true patriot of your country and its national favourite..You simply are God for Indians!
My love to you.. You write that have pulled a back, my angel.. Be cautious please.. “The yellow strip” will wait really.. My best regards Aishwarya and the speedy recovery.. I understand your anxiety, Amitji. Children always remain children for parents and heart always worries about them.. How are feels Amarji?.. The strong health to it..
‘ Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, than what we think of ourselves..’
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You are absolutely right, Amitji. Recently I observe frequent quarrels for no reason at some unbalanced people from a blog. I try not to read these dismantlings. It is unpleasant to me and it is insulting that these people have not found other place for the disputes and do it here. This display of disrespect for another, and to you, my dear. The Similar relation a boomerang will return it to they. I Hope that debaters and ill-wishers will understand told by you truly. My prayers for them and their reason..
‘ Funny how simple it is for people to trash age old teachings whether they be based on a Godhead or not and then wonder why the world has become so unsafe, unstable and seemingly out of control.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries..’
Remarkable phrases! All of us should reflect..
Take care, my dearest friend.. I take gentle your hand in my palm and I give you my warmth and strong i embrace you.. With care and sincere love..Yours devoted Lyudmila..
Happy Independence Day to all. Let us not forget those who fought for this Independence and gave up their lives. Proud to be Indian
Love always
Fan from Toronto
Dear All,
Was watching “Bhagat-Singh”… aired in Star Plus, this afternoon! Leading protagonist, Mr Ajay Devgan portrayed his role laudably. However, I felt, the role of Gandhiji was questionable, in the movie.
According to this version, he (Gandhiji) hadn’t done enough to convince HRM’s court to nullify the death sentence of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and two of his companions. It is, even, hinted, with much nuance though, that Gandhiji was so absorbed in his non-violence and non-cooperation movement that he disapproved of the revolt staged by these young men.
I’m not an Indian. But I look up to Gandhiji with utmost respect and high esteem. Would someone, kindly, shed some light on the fact…???
Dora
Happy Independence day Sir! The “Inky” thing was hilarious. I liked the animation too. Thank you for a nice and informative piece. Tk cr sir
Dear Amitji,
It’s great to know that you along with your mother participated in the Quit India movement. That was an amazing period in India’s history when the entire nation was so stirred up by Mahatma Gandhi that every one was anxious to make any sacrifice for the freedom of the country. I remember my mother making a bonfire of all her expensive silk sarees when I returned from school around the same period. The post independence generation cannot imagine the spirit of sacrifice their parents and grand parents showed during the freedom movement. It is now their turn to play their part to solidify the hard earned independence by working hard and honestly for the progress of the country, which they are doing. God bless them for this.
With regards and best wishes,
Tilak Rishi (USA)
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Dear Sir,
Swantrata Divas ki Bahut Bahut Shubhkamnayen!
A Very Happy & Proud Independence Day to all of you!
Like every Indian, I really feel very proud on this day, and also feel proud of the significance & meaning of our National Flag!
Life has become so mechanical now that we remember our freedom fighters only on these particular days, we listen to patriotic songs and watch similar movies on TV, and from next day everything is back to square one…
But its good to know that you fly our national flag on your residences and take the pains of following all the designated protocols! Not a mean task this - considering all the media hawks who are sitting with their guns aimed at you, waiting for the slightest laxity…
These MADia hawks wouldn’t mind, let alone report, even if our flag is abused by people who won’t make good news copy. But their headlines would scream for your blood if slightest of the protocol is not adhered to! So be careful, Sir!
With love & regards,
Rajesh Kejriwal
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P.S.:
Even though BigB & Aby Baby are good nicknames,
INKY wouldn’t have been bad either!!!!!!
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Hi,
Happy Independence day to you…
Regards,
-Madan
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Your recollection of the protests and demonstrations during the early 40’s in pre-partition India are very reminiscent of stories some of my Uncles and Grandparents would have told. Most fascinating for me to learn how these historic moments came about. Thank you for writing this informative and patriotic post for this day. And once more a Happy Independence day!!
Also thank you for the explanation of the colors in the flag. I was aware of the significance of the Ashoka Chakra, but now I have the complete description.
Regarding the flags outside your homes Mr. Bachchan, despicable taunts are all the media ever really have for you, so I would not contort my facial muscles for even a faint smirk if I were you!!
Before I say goodnight again, I have just read Daisy M’s comment at 109 and she makes a good point in saying that friendships have been formed through the common bond here on the blog. She and I certainly bonded through our lighthearted way of showing affection for you!! I have in the past indulged in (and very much enjoyed) silly banter (cross chat) all related to you, and blindly believed that this, in moderation is acceptable to you because it is about you. I know you are far too sweet to lay down laws and rules for us here, but I think Daisy is right to ask for further clarification if possible.
I may be late in responding tomorrow since I’m spending the day with relatives in Bath (the west country – not the tub… lest there be any confusion!! Aherrm..) But as always I will be reading the blog at every given opportunity and incessantly wondering if your back strain has improved too!!! …
Goodnight again Mr. B…
Praying and hoping for your pains and strains to vanish as if by magic! …
With immense love and then some more….
Jasmine
xx
Hello Amitji, with a great deal of persistence and patients all shall be as desired. But I’m sure you know that already. All the best and bye for now.
Dear Amitji,
Your knowledge is really amazing. I loved reading your article on Janmashtami and Independance Day. I am learning so many new things and gaining knowledge by reading your blog. You were conducting KBC with such elan no wonder… its because you have a thirst for knowledge and ability to share and communicate so well. Thank You.
Pray that Amarsinghji gets well soon.
Pray that Aishwarya recovers soon.
HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY.
.
Best Regards,
Manjula
Dear Uncleji,
A very happy Independence to you as well ! The story that you narrated about your mother going out to join the movement was indeed very interesting and motivating. She is truly a great and brave person ! Many thanks for sharing with us so much personal detail of yourself - we love reading them always.
Love,
Sandhya
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AMIT UNCLE!
Hi Amitabhji,
A very happy independence day to you too!! Your smiley’s are as lovely as you are :)…
Jai hind
Minnie
Dear Amitji,
Happy Independence Day!
Love
Aparna.
Dear All,
I was merely a toddler when my country got her, much awaited, independence in the year 1971, after our gallant freedom-fighters had fought a sanguinary battle against an occupying foreign army. Even the most ordinary boys and girls next door… had joined the freedom-fighters and battled bare feet… with hardly any arms and ammunitions… against an organized and fully equipped armed force.
Still… Victory was in our destiny!
Believe it or not…I still have some fading memories of those early days of victory… the enchanting elation of liberty… the captivating cheers of freedom… and the inundating joy of independence… are deeply inscribed in the core of my heart…!!!
Long Live Independence!
Once again… my heartiest greetings and a very Happy Independence Day to all Indians… home and abroad…
Dora
Dear Amit Sir,
Such a wonderful and informative piece of a post yet again. I never knew the Jindal part of our flag. Good and so lucky today that we have the freedom to put our flag in the private confines of our homes and property also to show respect to our great nation.
I too like most other loyal FmXt am disturbed to note the pain you are experiencing because of some dissent and discord in this blog space. True this space is not meant for any squabbles. Most of us who are here as your FmXt respect you a lot and will only be too willing to desist from any action that can make you uncomfortable. I pledge my innocence and do not know if i too can be accused of expoliting this space by using the liberty of the medium to express genuine appreciation and wishes to fellow FmXt that may also be termed as cross talks in a remote way if needed. Nothing is greater to me and most of us, than your vision and direction.
Sad to note that Aishwarya is ill. Pray for her speedy recovery. So too Amar Singh ji, pray that he repairs fast.
Lots of Love and Respects
Muralee
Dear Amitji,
Happy Independence Day to all extended family members for today and yesterday.
Wow, another great post. Very informative, loved learning. Your dear Ma
was a very gutsy lady! Thank God she was escorted home safely. ‘Inky’ hey??!!
Hope Aishwarya recovers quickly.
Just returned from a celebration from our local Hindu Temple - where we had multicultural performances from young and old. The best part was a young black girl who did an amazing ‘Bollywood’ (I know you don’t like this term) dance.
India is catching on in a BIG way!!!
Good night and God Bless
Love and best wishes
Sangita xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Happy independence Day..again, AB and all here.
Nice new look to the blog.
Take care of your back.
Hope Ash gets better soon. Hope it’s nothing serious? and still praying for her dad.
And in closing, Ooty is where I have a home so that was nice to hear Abhi was just there.
Oh, and also where is my welcome back? Once the back gets strong, I will demand! again!!!!
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I have been reading your blog without commenting so far. But your perceived squabble among the fans makes me do, if you don’t mind.
Firstly, I hope that you have realized that voice of dissent from rochelle was not against the cross-chat but actually against you.
Three days in a row you have covered your family, religion and patriotism. What did you expect from a self-confessed unpatriotic, atheist spinster to do on your blog other than undermine the process? She even tried to cross-chat about an unknown patient in an unknown hospital from another website which ran dry in a day.
Since you have made it obvious that you care for her, you can as well keep your beliefs to yourself and avoid embarrassing her.
Take care,
Guys & Gals…
Please… respect this auspicious day… and let’s not quibble over silly matters, such as conflict of opinions…!!! Please…. remember… we are one large family….
Hence…
I love you… you love me… we’re happy family… a big big hug and… yessssss keep singing…
Dora
Piyare Dostji Parnam
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY INDEED… SOUTHALL WAS ROCKING WITH CELEBRATIONS TODAY… almost every other car had flags representing their freedom, and excited crowds wanting to share their joys for this auspicious days with anyone that came into contact with, hugs, claps, smiles, screams and so on.. had the town marching from all faiths In fact exactly the same happened yesterday from Pakistani origins … Whoever sed we left India & Pakistan ??
With the sense of humour the EF have, you have left a wide door open in relation to ‘INKY’ Lol….
In fact I think its rather cute… bless.. Yes I did read that it was a suggested proposal for you to be called this Inquilab but now I know why Thanks… Well at least the other one is even more unique shall we say, I am namesake to that one also, the one beginning with ‘M’
Thank you so much for the history of the National Flag, I have learnt so much about this today..
I can not believe and feel pain just reading about it that your disturbing ‘Back Pains’ are back again… Not the Pedometer straining it is it ?? Or too much Gymming around ?? C’mon you are meant to be resting whilst looking after Amarji.. not doing yourself any damage!!! So hence the lazy day today!!!
Please be careful.. don’t like reading about your ‘Dukh’ gives us toooooooo much ‘Dukh’…
Sorry to hear about Ash.. wishing her a speedy recovery.. bless her
Jayaji back to her duties.. So no more home made ‘Pasta’ ? or have you learnt the expertise of it anyway ??? Did read somewhere that you can barely boil an egg ??? TRUE ???? Don’t believe it for a second though…
And hey don’t stress about surprising EF with hundreds of yellow stripes… your priority is now not to strain the back even more, it has been a constant battle with your back, being on n off, sitting stationary in one position creating hundreds of yellow boxes is not going to help… So just read my comments, don’t worry about the questions in them, at times I talk to myself in you… lol. SERIOUSLY PLEASE GET WELL FIRST MORE IMPORTNAT.
Have you not had any long lasting treatments on it ???
Have just come back from a friends 40th surprise party all organised by the children, so nice to see so many joyful people having a blast. Left early still a strain after the op for long nights sitting around, def not ready for the dance floor yet … lol… I wish…
Okay my dearest, nite nite
In your thoughts as ever @ 11.46pm
Lov
Anu
x
hi…lots of luv….1st of all HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 2 MR BACHCHAN N THE EF……luved the smiley vid the flag 2 cute…..pls b humble n nice 2 mr bachchan any1 speaking bad abt him or criticizing him….”U R NOT WELCOME 2 THE EF”….please let us enjoy our conversation v hve vid him everyday….HE IS THE BEST…..GOD BLESS U ALWAYS MR BACHCHAN
I am so touched and full of admiration again to learn that the greatest son of modern India has the Indian national flag flying at all his residences.
Sorry to hear that Aishwarya is under the weather. Hope she gets well soon.
Now Jayaji has left to go back to Mumbai, how do you plan to spend the rest of your stay with Amar SIngh ji in Singapore? Hope he is in good spirits.
So how did you celebrate today or did you take it easy due to the back strain?
Please look after yourself.
Rajesh
Dear Big Brother,
Happy Independence Day!!
With Love,
Raj
Maryland, USA
Dear Amitjee,
Though I do not leave regular comments on your blog, I almost regularly follow your writings. I had been waiting for this day to find out your views on this great day. Thanks to you for sharing your memories and your views.
I would like to take this opportunity to do my bit of share in serving the country. I noticed that a considerable part of your writing had been occupied by our very own National Flag. I wouldnt have submitted this comment hadnt I taken part in my office quiz.
The question was ****He was born in Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam of Andhra Pradesh. After conducting prolific research, he conceived his most famous design. Though all credit goes to him for the design, its antecedents can be traced back to the Vande Mataram movement. He died on July 4, 1963, in conditions of poverty. There is not even a memorial in his hometown Machilipatnam to the man who made such an important contribution to the nation. Who was he and what was his contribution?****
After a heavy googling I found the answer and was so depressed as to why didnt I know that.
So, my earnest request to you is to find out the answer and upon verifying…….if you could write two lines about this person on your Blog, my effort and purpose would be served. At least your EF is much and way larger than the number of people who took part in the office quiz.
Best regards
Shubhendu Bose
Good morning Sir
Thank you for the animation, freedom related to all not restricted to certain nation it is infectious…by its light and pride,
Jai Hind, Blessed independance days
Wishing to all indians peace and prosperity.
I was in my business this evening, just back home and when read new post I take rapide idea about the situation of yesterday conflict…
One word, its your blog..I love you..I love you..I love you
and I will always love you…ha
@That because we celebrate the freedom day…
No more hugs…ha ha ha
I’m not drinking any thing I’m religious…just the yesterday situation..
Hope your friend mr.Amar singh Ji enjoy health and wish him back home soon.
Yes kids always kids in their dad eyes, may God give you all the goodthings in this life.
My best wishes and prayer to Aish to get well soon.
Good night
have a peaceful sleep
with love and respect and concern
Hi
Happy indepence day.
Hope that Aish gets better soon.
Greetings Ashna
Shri Amitabh Bachchan,
Wonderful post again today .. On such a day my family have been conversing on the various contributions India has made to the world, pre and post Independence. The various sacrifices, the unabated quench for liberty, the passion for Mother India is deep rooted in us all.
Your last passage ” Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries .” is an interesting point of view. Perhaps more pertinent for the impressionable younger generations who question wisdom rather than simply accepting it. Yet the same populace believe all gossips and hearsay as if were the bible and holy.
I thank you and wish our family well ..
With love,
Manish Parmar, UK.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Yipee!
Hi
Happy Independence Day ! All though I had wished you yesterday, but it might have got lost in the jungle of cross messages that this blog sometimes possesses. I hate to correct people or teach them about a particular thing or order them about something, but, here of late if you read the comments its more like a chat room than the blog.
Anyway, its upto all of us to keep the decorum of the place and keep the cross reference to bare minimum. Occasional reference is well understood.
We have travelled long since Independence in 1947, how much have we achieved will remain a debatable issue. Whether we could do better or whether we have done well shall always be a difficult question to answer. But one thing is for sure that we have kept the spirit of 1947 going throughout these years and may God bless our nation by keeping it alive for thousands of years to come.
lots of love as always
Naresh kapoor
#61: Triveni Pathak,
Do you live in Cuttack, Orissa? I have a friend (Nigama Nanda Pathak (Muna)) who is a part of Rastravasa Prachara Seva. Are you somehow related to him? You can email me at somanath.misra@gmail.com
Regards
I was just watching “Frost over the World - Amitabh Bachchan - 1 May 09″ in youtube and came to know about your financial crisis in Mid 90s and thereafter how KBC helped and you did not close a corporate named after ur father’s name. Can you please write on this sometime (only if you have not written on this before as i am following your bog from last couple of months only). I feel it will give a great level of motivation to the EF for not to loose hope in the time of distress…
Love
Raja
My Dear Mr.Bachchan
I apologise for my little cross-chat.
My sincere love always….
Saroj
Kudos to u Mr. B for flying the National flag on all ur residences feel proud to know u as u have been an emblem of solidarity and pride for India I feel proud to know you.
Like the way u have, in your own language, asked the EF members to iron out their differences with whomsoever on this blog as it does spoil the camaraderie that should exist between all of us, it seems more of an attempt to catch ur undivided attention I feel but pardon me if I am wrong there.
Watched karan johar on “Beautiful People” honestly we have a briliant set of young directors in our country with such a futuristic vision in mind it really feels great ;to name a few others Imtiaz, Ali Vishal Bharadwaj who has been hailed as better than even Tarantino, gosh what a huge compliment I’d say.Dont u think so too?I mean I am talking of all of these in general.
Saw u waving out to the camera a few days ago oh National TV.
Hope u are keeping well mr. B ,take care , love
Dear Amitji,
Have not been able to read your posts for the past 2 days…..I lost my ma-in-law on Janmasthami in Mumbai and am so depressed..what an irony just 3 days back you wrote such a lovely post about Maa…She was like my own mother.
Still weeping & do not when time will be the best healer…
In pain
Rupa J.
Atlanta, USA
Pranam Amitabhji,
Perhaps we shall refer you as so called “Inqy”!!!:) what a luck you have got. It will take minutes to refer to all your luck..Later …..
Happy Independence day to you and all FmXt…
Sanju
#171 Shubhendu Bose - Pingali Venkayya (August 2, 1876 - July 4, 1963) was the designer of the Indian national flag.He was born in Bhatlapenumarru.(he spent 5 years from 1916 to 1921 researching flags of 30 countries and finally came up with the present tricolor. However, the flag of the Vande Mataram movement is sometimes thought to be the antecedent of Venkayya’s tricolor)
Amitji,
I didn’t read yesterday’s comments and were wondering what you intended to say to the FmXt (or whether you just questioned yourself, i don’t know)… I don’t see the problem in FmXt or you, it is the Server-ji that allows people to do what they want…
Age old techniques will work here… but a lot of us do not understand the technology advancement these days and in the corporate world there is a defined practice to “collaborate”. The point i am trying to make here is, there was an implied guideline for you and the regular/original audience of yours on how to conduct through this medium. You yourself started this without an announcement and without an understanding on how collaborated medium works (nor were your intention to moderate a community of followers). Just imagine you bring all of us under a roof and trying to control yourself / or addressing the good and bad with a microphone and a bunch of administrators…. That is what happening here…
Server-ji should think more about how to effectively provide technology options for people to put their point of view across without any changes in the fundamental principles on how you want to conduct this… (For e.g. Since for every entry.. email addresses are collected by server-ji, a private message option allow fellow FmXt to communicate / share ideas on a mutual agreement. All serverji is to put a disclaimer to ensure compliance. ) But again the point here is you or server-ji or even FmXt don’t want to put more controls as it will spoil the flexibility of allowing us to communicate to you…
It is interesting that we doing this … on a day.. that represents the expression of “freedom” … I am no more an indian citizen, but a portion of my heart is there somewhere in chennai.. or trivandrum… I recollect the good memories of August 15th… Prayers and wishes for those gave a drop of blood, sweat and mind…
Free yourself, you shall free other’s too…
SaiRam.
Dear Amitji,
Happy Independence Day to you!
Sadly, when India received its Independence much blood was spilt and a lot of British men killed, many Anglo-Indians fled India to go overseas for fear of their lives, along with my parents, I also left a few years later when life became difficult. Mahatma Gandhi could never have envisaged this for the people when he fought for freedom and independence. I have always felt a foreigner, neither belonging to India nor the country of reside but remained in limbo.
Sorry to read you’ve strained your back, hope it wasn’t caused by excessive use weights and whatnots at the gym. You need a Japanese massage followed by a long hot soak in a tub! I’m glad the time spending with your friend during his recovery is giving you that much needed break after the heavy schedule you’ve been through a while back. So relax and enjoy it plenty!
Hope Aishwarya gets better soon, maybe overworking perhaps a holiday is overdue. Please keep well yourself and take good care. Love the emoticon near your name, so cute!
With love,
Brenda
# 36 Vipin Canada,
Just wandering if you are same Vipin who was livng in Edmonton, Alberta in 2002 who moved to toronto from here ?
Happy Independence day to all Indians.
Thanks
For Amitji and #171, Shubhendu Bose,
for your info, there is a statue of Venkaiah at Bhatlapenumarru village. Residents of the village gathered in large numbers at the statue of Venkaiah, when political leaders and senior citizens garlanded it profusely. Last year a tiranga run was organised and flagged off in this village. It had huge particpation including the district collecter, Local MP, the village president and Venkaiah’s daughter Ghantasala Sitamahalakshmi also who was called to occupy a chair. The elderly woman could come on to the dais with difficulty but the way crowds wowed her arrival at the venue bore witness to the esteem that Venkaiah had in the hearts of all people.
Regards
Sarat Chandra
Hi Amit Kakamoni,
Happy Independence day.
A bit concerend to learn abt Aishwarya being unwell. I am sure she is taking paracetamol and plenty of fluids. Especially she being in such a rural jungle environment it may be a good idea to get malarial parasite checked out as well.
Have you watched any of Uttam Kumars bengali films other than Nayak. to me Uttam Kumar is still the best actor Indian screen has produced so far and in Hindi screen this no doubt is yourself.
My best wishes to you again and wishing Aishwarya to get get well soon.
Regards
Rongon (UK)
Dear Amit Kaku and Sri Subhendu ,
To name an individual- a single person as the designer of our national flag is not correct, Our national flag has evolved through a few phases right from 1905. The process of evolving the national flag of India and its various stages are narrated bellow :
The constituent assembly on 22nd July 1947, adopted the decision regarding our national flag. But the process of evolution of national flag of India started even prior to the independence. Various phases of the evolution of Indian national flag are as follows : (1) During the Swadeshi movement, national flag was first hoisted at calcutta. That was in tri- colour with ‘vande mataran’ inscription in hindi at the middle.
(2) In 1907 non-resident revolutionaries in France under theleadershipp of Madam Cama planned for a National flag.This was in tri-colour - red, safron and white also with ‘Vandemataram’ inscription in the white portion at the middle. This flag was named ‘Seven star’ flag. (3) In 1916 during ‘Home rule’ movement under the leadershipip of Anni Besant, another national flag was designed. (4) In 1929, Gandhiji told the congress leder to design a national flag. Next year he himself designed a flag with tri-coloue - top white, green and red at the bottom. White signified the Minorities, white for muslims and red signified hindus. At the middle of the flag image of ‘Charkha’ was inscripted to signify progress. (5) In 1931 Congress formed a committee to decide about national flag. It was decided a tri-colour flag - safron - white and green with a ‘Charkha’ at the middle. (6) In 1947 22nd July, the constituent assemly adopted the same design with slight change, the ‘charkha’ at the middle was replaced by ‘Asoka chakra’ to signify progress. the colour combination was same - Safron to signify ‘tyag’,(dedication), white to signify peace and green to signify courrage with deep blue coloured ‘Asoka chakra’. The size of the flag should be 3 : 2 (i.e 3′ X 2′ or 3 metre X 2 metre ).
The national flag, adopted in 1947, is based on the flag of the Indian National Congress, designed by Pingali Venkayya. The flag is a horizontal tricolour of “deep saffron” at the top, white in the middle, and green at the bottom. In the centre, there is a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes, known as the Ashoka Chakra, taken from the Lion Capital of Asoka erected atop Ashoka pillar at Sarnath. The diameter of this Chakra is three-fourths of the height of the white strip. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2:3.[2] The flag is also the Indian Army’s war flag, hoisted daily on military installations.
The official flag specifications require that the flag be made only of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. The display and use of the flag are strictly enforced by the Indian Flag Code.[2] A heraldic description of the flag would be Party per fess Saffron and Vert on a fess Argent a “Chakra” Azure.
Regards
Rongon
Dear Amit ji
Happy independence day and once again thank you for the knowledge you gave us on your post on the true background of indepence day celebrations. It was very useful for an NRI like me. As I have said before every day is a learning experience from you. Yesterday is was on lord Krishna and today independence day. Thank you most sincerely.
Hope Aishwarya recovers from her flu soon. Now that Jaya ji is back home, I’m sure she’ll be cared for well.
I totally agree with Rochelle #492 day 480. I have also witnessed the deteriorating quality of this blog during the past few days. Sadly it’s no longer what was known as the high quality Big B blog. This now looks more like a “common public chat room”, full of abuse thrown at each other so openly. The number of comments has substantially increased. It’s not only due to new members entering the blog but instead members posting multiple “one line” comments. It would be good if they instead wrote one long comment rather than 15 or 20 single ones which doesn’t even direct to Amit ji or his post but instead is “cross chatter” like a public chat room. This will also help Amit ji read and answer our comments in a proper numerical manner rather than wasting his valuable time on reading and skipping non-blog related comments.
I hope the people concerned understand and start showing respect to Amit ji and his blog as well as this big extended family of his in maintaining the high standard of his blog. I hope we all start understanding and feeling the true essence of this wonderful blog.
Divya
Dear Amitji,
Happy Independence Day!
Mr Bachchan,
As much as i tried to suppress my desire of writing to you I couldn’t as i thought that this is something I have to make an attempt to get across to you.
I just started reading your blog a few days back and i realised that it is not very surprising that you are such a deep thinker and communicator. Only a person who can think so deeply and express so beautifully can act so amazingly. You have to have a much deeper understanding of the facts of life and of life itself to be able to act so beautifully and convincingly in your films. I have also always appreciated your humility in your interviews and in your public demeanor. When your film(the last lear) was to get released and their was unrest in Mumbai, the way you came out and apologized and also made an appeal for peace was commendable. You did not let your ego come in the way and acted like a very wise mature man. My respect for you went up another notch that day. I wish you all the best in your personal and professional life. Take care, Gagan.
Dear Mr B,
Good Morning. Take care of your back, will wait for the yellow lines until you recover.
Wishing Aishwarya a speedy recovery.
Beautiful thoughts towards the end,resounding truth.
‘Inky’ would have been a nice alternative.
As usual an informative and well written post.
Gotta run now or will get late for work.
Get well soon.Laziness does help at times, keep at it and recover soon.
Hope the sqabbbling gets under control.
regards as always to you and all,
Nandita.
R
Morning Mr Bachchan (Amitji)…
First, sorry to hear about Aishwarya having a chest infection. Hope she recovers soon. I hope Jayaji had a safe flight home. Abhishek too, I hope he is well. And for you kind sir, always remain well.
I had to smile at your MA’s bravery even being so heavily laden with you. But I guess I am not in the least surprise, now that I am understanding what type of a person she was. And, “Inky”?? Thank goodness you weren’t called Inqilab !! Ahaahaahaahaa.. Don’t know why but with that sort of nickname you could have easily made it as one of the “Teletubbies” !! You do know this children’s programme, don’t you?
And enlightening us a little bit about the history of Ghandiji and Independence Day was as usual educational. Thank you for that.
And I am both smiling and pondering but not quiet laughing but certainly bemused by both the quote and the following words you wrote after it !! hehehe…:)
The quote or saying you posted…”‘Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us, than what we think of ourselves.’…
Hmn…I never really worry about what other think of me so much. And to be honest I don’t particularly give too much thought to what I think of myself either. One is an outside influence which is beyond my control so nothing I can do about it. Best thing is to allow the other person time to get to know the real you and judge you for who you truly are. And if they have a misconstrued opinion, well, that is their problem not mine. And as for what we think of myself, well am happy the way I am so there is no need to constantly analyse what I do or don’t do wrong!!
Reminded me of a discussion that I had with Kish bro (Kishore Bhatt) today on FB. And one of the message I left was this…
“I am never or try never to be verbally abusive. Will not use foul language, always polite, always care, you need me am here, but I ain’t some bimbo. Don’t put a wool over my eye, don’t try to fool me !!! Don’t give me attitude !! Don’t mess with me !! Miss sweet is sweet but she has a cutting edge !! Don’t reach your limit - else you be kissing my … … … !!! hahahaha…:P
That pretty much sums up my attitude in my relationship with others whom I am acquainted with. But a little less harsh to those that are close to my heart. Is that too strong an attitude, do you think ? But better to be that set and firm in your belief and attitude towards yourself than limbo from one opinion to the other, constantly doing a self analysis that will do your head in, eh ?
So, ok, enough said about that !! But what is this ??…
“And that is for all you EF and FmXt that squabble among yourselves within the confines of a space, meant for healthy discourse. You do not set a good example for the medium you are on, and neither do you show respect to the person asking you to refrain from such unwanted activity.”
Really? R_E_A_L_L_Y ?? Is there squabbling among the EF and FmXt ?? I haven’t noticed ??!!! hahahaha… (joke!) I have to ADMIT I may have been caught in one or two of these. But I am more interested in an open healthy debate than a squabble. As we both know there is a saying which says, “Iron sharpens iron”, and so a healthy debate either philosophical, humorous and light hearted, or serious, makes for sharpening each others intelligence and wit. So I am all for healthy debate. But what I cannot stand is the rudeness and personal attack people resort to when they express their view or feel personally offended or even when they are defending you. I feel this are not necessary and can be easily avoided.
See? Outspoken as always !!
And on that note…I bid you good morrow sire…hope you day is bright, sunny and happy…
Love…
Rose x
P.S. Excuse mistakes - not checking for any as I am in the middle of watching, “Down with Love” with Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger (I think this is how you spell her name). But wanted to post a comment first…missing posting a lentghy comment…and missing ya!!
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Can an apple tree grow to be a mango tree……Most certainly not!! An apple seed given the best of conditions can only grow into an apple tree.
But does an apple seed always grow into an apple tree…….Most certainly not!!!! A “Baghbaan” has to provide the right nurturing and allow the seed to grow itself into the mighty tree that it can become.
so FmXT here is three CHEERS to our “BAGHBAAN”……… who in his own passion of self reflection and exploration, has given us all an opprotunity to do the same……the journey continues in deeper and deeper understanding of our SOUL!!!!!
Love to all….and Mr. Bachchan……SMILE……come on smile….EXACTLY LIKE THAT!!!!!
Ciao
Picked these quotes from my sister’s Facebook status that were proudly been displayed. She is only 19.. I was delighted to see her patriotic side…The digital natives are using social networking websites quite effectively…not that bad..
“She (India) has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim … her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, from the icy regions of Siberia to islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales, and her civilization”-Sylvia Levi
“If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!” - French scholar Romaine Rolland
There is a sudden desire to know your mother more…who had a deeper subconscious influence on you…
love them more than anything in this world.
It is an ultimate and only want of parents is to be taking care of their children…Parents will be parents
You should take every chance to be lazy…sometimes it is needed to be just there in your thoughts with yourself..I dont know if it a wise suggestion but I do it quite often.
Love, love and more
Happy Independence day to you too!!Yes what a tregedy that our country at that time got divided in two and being a Muslim my father had to run to Pakistan ,though I am born in Mumbai.I always remeber him reading us details of Bapu s sacrifices even as we were growing up in Karachi and even today I have huge picture of Bapu in a very prominent place in my living room in Canada and live by his teachings and my son who is a tranpersonal facilitator uses his famous quote a lot.Be the change you want to be!!I feel goosepimples whwn I land on the soil of Mumbai,like I am coming home,though we left India in !947 and then Pakistan for Africa in 1949.We have lived overseas all our lives but when we hear Lataji sin Aye Mere wata ke Logo,we feel akeen to our home !!
I am hoping I will hear from you one of these days to me my dream come true that I am chatting with a legend Like you!!
Thank you for your wonderful blog and for reminding those who who quibble to remeber our heritage and teaching.
Lots of Badhaees
Jinny ,
Happy Independence Day to All!
Happy Independence Day1
BUT WHAT A DAY-
An Indain who is so world known and respected, Shahruk Khan was in detention for 2hrs when he was on his way to celebrate India’s independence as a guest!
Sirjee, Happy Independence Day to you and all the EFs!!!! Altaf
Dear Amitji
I get high level of motivation since 1 year ….. it feels great when every morning.. i read yr blog. and start my day……. highly charge all day long…..
Take Care
Tejas
Happy Independence Day1
BUT WHAT A DAY-
An Indain who is so world known and respected, Shahruk Khan was in detention for 2hrs when he was on his way to celebrate India’s independence as a guest!
If he can be harrased then imagine an ordinary Indian-
no one to come to his rescue and our govt. will only talk and do nothing for a common man.
Hope our Govt. open its eyes and ears and come to rescue of every Indian indian who is harrased for no fault of his, especially by foreign countries.
Vande Mataram!
Proud to be an Indian,
Jhanvi
happy independance day to you too!!!
“And that is for all you EF and FmXt that squabble among yourselves within the confines of a space, meant for healthy discourse. You do not set a good example for the medium you are on, and neither do you show respect to the person asking you to refrain from such unwanted activity.”
exactly! that’s why people should watch what they write on the blog and not treat it as an infite space that they can use to scribble whatever they wish.
Respect the blog, its contents and its purpose! (well, just don’t write at no.1 so it will be mentioned in the BOOK..lol)
Bella
Dear Sir,
I READ UR BIOGRAPHY BY bHAVANA, THINK THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THIS BOOK U WROTE–sOUL CURRY FOR YOU AND ME, or may be i forgot. like to read it one of these days. when i was going thru a tough time–healthwise, my daughter & sister bought me a few soul curry books.
Pl convey my message of GET WELL to aishwarya.
love, regards,
s.
Respected Amit Ji,
Namaskaar
Happy Independence Day to you, Your family and EF.
With my love and regards
Sushil
Dear Mr.Bachchan,
All your posts these days seem to be written at leisure. I suspect this will not be the case once you reach India so Singapore is good for us.
I am a freedomfighter’s daughter and I felt proud to read today’s post.My father passed away when I was in the first year of college,but my mother receives a pension from the govt every month for being a freedomfighter’s wife.
In those days the engagement of my parents lasted for more than two years because my father refused to get married till India became free.When he was imprisoned in 1942 he was sent to the Nashik jail where my mother was.He got home food ,thanks to the warden’s wife who was my mother’s friend and so my mother was permitted to bring a’tiffin’ for my father .
Today is another day,some other things are on the mind.Although your post is posted by around 9-10 pm It appears only the next day.I checked at 11 pm but it wasn’t there.I don’t know whether this has anything to do with my being computerdumb .To read about a subject/event on the relevant day would be nicer.
I like ‘Inky ” waving the flag at all of us.It is cute.
cheers and regards,
Ragini
Hmn…in between watching the movie I was also catching up on comments from others on the previous post.
So now I am getting your comment more. And yes Rochelle was right you did say something about cross chatting on blog before and I seem to remember that was after a few of us were discussing some spiritual guru known by or a friend of your dad. And I also remember that discussion was a very stimulating and educational debate. But it made other bloggers unhapppy too. And so you posted those words Rochelle quoted. But did you not yourself afterwards too started encouraging healthy debates on the blog?? Hmn…
Amitji, forgive me for being yet outspoken again but don’t you think those who opposes a little of cross chatting are here on the blog for selfish reason only and nothing more. Yes, it is good to catch your attention but are we not also now considered a family and therefore are not family allowed to interact ? And those who complain that there is too much for you to read. Are they doing it because they are thinking of you or because they are thinking of their selfish gain and attention to get more yellow strip?? Personally, it is so good to see sooo many comments on the blog because it shows not only how much people care about you but the comraderie and closenes now that EF/FmEx have for each other. And surely, you yourself must be happy to see the closeness growing between us all here? And how can that continue if it is always complained about by certain individual/s???
I feel those who are complaining cannot be bothered to be truly a part of the EF/FmEx … and only want attention for themselves …
and there you go…you choose to agree or disagree…this is what I observe…and so I write what I see and feel …
If I have offended you or others forgive …
Again love …
Rose x
I recalled growing up in Guyana, we celebrated India’s independence along with her….with cultural shows,,singing India’s national anthem,., Jana Gana Mana,etc .. …until this day the Guyanese people celebrates India’s independence..
Happy Independence Day!!!
Miss D.
Mr. Bachchan,
Happy Independence Day. I salute all the freedom fighters responsible for Free India.
I do hope your fever has subsided and your back pain has reduced too. I can imagine your longingness to meet your family-esp. your grandchildren. Hopefully, all of you will soon be together and have the best reunion ever.
Sujata.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I wish a Happy Independence Day to you and your family and all from the FmXt.
It is a very more interesting and moved post .It is always a feeling of love,if you talk from your mother.
It is interesting to read over this time of the protests, your mother must a very strong woman have been.
wish Aishwarya a speedy recovery and for your friend the same too.
It was so wonderful to read about the colors and material on your flag, in addition the interesting information.
I hope it goes you better and I will wish you all the best.
good night
Love always
Carla
Dear Lion King ,
I hope you had a chance to read the independence note I had sent yesterday. I am overjoyed to hear about the patriotism displayed by your dear mother. A lioness of valor indeed.
Satyagraha influenced the great Martin Luther King jr greatly during his strife at the civil rights movement. And what a noble man Dr S Radhakrishnan was and how aptly has he described the symbolic meaning of our wonderful flag. He also speaks at the start of the most famous Bhaja Govindam soulfully sung by the beautiful MS Subbalakshmi. He is indeed a philosopher of the highest wisdom.
The four lions make every Indian proud, the words below the four lions that ring out
” SATYAMEVA JAYATE ” - Truth prevails.
satyameva jayate nānṛtaṁ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ |
yenā kramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam ||
And truth indeed always prevails, whether it is in international relations , national issues , family relations…even this blog. Truth prevails.
The media belittle actions of significance. You are indeed noble to have the flag fly high at your home, for your contribution to dear India and love for India is next to none.
This is the third time of the week we speak of Lions in all their valor and beauty. I am indeed pleased with this, especially when it comes from you Lion King.
This blog is indeed a medium of healthy discourse and one should be respectful to the other person’s views and pen it down in the appropriate language. It is also a place where the family comes together to celebrate our love for you. We look at you for guidance. As a one big happy family we do speak to each other as sisters and brothers and to our guide, philosopher, friend and love, to our Lion King.
We as a family apologize sincerely to have displeased you with our comments pro or against.
Love & Hugzzzzz
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Sharmila
Another I-Day another day of heartache.
Hundreds are dying of swine flu,thousands of farmers commiting suicide due to drought, millions still in dark and are hungry but whole nation is fixed on SRK being questioned ( not detained) in USA at airport. Its on front page of every news and suddenly no news on swine flu, have we cured it?
When will we grow up.
I love my India.
Dear Lion King ,
I heard that Ravana is one of the most challenging movies ever made by anyone. Mani Ratnam being a perfectionist has, and continues to strive to provide a movie which is par excellence.I think they are taking both the hindi and the tamil version ( played by the versatile Vikram ) at the same time, which is by no means an easy feat. Kudos to the Ravana team for this mamoth effort. I hope Aishwarya gets better soon.
PS - I hope that elephant is ok.
xoxoxoxo
Sharmila
A big bear hug to get your back back in order.
xoxoxoxoxoxox
Darling big b,
Love u loads n loads n loads
Pls marry me in our next birth
……. u r a thourough gentleman…love u so much
Yet 2 read the blog
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We love you
Ashok K. (Mission, Canada)
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
one particular phrase in your description of your mother on her birthdays brings tears to my eyes..’quiet and looking nowhere’..this is the essence, perhaps of the condition which threatens a large portion of aging persons.
In this deification of our Motherhood, let us not forget the fathers, without whom Mothers would not be mothers!My father lived for his wife, and though weak and frail, he did not want to die while she was alive.he would spend many hours just sitting in front of her, though he often lost his temper when she cried continually for food!She did not know him as her husband ..would call him Poppa ..Anyway, he passed away before her..and in one of her rare moments of speech, she said she was sad that she did not have a husband!And they were a couple who quarrelled a lot!I think, for some couples, quarrelling is the way they come closer!
I thank the person who gave the words of that song from ‘Kabuliwallah’..aai mere pyare vatan.
I would like the words of Gandhiji’s favourite Bhajan..’Vaishnav janato’,with the meaning.I think i can be justified for asking, as you have talked of our Independence!
Regards
preeta
g.morning ,
read your post as also the mild reprimand at the end of the post. But my eyes are heavy with sleep, due to lack of sleep for 3 days on account of nursing folks at home, so the brain is dull and unable to send in any value addition, but will surely do so before the day ends. Meanwhile, take care of your self as also your friend. with abundance of affection
Hi Amitabh,
How are you doing? Atleast say Hi to me!
*
Love,
V.Rajesh
Dear uncle,
Good Morning!A happy Independence day.How is Amar Singhji? We are very proud indians to be free and we must pay our respects to them freedom fighters.JAI HIND.
Your’s forever,
Amitash Degan,
Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh.
wonderful write up (as usual)…..we really are proud to be indian…such a wonderful country it is but becos of our ignorance 2 everything and chalta hai attitude, politicians ve ruined the country..they r no good than the angrez…atleast angrez were the foreigners and these ******** (pardon my language), so-called ‘ghar k aadmi’ ve looted us from wherever they could….look what mayawati and mulayam singh doing in lucknow…dono mein jaise bet lagi hai ki kaun jyada paisa uda sakta hai shahar k development K naam par…poora UP under developed hai par lise padi hai UP ki…paise khao maje udao….
But this is not going to work 4 longer….
We the indians will surely make the change
Love u big b
pls tell aish 2 take rest…
This platform is not a Glossy Film magazine! There is no need to discuss any thing controversial. What happened to SRK is unfortunate, and we must remember that he is a fellow INDIAN and a good human being! United States is a sovereign country, just like us. They have their own laws and regulations. They may not be fair at times, but they are their laws. Anybody wishes to enter US must be prepared to comply with their laws and procedures. Same thing is true for those who wishes to come to India. I have known cases where our immigration officers deported NRIs for their kids not having valid Visas.
Having said all this - I am very much appalled to see comments,very derogetory in nature and extremely offending, when some people commented on yesterday’s blog and even today’s blog about SRK’s detention. That too even after AB requested in very gentle way.
WE MUST NOT ABUSE THIS PLATFORM….
For AB,
Please see my comment at 138 and I would like to say one more thing.
Though I am the last person who will support quirky lifestyles, I think you are being too harsh on the dearest one in that second para about trashing old teachings because I feel the unbelievers carry teachings that are unparented.
If I carry myself with pride its mainly because my learning was approved by parents and peers. I was given ample support and encouragement from the age of 5.
And this confidence stands by me even after they have all gone. My ethics have taught me to fight for the good and the right.
I will not stand silently in a crowd and watch my saviour screaming on the cross of death. I would rather fight and die with him than let the future generations repent for eternity.
In street lingo it is called gratitude…
Regards,
Sudhir
Dear Amitji, Good Morning. Inky would have made a good pet name because your father was a writer and his pen must have always been immersed in ink. Syahi would have been other name and davaat would have been your closest friend. Holder nib would also be closer to you. All said and done you certainly have that quality from your mother which is defiance for a cause. Jaakar bhid jaane ka aur jeet kar aaneka seems to be your mantra. Never say die spirit comes from your mother. So a write-off becomes darling of millions and a writer of best blogs.
Independence movement has been a very systematic process and multipronged effort got us freedom. The backbone was Ahimsa and Satyagraha which brought masses together. Your description of our National Flag also signifies the struggle and the thoughtful selection of colours and design. One who laid his life for the tricolour and had the prevelege of his body being covered by tricolour is a chosen one by destiny. They will always live in our history forever.
Your stay in Singapore does seem to be a long one. Hope to get many more pearls of wisdom from this fine location. One does have commitments towards family and friends and you have amply shown us what commitment means. Hope your pedometer has run out of battery and gym takes over. After somedays we won’t be surprised if you are offered Singapore citizenship and we have another Prateeksha2 in Singapore.
Wishing Amar Singhji good and fast recovery and wishing Aishwarya and Abhishek good health and also wishing every EF member good health and rich reading rewards.
Have a nice day
Ravi P Malhotra
Dear Amitji,
Very good article, i am annoyed by the media that on 15th of august instead of remembering Gandhi and Subhash they are showing srk. I am sorry to see that a member of your film fraternity is behaving like a king and that too outside US. What is important ? “Proactively taking steps to avoid incidents like 9/11″ or “saving srk 2 hours time, so that he can make one more deal”. Media, they instead of glorifying Gandhi and Subhash glorifying srk as if he has brought us independence.
Good morning Sir, the origin of your name “Inquilab Rai” has been narrated for the first time. The clouds of ignorance cleared.
“Green” is for prosparity.
Regards.
Sorry, it is “prosperity” in my above letter. see u again
Salam Amitji
You are really “cool”.
I must say I am impressed by your thought process.
Thank u
Huma
****** VERY IMPORTANT MR. Bachchan You have been accused in this article link****
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Just wated to bring it to your notice, You have been accused of handing a letter to your late friend Mr. Rajiv Gandhi on behalf of your another good friend Anil Ambani. Here is the link, I hope Vir Sanghvi has his facts with him.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=0d11fe63-d37c-47d6-84b0-1b04cd3fb0ca&Headline=Bhaisaabs-fight-your-battles-elsewhere
Cheers !!
Vibhanshu Sharma
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I’m sorry my comment is not to do with your blog today and I hope you don’t mind but I am so upset and I thought I would write you because your wisdom and well put thoughts always help me.
Today my friends and I were lucky enough to see Shah Rukh Khan at an event in Chicago. We had a wonderful time at the South Asian Carnival and SRK was so very, very nice. Unfortunately, we came home to find that he had been detained at one our country’s airports for 2 hours simply because (quite ironically - you know of course of Karan Johar’s film) his name is Khan.
I can’t tell you how upset I am about this and how badly I feel that such a very good person was treated this way. I know he knows, as do you, that it is not the fault of people of like me and yet I feel very badly. Our perfect day now has a long shadow. I only wish I could tell him how sorry I, we, his other American fans are about this.
I know from your wonderful, inspiring blog how much you have seen and experienced in your life and I hope you can shed some light on this darkness.
Thank you so much for letting me into your extending family.
All the best always,
E.
Dear Amitg,
Happy Independence Day!
kaafi logo ki kurbaani ke baad mili Azaadi, fir bhi aaj hum chand politicians ke gulaam hai…..they make n break rule as per their wish…..ek aam aadmi aaj bhi 2 waqt ki roti ke liye roz sangharsh kar raha hai…..
i have seen life from near…..lived in chawl for 24 years with poor ppl….have seen them how they survive when there is a small difficulty…..how politicians use them just for vote….
Well, kaafi kuchh dabakar rakha hai apne man me, aaj thoda bhavuk ho gaya isliye aapse kaha…..
Aap to bharat bhumi ki shaan ho….kaash aap PM hote…..
Take rest n love u always….
Regards,
Naresh Sharma
“open healthy debate” on the blog happens only when Mr. AB initiates it - be it about media or his personal habits or film franternity or book or anything else. if cross chat is what some prefer, they certainly don’t understand what healthy debate is.
how many are really aware what they should do as a part of this EF?
Just post some crap as a comment and thus show disrespect to the new post we so eagerly wait for or race to be number one because that’s all matters?
If I write only 1 comment everyday; relevant to the post - when and if I feel like it - how does that become an attention-seeking behavior compared to those who write 10-15 comments without ever reading the blog?
come on folks - if you are posting the crap - you are not respecting the blog. Look at the punctuality, discipline, skills, attitude this wonderful head of the EF has! Look at what’s going on in his mind. Look at how much we can learn from him.
Be respectful!
Bella
The pet name you have been saved from is also the name of one of the ghosts in Pac-man(the blue one):
Inky / Bashful: Inky is dangerous because he’s unpredictable. Given the same choices, he will often take different turns at different times. There might be rhyme and reason to his behaviour, but we haven’t recognised it yet. One theory is that Inky’s behaviour depends on his proximity to Blinky almost as if he is too afraid to act on his own (like some people who never go to a cinema by themselves). Another unconfirmed theory about Inky is that he will often turn off if Pac-Man charges him. These theories might have emerged as a result Inky’s nickname (Bashful), the same kind of reasoning that has lead many authorities to believe erroneously that Pinky (aka Speedy) is actually faster than the other ghosts. For this reason, we have decided to reserve our judgement until further evidence can be obtained.
And I promise not to mention ‘Inky’ again.
I bet Shanouk will be happy to have Mrs. Bachchan back in Mumbai.
It’s a good thing that I don’t worry too much about what others think of me.
I will just say that if everyone was as tolerant as you are, then that would be utopia.
Goodnight.
Love,
Rochelle
Sir
Had your name been Mr Inqilab Bachchan, then your today’s post # 481 WOULD HAVE READ AS Mrs Inky Left for Mumbai after a month by the side of Amar Ji !!
Had your name been Mr Inqilab Bachchan, then paper headlines regard to Abhishek would have read as HERE COMES JUNIOR INKY,SON OF BIG INKY
So yes we are very happy and relived that you are Big B , Jaya ji is Mrs Bachchan and Abhishek is Big B’s emerging rising Junior B
Happy Independance day, Jai Ho
Take good care of yourselves, wishing for speedy recovery for Amar Singh Ji
B R Manoj Grover
Amitji, I hope you hada good sleep and your back pain is better. Please do take care of yourself, for we cannot bear to see you suffer. We feel your pain. Do not think of giving us yellow lines, just relax and laze around.We can wait.
With your permission I now address my dear FmExt members: with ref. to the points raised by Daisy M, Jasmine of London, Divya Nair, Bella, Rochelle, Rose C, Rasha Zayed and several others — friends, I feel Amitji perhaps may not have any great objection to cross chatter that is healthy, fosters good feelings and friendships, and serves a purpose like expressing concern about health issues of family membes of FmExters, congratulating someone on their promotion or pregnancy, for example. He may even enjoy our silly bantering and giddy giggling and be smiling at times. Yes, it is a family, and yes, I think he would agree that members should be able to talk to each other.
I think what bothers him, and it should bother any decent person, is when people make personal comments that are hurtful to others. He is used to these being directed at himself, and with a lifetime of practice, takes them in his stride, but when he sees his loved ones being targeted, that is painful for him, as it would be for any head of the family.
I am very perturbed as well at some very nasty, rude comments that have come Rochelle’s way, particularly one today that really crosses all limits of decency. People hide behind the anonymity and hurl things. This is totally wrong. Humans never cease to amaze me — in both their capacity for kindness, as well as for cruelty. Rochelle has every right to be a member of this family and to speak up and express her concern. What do her nationality, religious beliefs, etc. have to do with anything? I really admire her as a person — she is focused, speaks directly to Amitji, minds her own business and does so much in her life. I would personally like to apologize to Rochelle for the snide, unkind things that have been said about her. I know how dear she is to Amitji, and for that reason, to me as well.
Yes, the blog has lately taken on the form of a chat room, with multiple one-liners of little substance. I too sincerely hope we will uphold the dignity of this space and heed Amitji’s gentle chiding. I request people to be respectful of each other and of Amitji.
Sincerely and with love,
Jasmine
Jasmine .. back getting better .. we must debate not get personal .. this is not a platform for personal attacks .. exchange healthy discussion ..love
Good Morning Dr Bachchan (Amitji)…
Happy Independance day
Anaadi .. its actually good night now for me .. love
gud morning inkyji,
so sorry to hear about your strained back. even when i fly the tricolour in my home people make fun of me but i dont give a damn. yes, we all suffer from this disease called WWPS i.e., what will people say? i believe in living for myself and i never ever bother about what people will say for the simple reason being - you cannot please everyone. no matter what you do, the ones who want to find faults with you will.
being opinionated, judgmental, self-righteous, has not really served any purpose but yet that is how we are. it takes a lot of maturity and i do believe that maturity comes not with age but with the trials and tribulations that one goes through in life.
i had been through a lot of ups and downs myself amitji. there were times when i felt that even my shadow would desert me. but somehow the one above has been very kind and here i am writing to you through this platform. what else can i say but that i am so very lucky!!!!
yes inkyji, please do insist that people stop using this blog for cross chat. it is really very irritating. each one seems to be hell bent on proving the other wrong. each one of us have a right to our opinion. sometimes it would be wise not to comment at all than indulge in mudslinging matches. like they say, SPEECH IS SILVER, SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
another saying which goes like this -IT IS BETTER TO KEEP OUR MOUTHS SHUT AND LET OTHERS THINK THAT WE ARE FOOLS THAN TO OPEN IT AND REMOVE ALL THE DOUBT. So i wish to make a sincere request to all FmXt, lets refrain from all this cross chat and maintain the quality of this blog. ITS VERY DISTURBING AND DISTRESSING.
thank you inkyji
luv always
shashi .. yes agree .. we must be free to debate not accuse each other personally..
Happy Independence Day to everyone! Just heard Pandit Nehru’s original independence speech ..amazing what technology has done. Here is the link for anyone interested -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wUcw8Ufx_Y
Love,
Amisha
Amisha .. fabulous .. thank you so much ..
Respected Bachchan Saheb,
2nd Request
Sir, I think due to any reason you was not able to read my first message which I have sent on 2 August 2009. All we are nervous (Me, my wife, my daughter (8 years), my son (5 years)).
Thanks and regards
Rajesh Kudiwal
r_kudiwal@yahoo.com
Rajesh .. sorry missed it ..
Dear sir,
There were some interesting comments here yesterday related to Lord Krishna, and I got carried away in cross chat. Another topic of ‘cross chat’ was how our names were chosen…Aishwarya for example…and how some of us are ardent fans of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan too. Some topics just grab our attention and it takes time to get a grip.
The ’squabble’ began, if u notice, at #485 on day 480, with too many personal remarks. It seemed unfair and hence the sparks.
Love.
Aishwarya.
Aishwarya … yes no personal remarks please …
Dear Amitji,
Yes, it is always a moment to rejoice when we see so many of our tricolours flying high. In Sevagram where I work, my institute’s code of conduct says that we all have to wear khadi. There are always people who grumble when something is enforced, but eventually it gives one a sense of identity. And strangely when we are not forced,one always feels like wearing khadi.
This Independence Day I felt a little let down- wished people would be more tolerant of others. It was our strength- our diversity- and we celebrated it. And suddenly we have allowed others to divide us on the basis of our differences. That small slogan ‘Unity in diversity’ suddenly means so much today. I remember that small poem that we used to sing in school.
Hind desh ke niwasi sabhi jan ek hain
Rang roop vesh bhasha chaahe anek hain
It was written and composed by Vinay Chandra Maudgalya.
Watch this cartoon version sung by Sadhana Sargam when she was a little girl of six (the Marathi accent prominent!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ale-a1D_0
Enjoy! Jai Hind!
Anshu
DR Anshu .. very interesting.. and how laudable your efforts ..
isn’t this an open forum !? then whats wrong if once in a while like minded ppl discuss some interesting topic in here ?!!! if its of an interest for many amongst us then i believe one sure can. after all we all are FmXt. aren’t we ?! & thats how FmXt can get connected with eachother.
But if u feel like that you are The Moon and we all are stars & should revolve just around u then what can we say? ( though stars don’t revolve around The Moon ) but that might/could proved to be a little turn off for many sensible & sensitive FmXt.
mmmmm…. some one said once that you are a flower and we are the beez ! ha ha !! errr … count me out coz ‘m not a sucker ! yikes ! i would rather project you as Sun and rightfully i mententioned us-FmXt as flowers- The Sunflowers who turns in the direction Sun moves. ehh! what can you do if someone don’t get it ! i stick with mine though ! let ‘em make u a flower - ‘Gende ka phool’. ha ha !
Monalisa .. i have never suggested anything more than another EF for myself on this blog .. i am no sun moon or any other .. just a normal average human..
country celebrated independence day sadly media was harping on SRK its irritating people r using religion for publicity wishing speedy recovery to aishwarya pranam
pratibha .. thank you inquiring after Aishwarya .. she is better
Hi Sir,
A truly remarkable definition of the symbolic meaning behind our country’s flag given by Dr S Radhakrishnan. On a day such as this the patriotic emotion that is felt by each and every individual is what holds our nation strongly together and separates us uniquely from all others. Hope Aishwarya a speedy recovery.
Regards and Love,
S
SunnY 1 .. yes very inspiring explanation .. Aishwarya is getting better thank tyou
waiting for your reply sir !
s g gautam … sorry missed your question .. what was it..?
gautam .. sorry got it ..! the peom on Aurobindo .. i am embarassed that you compare such a unique and godly personality with me , please do not .. i am just another humble human
Amit uncle,
A very Happy Independence day to you too. Jai Hind!!
There has been a big hue and cry in all Indian papers atleast online abt the detention of SRK. I found this article very interesting . I ‘m sure you can argue for both sides of the story but i would go with the writer in this case. For your and Ef’s reading :
–Shetty
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/onefortheroad/entry/don-t-make-a-big
One For The RoadDon’t make a big deal of Shah Rukh’s detention
Anand Soondas Saturday August 15, 2009
After a long time actor Salman Khan has come up with a real gem. On hearing about Shah Rukh Khan being questioned by US security at Newark, New Jersey, he said it’s good that the country has such a tight set-up. And that “there has been no attack after 9/11 because of this.’’
Salman has a point. SRK might be an icon to Indians and many in the subcontinent, even to the desi diaspora spread across the globe, but to America he’s just a visitor. We may be convinced he cannot be involved in anything that’s remotely violent, but the guard given the responsibility of stopping something like 9/11 from happening in his country again will want to take no chances. And what is the possibility that he’s a die hard fan of the Khan and Bollywood? Very slim.
Interestingly, the same day that SRK was detained in Newark, there came news that the great Bob Dylan, who was wandering around Long Branch, near New York City, sometime back, was asked for an ID by two cops too young to know who he really was. When he couldn’t furnish one, he was taken right back to the resort where he was putting up and staff there vouched for him. And America is Dylan’s own country.
Was there a furore? Not that I know of. Not even a little blowin’ in the wind.
SRK says he’s “upset and angry’’ because it was his Muslim name that caused all this. Thousands of Muslims are made to go through extra security checks everyday in America and a host of Western countries. Is he equally upset at that? He’s probably just pissed that it happened to him, India’s mega star. We all know how a lot of Muslims have been subjected to prejudice around the world because many countries see terrorism as an Islamic phenomenon. Yes, it is uncalled for, unjust and maybe wrong. But America is a country that takes the killings of its people with the seriousness it deserves, unlike India whose record on this is shameful, to say the least.
Also, because most of the perpetrators of 9/11 were Muslims, America thinks it has to be doubly careful where they are concerned. Had the terrorists been Jews, perhaps it would have looked at Jews with similar suspicion. I was much more aggrieved at President Kalam being frisked. But that’s a dated debate.
There are two layers to the SRK incident and we must peel them off with care. One, it is quite ridiculous that Indians feel their icons and superstars are everybody’s icons and superstars. What the heck? If Jet Li came to India tomorrow, the man on the street here would probably call him ‘`Chinky’’ and not give a second look. For that matter, what if Gérard Depardieu came travelling. How many would know him? Matt Damon was here recently and there wasn’t a traffic jam in Delhi. These guys are huge back home.
Moreover, America doesn’t have a culture of fawning the way India has. Mike Tyson was treated like a common rapist and spent most part of his youth in the slammer. Winona Ryder was sentenced to a three-year probation for shoplifting. Chinese born Hollywood actress Bai Ling was fined US 200 dollars for petty theft.
More importantly, we are actually aggrieved because we are “not like them’’. Well, guess what. It isn’t a virtue. We should be like them and take the security of our country and its people with solemn, no-nonsense professionalism. Frisk Brad Pitt when he lands in India next. Give Tom Cruise the same dose. Don’t spare Bill Clinton either. Isn’t he an ex-prez just like Kalam? Who’s stopping you and what’s stopping you? Colonial hangover? Or is it plain lethargy and callousness. Looks like both.
We are just whimpering over here like hurt puppies because we feel, “Oh, but we don’t do it to them’’. Oh no, we don’t. And it’s a scandal. We should. I’ve seen white men – and women – get away in India with murder. Indian women can’t get into some discos wearing a sari. And bouncers will frown at you if you are dressed in a kurta. Have you seen what some of these firangs have on them? No one bats a eyelid.
So instead of making SRK’s detention an issue, we should think of upgrading our own security set-up.
There’s a lesson in this. And it is a positive one. A day after our own 26/11, there was hardly any security at CST in Mumbai. It can’t get worse than that. The bottom line: Stop fawning, shed the colonial hangover and make no compromise where the country’s safety is concerned. Can we do that or is it too much to ask from a country that’s been free for 62 years but was ruled by white sahibs for 200?
S Shetty .. thank you putting up the article ..
Sarkar,
Happy Azadi,
Has been a while since i have written to you, though i read every thing you pen on twitter, and some times reply also, posting the Kaminey review done for friends and expressindia.com, hope you like it.
Kkkk…miney the long fhort cut.
Good conscience, bad conscience, Mumbai’s underbelly, twins, the real India, Quentin tarantinos film genre, deft camera angles, simple costumes, Gulzars earthy lyrics, in your face dialogues, Vishals direction, and his music, Sahid, Priyanka, Amol gupte, and the great talent of the theater world, all come together, for two hours ten minuet, and from frame to frame, action to action, song to song, acting to acting, grip you, by its mind-boggling, madness. DHAN TANA………
Two twin brothers separated by a lisp, and a stammer, Guddu, the plodder stammers, is the confused cute boy next door, is a street theater activist, against sexually transmitted death, gets browbeaten into marriage by the impregnated sweety, sister of the supremacist, throwing to the winds, his to do list, his simple plans, all because he himself failed to practice safe sex, is picked up by corrupt police men, who confuse him with Charlie the gambler who pronounces s as f, is wanted for a heist that went wrong, lives life for a song, always cutting corners, waiting for that one opening, that one number, that one day when he will have it all, is played by the same actor, like father like son Sahid Kapoor. DHAN TANA……..
Priyanka Chopra the actress is much better than Priyanka the looker, she and her histrionics of a girl smitten, in a marathi manus world, crowded by lanes, and joint families, and rain soaked roads, and open windows, and children flying kites, and one room tenants, and railway tracks, and immigrants, and daily bread winners, living shoulder to shoulder, in sticky humidity, in shanty towns, at the mercy of wheeler dealer politicians, who can sell their own mothers, for a lucrative offer, is also the quintessential Indian women, who fights for her love, her life, her dream, with the ferocity of a tigress, switching from marathi to hindi, and like a true compatriot complements her co-actor, by great acting. DHAN TANA……….
Gulzar is a maestro with words, his lyrics reverberate with the muddy, murky, down to earth real India rhythms, he showcases the past, perfect, present, tense, of today’s youth without caring two hoots for the snobbish who’s who, he lives their muted anger, he suffers their ignominy, he knows how a young women thinks and a man reacts, he knows fear, the exhilarating thrill of power, the pain of loss, the bridge over troubled waters, and most of all he understands masks, the one we all put to face each other, while watching, living, loving, killing, on screen, explains why the young from Guhati, to Chowpati are singing DHAN TANA……….
Vishals cinema is his sense of timing, and the multitasking genie who refuses to let go of his small town roots, Kaminey has, Shakespearian interludes, orchestral overtures, coupled with true to life characters, mouthing the spoken street dialect, spruced by invectives, to the point, in emotion, commotion, demotion, promotion, of actors, characters, mingling, in black, in grey, and red and green, feminine, masculine, for you, against you, with you, without you, in song, in drama, running scared, of time, that has to be captured, in detail, simplifying to the audience that the world is a stage, and we all but mere actors, acting our farce, for the show that never stops, be it Stratford upon Avon or dingy quarters of an immigrant settlement, human nature is the same, more so in interacting, reacting, acting, parts that we do not want to play. DHAN TANA………….
Finally brothers will be brothers; they might not see the same side of the coin, but in the end despite what ever the women might say, they watch over each others back, and go laughing to the bank, is what Kaminey is all about, don’t believe me, see for your self, how the young and the old, sway to, DHAN TANA……….
VIKRAMJIT,
Warm Regards
Vikramjit .. thank you
Dear Mr. Bachchan
A beautiful post as always…
I hope u r easy on your back… Gymming can wait for a while and there is no need to rush about the comments either.. Take your time and do grab some rest…Surprise us when u really have the time..
Also convey my get well wishes to Aishwarya.. hope she feels better soon.. The last few lines particularly the quotes are thought provoking..I also loved the way you signed off today’s blog with the flag.. Simply awesome… JAI HIND!!!
love always..
Anagha
angha .. thank you .. aishwarya is better ..glad you liked the flag.. took me hours to find it and then even longer to put it up ..
salaaaaaaaaaaaaaam amitji!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
yeah! i thik Amitabh is a much better name!i love the way it sounds and think it shows ur greatness,kindness and etc much better!
thanks alot for quotes!
am really sorry for lovely Aish and wish her a very speedy recovery!
take care honey!
loveloveloveuloveloveloveuloveloveloveu!
Sahar(ur little iranian fan!!!)
sahar .. love to you too …
Hi Mr Bachan,
Wow you made my day when you said hello at the lift lobby. Tot you would put up a “star attitude” I’ve been such a great fan of yours since I was a little girl. No doubt I dun understand much Hindi, but I do love your movies. Wish you enjoy the rest of your stay in Singapore.
lin .. thank you ..
hummmm
GOOD MORNING Ali ji !
shia ~angel .. good morning .. its night here
My dearest Amit ji, Namashkar
Aishwariya is not well. Give my get well soon wishes to her.
And lots of good wishes n love to you my dear.
Ms S khan(USA).
S kh .. i shall most certainly .. she is better though …
Forgot to ask u this today Mr. B, which is that is the poll question ever going to change?
sharmishta … sorry been busy will change soon …
Dear Amitji,
The blog makes great reading today. Thank you. I admire your late mother for her courage and braveness.
Take it easy today until your back is back to normal.
Love you always
God Bless
Jyoti
Jyoti Punjabi .. thank you for your sentiments .. back is better
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Just got back from a get together to celebrate India Independence Day…out of 10 performances by the youth group of our town only two had traditional Indian flavours…all the others were Bollywood remixes, and all medleys ending with Jai Ho. The sad part is the two performances that had the traditional elements were not received well which was very disappointing.
The blog today is reminding me of my family when we all get together, arguing about nothing…watching Dasavatharam movie and wondering how Mr. Kamalahasan achieved this feat of playing ten roles.
Sorry to hear about your back and please do take care….good afternoon to you and good night for me.
Lakshmi Jag
Lakshmi Jag .. yes a pity sometimes pop culture prevails more than the classic .. happens all over the world … Kamalhassan is a wonderful actor, have not seen the film, he has promised to show it to me .. I had gone to Chennai on his invitation for the music release of the film …
Hi Amitji,
It is said that life pattern changes if something significant happens to lives of people like earth quake, change of fortune, sudden demise of family member etc.
New way of life after getting addicted to your blog…
1. Get up, finish morning routine go to work.
you don’t really need to work.
2. Read your blog hurriedly.
3. Read emails, reply if it is related to work. Finished some work hurriedly. In digital world, lot of “work” can be shown virtually
4. GO BACK to blog, read each and every line carefully. If something is in hindi, try to find exact word in mother tongue for the same.
5. Browse through the comments. Since some of comments are really worth reading . As you intelligently put those members name in your past post or poll question! It tells how quality comments get noticed.
6. While browsing, you hit with very length comments, curse that guy/gal while scrolling. I wonder how you take those comments.
7. Evening again check it if there is yellow bar below any comments, read reply as well as comments.
8. Call friends and relative if you get yellow bar..
9. Before going to bed check it if you can get latest post from AB. If you do, just say hello before going to bed and
cycle continues…
Wondering today if I will get to call my friends and relative!
Have a nice day..
Prashant
Prashant .. ha ha very innovative …
Dear Amitabhji,
(cannot abbreviate as I respect you too much) …today is the first day I visted your blog ..wish I had done so earlier. Went thro the archives too.. soul stirring and thought provoking to say the least ..
Sitting in faraway Houston, thinking of independence day, I wonder…we keep singing the greatness of our motherland ..She who has given us so much.. yet we do so very little to uphold and upkeep her greatness. rather day in and day out erode her of her values and her prosperity, her glory..I am worried even after 60 odd years of independence (odd because not all of us got independence together) ..Goa ( pukar) liberated in ‘65, my own native Gulbarga in ‘48 from nizam of Hyderabad..and others..well this year on idependence day the stark reality of a drought looks imminent..This holy land of powerful celestial rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Kaveri, Godavari, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Tungabhadra mis-managed, polluted, violated.. some reduced to nothing but a slimy trickle ..due to the abuse of the very mankind who they came to serve..seem to be lamenting to us to bring them all closer into each other’s embrace..so they can be re-energized and re-vitalized so they can live again their ancient glory ..wipe us of our miseries and provide us sustenance so no hindustani goes thirsty ..no inch of land goes parched…Where is the new bhagirath..who can network these lifelines and bring the much touted second green revolution and spread a green carpet on our holy land, spread a canopy of shade over our heads ..drape a green sari over our beloved land . …Jai Hind..Santosh Mahoorkar, Houston 11.57 pm 8/15/09.
Santosh .. very good thought and ideas.. some time ago similar thoughts and ideas have been floated .. but i wonder if the authorities are doing anything about it ..
Dear Mr. A. Bachchan,
When are you planning to come back to Mumbai & start working?
Awaiting your next release!
With warm regards & respect!
Vijay Kanuga
vijay_kanuga@yahoo.co.in
Vijay …soon i hope ..
Yet another quote from the same source:
“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!” - Albert Einstein
Love
Saima .. yes great ..
Respected Amitji,
Many Wishes to u on swantantra divas..
Thnaks for sharing the episode of ur dear mom’s initiative in the Quit India! Brave lady of a brave husband… Thanks to dadaji’s friends who saved mom cos u are here with us..
Thanks again for writing about all the significance of our national flag. Again as i said.. when u say it.. its instills a huge impact on us.. Our eyes becomes moist.. There is a wave of change in our inner self!!. Thats the power u have in u and ur pen sir or lets say ur figer tips in this case!! Proud of you sir!! Proud to be a fellow citizen of a motherland who has sons like u .. Proud to be an Indian!!
I really was not aware of the judgement passed on flying national flag at homes, offices.. etc.. Cos we have been doing this religilously from few years… but unaware.. I should thank Mr. Jindal for having it okayed legally.
Ur friend’s incident on France was very touching..
Sir.. just to bring to ur notice.. It is BENGALURU now..or it could remain Bangalore too.
Amar Singhji is recovering is real good news.. Jayaji is coming back to Mumbai. Shanouk must be really happy to receive the lady of the house.. Please convey wishes to Aishwarya.. Let her get well soon.. My daughter also was ill for the past three days and now feeling better… True sir.. once a parent ever a parent..however big the child grows!!
Very sorry that u had to witness a lot of criss-cross amongst the EF.. I feel all of us should utilise this only for a healthy discussion.. Any private talks can be exchanged in any other space.. Its too tiresome for Amitji to go thru all the comments which are not meant to be for him.. and over a period of time it gets disinteresting!!! So lets all be a little more responsible..
the quotes are pondering today.. lets correct ourselves and have a healthy laugh at it tomorrow.
Please take good care of ur back and get well soon.
lots of love and lots of respects
archana(bangalore)
archana .. thank you for the correction .. made the change in master blog .. aishwarya improves and lets not get personal on the blog ..
Amitji you clarified the Indian Flag and its colours and symbols, as I had no idea what they depicted, as I was not born in India.
Sad to hear hat Ash has fallen ill to some infection and please do convey my sincere well wishes for a very quick recovery.
Now you are alone and Jayaji is not there to spoil you. I hope Amar Singhji is making some progress in his recovery. Please do pass my well-wishers to him and for his quick recovery.
Now that was a great story about how your mum being pregnant with you and still fighting for independence in true spirits. Hindustan Jindabaad‼!
Moreover, if you did have the new name, I can give more derivatives to Inky‼‼
However, I will not do as here as I have a lot of respect for you and this site.
I hope you are not doing arm wrestle with the remote control as you exercises??
Yes, the Ashes will start soon and Aussies will win the last test‼!
Take care and I hope your back improves quickly.
Regards to you and the Bachan family.
Dharmen (Melbourne)
Dharmendra .. thank you for all your inputs .. love .. Aussies will win ..? oh i thought the Ashes were going pretty balanced this time..
nice post..happy independence day!..Thanks for posting the significance of the flag..I was unaware of tht…and I like ur closing comment too..sometimes we think more abt wht others are thinking abt us and even our own acts are based on how other people wld percieve it….something to think abt…its midnight here..good nite…please take care of ur back…..goood nite…sweet dreams….zzzzzzzz….lots of luuuuuuuuuuuuv..
Kavs
Kavs .. thank you ..
“Inky”
cool!
harsh .. yaa
Dear BigB,
Excellent recall of your childhood memories of independence day, importance and meaning of the flag, true spirit of freedom for a country!
We dont want you to slip from the walk/climb routine and pray you try any excuse to continue exercise schedules
regards,
Atul
dhug9 .. i shall not … did almost 6000 steps on pedometer
Respected Sir,
Happy independance to you and all the readers.
I wish that Mrs.Aishwarya get well very soon. I realy admire her acting skills and she is the most beautiful female actors in the bollywood.
I think we should all beleive in ourselves first rather get worried about what other’s say to us. You have been doing this quite long and probably that’s the key to success.
With love and Regards
Mohit
Mohit .. thank you for the compliment and for understanding …
Respected Sir Amit Ji,
vande matram,
31 - States
1618 - Languages
6400 - Castes
6 - ethnic Groups
29 - Festivals
1 COUNTRY,PROUD TO BE: INDIAN
“Wish You Very Very Happy Independence Day ”
“Jay Hind”
-Ramesh Solanki
SVNIT,Gujarat ,SURAT
http://www.svnit.ac.in/ramesh
Ramesh .. yes proud to be an Indian..
Happy Independence Day India, Jai Hind, Vande Matram
Saare Jahaan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara
The True Spirit of India will always shine forth gloriously always; God Bless
India represents the greatness of life with dignity and honour along with
amongst the greatest and proudest of achievements ever accomplished
History is testament and evidentially reflecting the greatness of India
admirably and proudly; God Bless
The loving, pioneering and enterprising spirit of the Indian People is
energized with a unique goodness and nobility that is always
truly admirable and outstanding; God Bless
As a token of love and respect to our Motherland India, each and every one of
us should seek to consistently and with meaningful consistency pursue
a disciplined and conscious approach; accomplishing meaningful our respective
agendas; assignments;duties; employments; objectives; studies with excellence
We should seek to persevere diligently; with observance of prudent acumen,
awareness and a conscious approach whilst ensuring compliance of the
respective laws and regulations; always attending to our respective academic;
personal and professional obligations very most sincerely, attentively and
responsibly - and to ensure that we are able to let our light shine through and
radiate the hallmarks of magnificence in purpose; adopting the pathways of
practicing values based principles approach in our thoughts and all forms of
expressions consistently and with meaningful consistency; The light will shine
through and illuminate its radiance by the conscious efforts of one and all
coming together admirably; appreciatively; cooperatively; synergistically and
harmoniously for Universal Happiness and Welfare - always and always by the
grace of God
India is the land of gratitude where immense thanks are profusely expressed to
God for Universal Happiness, Welfare and Wisdom always; May One and All be
Healthy, Happy and Wise always; God Bless
The above attitude of gratitude encompasses the potential divinity of each
Person seeking to align themselves with the Cosmic Consciousness
This is the potential divinity of each Person seeking to know how they could
contribute their goodness for the Happiness and Welfare of the Universe as
One Healthy and Happy Family always, God Bless
India has taught us to think simplicity and be disciplined; to be humble; to
be modest; to be appreciative; be grateful for all that was; for all that is
and for all that will be; always immensely utmost thanks to God;
Jai Hind, God Bless
Love and Light,
God Bless,
Vashi
Vashi .. very interesting ..
Happy Independence Day!
I do like the name Inky! It’s quite a catchy one
And I love your closing quotes…
love and regards
P
Priyanka … thank you my dear
Dear Sir,
Good Morning,
Though of the day……….
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”
Regards with \\
Love,Light and Reiki……….
Khanjan Antani
Hyderabad 9949737803
Khanjan .. good one …
Good Morning… AB…
Good Morning … Ladies and Gentlemen
Good Morning….EFs
Some of commenters are one time visitor..
LOTTUS….
Lottus .. morning …
Hi Mr. Bachchan
It was lovely to read the way you have described the importance of Independence Day & significance of our national flag.
Also, the flag waving emoticon, it was really cute.
Hope Aishwarya recovers soon.
Take care
Love & regards
Anu Verma
Anu .. thank you .. aishwarya improves ..
Amitji,
I am a constant visitor to your blog and I hope you forgive me as I find less time to post something..Also a post of mine was lost after being “successfully submitted” on the day you posted a copy of your Father’s foreword to Madhushala which I was looking forward to with much anticipation..I hope your server can find it back as I had written much in it..Anyways..Bygones be bygones..So here I am today again..Writing to you..
First of all getting to know from you what all had transpired during the life-threatening incident during the shooting of Coolie was quite nerve-wrecking..It is indeed a great example of the strength of the human inner-strength that we see you alive and kicking today..I remember reading the book “Tuesdays with Morrie” and could relate many things from the book to what you did to recuperate after the surgery..The thing which you did on a tree by stretching your legs tells a lot about the kind of mental and physical trauma you were going through..I hereby wish you a long “alive-and-kicking” life..:)
The post about your Mother told me something about you..Although it’s a great loss but you have come over it with a lot of strength..You have accepted the fact that She is gone because She had to..
I hope I could gather that much strength as my mother is to go through an operation next month at AIIMS..They say she has a tumor in her intestine which can be “malignant” (in simpler terms deadly)..They also say that this happens to 25 people in 1 million..They say a well known surgeon has to do this surgery and he has to get ready and prepared first to carry it out..We are waiting for a surgeon to agree to do this operation..I never thought even this could happen in a medically-advanced India..Happy 62nd Independence Day..
In the end on a lighter note, I would like to tell you that I was watching K3G the other day and I believe your performance has a lot to do with the film being so effective on people to inspire them to “love their parents”..
Looking forward to your next post..
Cheers..
Shashwat..
Shashwat … sorry to have missed your comment earlier , wonder where it went..prayers for your Mother.. hope all goes well with her treatment at AIIMS
Hi Amitji,
Nice information about independence and your childhood.
As far as Indian flag is concern, I think it is created more from religious point of view rather than what described in official version. How come saffron is color for renunciation? It is definitely for hindu. Rest of colors represent major religions in India. White for Christianity, green for Islam, blue wheel for Budhism.
What do you think of my analysis??
Prashant
Prashant .. i will go with the official version ..
dear amitji,
Greetings and wishing u a very happy independence day, hamari swantantrata amar rahein, may this 62nd year of freedom bring happiness and prosperity to our Bharatmata, may we have no droughts or epidemics of diseases affecting our motherland, may we become the most literate nation in the world, may we have none of our bretheren living below the poverty lines, may we become financially stable, last but not the least, may we become the most peaceful and soulful country in the world, amen!,
regds
Upendra .. may all that you wish come true ..
Dear Sir..
Independence Day … Swatantra Divas…yes.
IN our India some one are enjoying the INDEPENDENCE DAY every day and day by day, they are Farmer,Artist ,Craftman,writer ..we can say the creater is enjoying always the INDEPENDENCE DAY in his life…ha
and our INDIA is a very big Farmer of this world because its farming the peace for world… The INDIA had fight by peace for INDPENDENCE first in our world.it was a peacefull message to world we can get the INDEPENDENCE by peace for peace, because its metter of Human Mind ..The Mahatma Ghandhi had catched that poin and start a Satyagrah with all INDIAN and for all INDIAN, befor The Mahatma Ghandi that work had been “AACHARYA SHRI CHANKYA”he had changed the system of a ruf King of MAGHADH by peace. he was also INDEPENDENet on hisSelf.. The Chankya had displayed the Orenge flag in all city of MAGHAD for the Massage of KESARIYA.here you told the talk of INDIAN Flag its touching to that Kesariya Flag theam..ha..over all
we can say our INDIAN theam is ..” वासुदेव कुटूम्भाकम “..
here i enjoy your Animation with INDIAN flag..it must be continue for peace and love..
regards
yogendra kumar purohit
M.F.A.
BIkaner,INDIA
yogendrapurohit@yahoo.com
yogendra .. thank you for your input
first that Hashmi guy & now this Khan-srk playing Muslim card ! how disgusting ! you might be considering yourself ‘The Best’ in Bolly wood or in entire India doesn’t make you ‘The Supremo’ above all laws. you are just another visiter here in USA & no one is above law in here. what if u got searched or checked !? that doesn’t make u fall in a category of terrorists! damn it ! its just part of their job. your Kingsize Ego get hurt coz they perform their duty efficiently!!??? oh !!! pleeessssss…………..stop coming over here if so …….
and Hats Off to politicians of India . they don’t feel bad when former President being searched in his own country but they are ready to comment or take action when srk being searched in Usa who is not a dignitory compare to former President. huh ! if protocol is not maintained in your country its fine but you shout & try to create a scene for a person no near to presidential status. how funny but annoying attitude they got !! why ppl get so easily smitten by so called actors/stars & put them on pedestal !?????
to admire someones good work is a totally different thing & its a line of work anyway ! no big deal !
monalisa .. remain calm ..
Next I am sending message NEWS ….Now How Distress ? Next How Distress ?
Came rainy season, I am fallen less fever, cough, sneezing hence leave two days office, then I am good fit body. I touched not eat my mouth with dirty. I admitted not ward in the hospital.
Pimpri - Chinchwad & Pune poor cities , more spit down dirty … unclean city…
Whom people touched dirty Mexico city, USA ? People citizen touched dirty hence Swine Flu
Have heard Mexico News Swine Flu?…Are from mexico contact swine flu to pune city ? Whom people touched mistake dirty ? Citizen people touched dirty avoid his mouth eat , early dead OR Citizen People avoid tobacco, smoke, his unfit body hence touched dirty eat then early dead…
Next Come more citizen people crowd spit dirty down .. used be malaria, insects Hence headache, sneezing, cough unwell … Next Do u know Distress India ?
Tobacco is opposing social city..
Citizen people touched dirty avoid his mouth eat , early dead…
TOUCH CITY AVOID EAT U’RE MOUTH …
U stop drink a class, see water insect, earth , dirty in the class. U wash clean water a class. U put thin cloth , tight tap. After u drink water.
U stop eat vegetable, see dirty, poison, insects. U wash clean water with fruit, vegetable. A knife cut fruit, vegetable, open fold , see good clean ?after u eat fruit, vegetable..
Out toilet , bath U stop u’re hand with sweety by friend & family . see dirty u’re hand, u wash clean water u’re body- hand, leg… wipe towel/handkerchief u’re body. After u meet/sweety u’re friend & family.
U stop touch u’re relation & family with eat lunch, supper breakfast. Follow Start New u see u’re relation & family with lunch, supper ,breakfast. How good some eat ? follow u put a spoon eat u’re relation & family with in boxes then u eat own OR then u touch not eat u’re relation & family eat.
U stop go to medical. U save money. U are happy life…
Daily day u do exercise at 15-30 minutes, Stop unfit body. Save money, stop loss money.
Came rainy season, I am fallen less fever, cough, sneezing hence leave two days office, then I am good fit body. I touched not eat my mouth with dirty. I admitted not ward in the hospital.
Pimpri - Chinchwad & Pune poor cities , more spit down dirty … unclean city…
Dinesh .. i hope you feel better soon ..
Oh !
aNu !
BTW Inky is not a bad pet name at all !!
anu .. really //?
Dear Mr B,
I have a different version of the meaning of our National Flag.
Hindus (Saffron) and Muslims (Green) working together 24 hours a day (Chakra) for Peace, Prosperity and Harmony (White). Simple yet so true in our troubled times.
I used to have a lot of respect for our national anthem, after I saw the promos of “Rann” and did my own research, I can’t seem to get myself to pay respect to a song that was not about India but a dedication to the one who had enslaved it and it’s people. For me our National Song should be our National Anthem. “Vande Mataram”.
Hope Ashwariya feels a lot better very very soon.
JAI HIND !!!
-Vikas.
Kolkata.
Vikas .. thank you for enquiring after Aishwarya .. she is better .. our constitution gives us the right to freedom of expression, so long as we are within the law ..
Sir
Happy Independence Day
Dinesh .. same to you ..
Hi Mr Bachchan
Hope my mail finds you in the best of your health and spirits.
Such a beautiful description of the significance of our national flag including the details of each and every symbol.
I loved the emoticons you put on the blog.Pls tell me the site name from which you get these.
Hope that Aishwarya gets well soon.She has been ill quite frequently recently.
Take care
Love & warm regards
Priyanka.
Priy Verma .. thank you for your interest .. the emoticons came on through a friend on mail i do not have details , but if you went on Google and wrote it out for search you should be able to get it ..
Dear AB
WIsh u have a good day!!
Luv
Sri .. and you too …
Dear Big B ji,
Pranam!
I feel Sharukh’s detention at US airport should not be taken so seriously. He is an Indian citizen holding an ordinary passport. How could we expect a US immigration officer to recognise him. He was just doing his duty. Why so much is being said and writtn about this incident? It is bcoz the man concerned is Shahrukh? There was no need for Ambika Soni to yell so much. She being holding a responsible position in her party, she should be more responsible.
Wishwanath … i am out of the country so am not conversant with what is going on ..
Happy Independence Day, Amitji! How happy I am for you, and how nice the blog entry was today.
I think everyone in every country gets tearful at his national anthem, since it stands for so many things.
It was a lovely but startling tale about your mother running out to join the crowd while carrying you. She was a brave lady, no question about it.
I’m going to have a hard time not calling you Inky, though.
Aloha from Hawaii …
Love, Dorothy
Dorothy .. ha ha .. love to you
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN….
good morning ,sir,how are you this morning?i hope as allways you are well….
how is Aish?is she better?i hope that she will be well in no time and on todays post you will tell us that she is filling better…
did you go to the gym today yet?or you are planing to sit and rest all day today too?
you should take your time…i hope that your back is better and its not strained eny more and you can move freely now…
i realy think that we all should liten o ourselfs and be true to ourselfs befor we let others do the same…if you dont belive in yourself no one will belive you as well….in order to be true with others you have to be first true to yourself….no one will belive one that does not belive in himself…
i belive and hope you do too ,that one day will SHALL meet and get to know every one better…
till then…
all my love to you as allways…
have a good day ,with what ever you do,have fun…
take care …
anat magen here in israel…
Anat … all well thank you
Comment (163) Day (53)….
Hello Mr. Inqilab Rai,
HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA..KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE..
Happy Independence Day to you , FmXt and Ladies & Gentlemen.
Somehow I got impression that we got independence not because we fought with colonial rule in 1947 but due to big population and non-cooperative movement (’Asahyog Andolan’). Take it present situation in UP/MP/RAJASTHAN/BIHAR people from Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe what exactly thay are doing is ‘Asahyog Andolan’ only.
If you ask lakhs of people to sit some where and don’t allow anyone to work what they will do.They have no choice but leave the place.
We got Independence from colonial rule but without any further planning , that’s why we are far behind compared to Singapore a young 47 years old nation.
Who made scarifies ? People who were left behind to die when troops were firing to innocent people. They were not allowed even to safeguard themselves.
You got saved from being pet name but now some of your blogger calling you Imky!! God bless them.. huh ha hahaa.
>>>>Petssy ici « que je dirais longtemps vis l’Inde » hier nous parlions de Paris et le voir aujourd’hui est dans le BLOG.
Media always make comment without asking concerned person to have complete idea why that individual flying the national flag. Obviously realizing the face they couldn’t smirk on their taunt.
Lion King.. there are people who don’t want to see others to be noticed are raising issues of cross chatting..but there are FmXt who want to continue to have feeling like a family.
Decision is this we will continue cross chatting……..
OR as Daisy M said “If you don’t want this, then I am sure we will all desist immediately”.
You can keep on enjoying your BLOG with your favorite bloggers.
Respect,
LOTTUS….
LOTTUS … thank you ..
Dear Mr. Bachchan, Thank you for INDEPENDENCE-DAY wishes & same to you .We celebrate Ganesh-Chaturthi every year at the Global indian international school at 1,MEI CHIN ROAD QUEENSTOWN.This year you are cordially invited to have ‘darshan’from 23aug.sunday-27aug.thursday at your convenience.Maharashtra mandal singapore volunteersand members will b delighted to assist you through.for further details ,arrangements you can contact at the website ofmms. Ganpati bappa moraya.
geetanjali .. i am in s’pore to be with an ailing friend ..
# 190 - Divya Nair…
You are one of those Indians who lay down infront of foreigners and comeback only when face racism or mishandled.
Everybody here in this BLOG love and respect AB , you need not teach any lesson……………….AB says….chill….
Love you,
LOTTUS….
lets not get personal please ….
Dearest Big B,
A very Happy Independece day to you & your Family & our EF.
As usual great insights shared by you about our Independence & Our Flag. Also it’s nice to remember so many things about our flag. But the point is, we should not only remember & respect our Flag only twice in a year but everyday, day in & day out .. Take care of your family, friends & of course YOURSELF.
sanjay .. yes nice to remember it everyday ..
TATIANA RUSSIA says:
August 15, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought for the day
Perfection comes to the one who is open to learning. When we realize
having made a mistake, we usually have negative thoughts about
ourselves. This is because we expect the best out of ourselves, i.e.,
we expect ourselves to be perfect in everything we do. But this
expectation prevents us from taking naturally the learning from the
situation. We need to realize that perfection does not come by
thinking about it but by being busy in whatever we are doing. With
every action of ours comes learning and this automatically brings
perfection.
Waiting for blog for long
How are you
Will read blog and then write
Take care
by the way today is Worlds left handers day
and my elder daughter who is a lefty was thrilled to read that you are also a lefty
She sends you her live and best wishes
love and best wishes.
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK,SHOLAY??What love, what respect for the ordinary, uneducated person. I can rave about it, but he has said it so beautifully and you’ve explained it equally beautifully.
Will write again after reading.
Wishes for a Happy Krishna Janamasthami to you, your family, friends and entire EF
Wishing you and your family a very happy krishna jayanthi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your blog has become a part of my life….and I look forward to it everyday…..i have been a big fan of yours since almost 20 years….but now with the blog I really feel connected to you…as thou you are part of my close family.
Yesterdays blog brought tears to my eyes….. She did and sent you a comment….She was waiting for the yellow band. I am sending what she wrote to you yesterday.
Thanks for your blessings to my play and to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. I am deeply indebted, and the cast I work with doubly enthused.
Thought
Tatiana .. thank you .. you have repeated your comment many times ..
Hello Inqilab Sir
Wish us all a very Happy Independence Day!!. I was trying to see how does the name Inqilab Bachchan it sounds pretty good too..
Regards
Ram
Ram ha ha
Happy Independence Day to all…
Love and Regards
Vandana Bhatt, Dubai, UAE
vandana ,… same to you …
Respected Sir,
How are you? I just read your post.
Please take care.
Regards
rupam from Assam
rupam … i am fine thank you ..
My dearest Amithji,
How are you ?
I SIMPLY LOVE YOUR ANIMATED EMOTICONS!!
Today’s is soooooooooooooooo cute, you waving at us with our flag! muuuuwahh! simply love you.
So , before you were born only , you had a taste of British wrath.
Thank god, your mom was taken care of & you are here amidst us , now!
” Inky” would have sounded sooo funny, but the kind of persona/ aura you have , you would made that pet name too, sound majestic!
By now you must heard about how SRK was detained at the Newark airport. He says it was due to his surname. Now that his movie ”My name is Khan” is getting ready for release( no idea when) could this be somekind of publicity stunt? Media , here (some) think so.
Anyway , whatever it is, it is in bad taste.
I was telling everybody at home that NO BODY WILL EVER DO THAT TO YOU, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD! That is how well known you are.
Poor SRK , must have hurt his ego a lot.
Love you, take care,
with regards,
kalpana kakade
kalpana …thank you for your presence and love … muuuuuuahhh to you too
hello sir i am your new friend
tripti .. welcome ..
Hi
Sorry that I am coming back..but could not resist sharing a good jugalbandi between EASY AND DIFFICULT…so thought you may like it also…
Easy is to judge the mistakes of others
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes
Easy is to talk without thinking
Difficult is to refrain the tongue
Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound…
Easy is to forgive others
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness
Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them…
Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream…
Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity…
Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side…
Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up…
Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value…
Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise…
Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day…
Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself…
Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them…….
thanks to my friend who shared this with me.
Naresh Kapoor
Naresh .. that was lovely and so apt
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
How I wish I was born before India attained it’s freedom from the British Empire, so that I could have been of some use in the freedom struggle. But that cannot happen. However, what I can do is, try to prove myself worthy of the great sacrifices that my countrymen made so that I could enjoy the fruits of freedom. Here’s wishing Ash a speedy recovery and advice to take some extra precautions, considering the pandemic that is sweeping the country. You are requested to take care of your back. The offending members of FmXt are requested to take your reprimand in the right spirit.
Regards,
Melwyn
Melwyn … yes the independence movement was so inspiring … thank you for Aishwarya ..
Indian Air forced ready to attack….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMWZ..
# 293 - TATIANA RUSSIA ….
you can send link .. we will read your book laterz…
sir
i am 19 year old student and i am also biggest fan of you i like your all film and dialog like ‘”tumahara naam kya h basanti’” sir you are such a national hero,rock star………..etc .ok i am speech less.
…………………………………………………..sir i am also a big fan of harivansh rai G . his madhushala is my favurite book.
sir kya aap apne is little fan ko rply karenge & ek baar apse milne ka mauka denge………………………….sir meri ek gujarish thi ki aap hume apne bachpan k baare me bataye aapto sumitranandan pant g sabhi kavio se mile honge……sir please tell me ……………………
tripti .. thank you for your observations ..
कभी अवसर मिलेगा तो अवश्य बचपन के बारे में लिखूंगा .
और हाँ पंथ जी के भी बारे में …
Hello Mr Bachchan,
Wish You a VERY VERY HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. With a hope that you have many more rerun of this day in your life.
My feeling for the country doubles on this day as i am lucky to be born on 15th August. It gives me a double advantage as many more Friends remember my birthday and therefore more people wish me. Gives me a great pleasure in feeling wanted among all my well wishers.
Like in the lives of people an incidence changes the way they look at life and change their perspective towards it for the better.I am sure certain things that have happened in India in the past few years have done that to the dear citizens of the country. I see a lot of belonging towards the country amongst tall coutrymen. They now want a better India and I see many doing their own bit. When i was amongst the crowd watching the Bandra worli sealink being unvield to the people. I had had moistness in my eyes not only because i felt proud of what we Indian can do but because a 16 yr old standing next to his father, unknown to me, uttered ‘ i am proud that the Indian engineers can do this’ these words snowballed into a very proud smile on the face of the father standing next to him.
Salute to all who make such things happen in India
Salute to all who make life livable for normal people like us
Salute to all Indians who feel proud to be an Indian
Jai Hind!!!
joydip .. wonderful thought
sir
hw r u?after a long time i am writing something in your blog. but i do continue my reading.so far its excellent.you have disscussed so many matters in here and thnx fr that.wish and pray that this blog won’t stop fora single day…
kind regards
alek
alek .. welcome back ..
Dear Big B, your way of expression is so complete, I can view it with my own eyes, you are par excellence in any of the medium you choose to display. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HINTING ON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING YOUR BLOG CONTENTS.
Regards.
Koteykaka .. thank you
sir
just discoverd one mor thing about you that you can write in bengali.thts like woow to me.there is a small request that if you can write something in bengali in here.not a word,a full sentence.plz.
jawaber apekhai thakbo..
kind regards
alek
alek … beshi bagla jani na .. ektu ektu jani ..
sir
Happy Independence Day
Mr. Bachchan
Happy Independence Day !
Subhash Kaura
Subhash .. same to you ..
Dear Amitabh Bachchan ji - I thought of writing a reply to your comment about gymming a few days back. I appreciate you for your honesty and commitment to also tell the truth when you dont get to keep your word. In response of ideas of how to “punish you” when you dont keep your word I chose to share this with you — I hail from Mumbai and have been living, working and volunteering here in Singapore for about 12 years now. I would like to share with you that there is a program that I did in Mumbai called the Landmark Forum that apart from allowing people to create new possibilities in their lives, also trains people to walk and live the path of integrity - starting from keeping their time to honoring their principles to honoring their self. I found this work very inspiring and I helped bring this program into Singapore voluntarily. I volunteer my time as a Seminar Leader with this global multinational training and educational organization every week and I invite you to attend an introduction to the Landmark Forum which if you find useful - can choose to attend in Mumbai or here in Singapore on designated days. If you would be interested pls feel free to call me on my mobile number (+65 91255980 - request to keep confidential as I am sending this to you via a very public medium) so that I can provide you details to attend the free introduction of you feel so. You would not be disappointed. With warmest regards for who you are: Kingsley
Kingsley .. keep up the good work .. and best wishes ..
Dear Big B, On the eve of I day, seating with friends with pure chakkalas in mind, some how the discussions centered on your blog and the trend of individual reactions made me wonder on the emotions displayed by some of them. Believe me all are your ardent fans. (The contention was your blog is a big success because you have, professionals and experts lined up for the contents) The reactions were displayed on the basis of expertise commanded by the individuals in their respective fields! Not withstanding the fact that you have proved your expertise in what ever you did. I made an impact, by simply giving example of your quitting politics. My point was, Big B could have had all the professionals and experts to steer him to become a (great & successful) politician but he choose to quit! Why do we question the ingrained capability of a person, even thou we love him? Regards.
Koteykaka ..you have spoken well.. i do all this myself .. the blog the writing the comments reply the images everything.. its interesting and engrossing.. i quit politics because i was inadequate .. so i accept my failure and stepped back..
TATIANIA RUSSIA 293
If you are genuinely interested in the answer to the questions you ask Mr Bachchan, rather than in simply posting them with such massive repetition…
Mr Bachchan did most kindly talk about his character in BLACK and whether it was based on his mother’s suffering from Altzheimer’s disease, just two days ago on DAY 479. I reproduce the question and answer below:
Aparna Radhakrishnan says:
August 13, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Dear Sir,
May I repeat my question…I would love to know whether your mother was your inspiration to do BLACK??
Aparna.
ab says:
August 14, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Aparna .. she was not the inspiration for me accepting the film .. the Alzheimer’s bit came later.. but the movements and behavior were my observations of her..
I hope this may be of interest to anyone who loves BLACK but had missed that particular response, as it was a question which had always struck me.
With love from Daisy
Daisy M .. thank you your are such a devoted help..
My beloved Mr. Bachchan,
Thank you for this lovely post. A lovely mix of everything. The patriotism I sensed in your words brought tears to my eyes. Yes, I feel the same many a times and am proud of our heritage. The world is finally recognising the Might and Importance of India. Better late than never. Lovely info on the making of the Indian flag and the historic meaning to it. I remember you mentioning in one of your much earlier posts about the permission granted to the common man to hoist a flag too. Regarding the media ridiculing your decision to have one flying above your houses, what shall one say? Ignorance is bliss when it comes to them, so lesser said, the better.
And of course, I heaved a sigh of relief when I read that your mother was pulled out of the protest she went out to with baby AB in her tummy. And I loved her for the STRENGTH she showed. What a woman indeed!
Hope your strained back feels better. But I have told you before too, this back of yours has a HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. It has to carry YOU, the priceless treasure we have, so it’s not an easy job anyway. Wishing you quick relief.
Wishing Ash a quick recovery. Hope all’s well soon and her beloved PA does not have need for worry. Love the way you dote over them.
Thanks for speaking a word of authority and discipline to all regarding the squabble on the blog. I am sure nobody laughed you out. May peace reign within this sacred space we share.
Looking eagerly forward to your surprise. How exciting. Love it.
Love and more-Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
Lily .. thank you and remain well …
hi,happy independence day .
i actually read in the vicopedia that you wear named inqualb as an infant.
i am glad that you noticed the squables going arround the blog,always wondered if did so or not.thank you for putting it all straight..love you sunshine..take care of your back i hope the slim pillow is doing its job
pradipta.
pradipta .. thank you .. i am not in the country so the thin pillow is not with me .. haha
hi
abcd .. hi
happy
raju .. yes happy
Happy Independence Day
BIG B FAN … same to you
Dear Lion King,
After pondering, could you please take time to answer me
Are we are all not one big happy international family resting and chatting under the shade of love of the Lion King.?
Can we as family members not speak to each other ?
I speak to Satyam, marveling at his insight into the topic of the day.I reciprocate with a thank you to Muralee , JJ , Kalpana to name a few when they comment on my view. I wished Kishore on his birthday. I wished this boy with the golden heart who has undergone a surgery. I penned a poem for Shankar when he was so happy to be on the blog. I penned another poem for Lottus when he was a bit low.I twittered for the well being of Tony Curtis. I reasoned with Indian who had unrealistic expectations from celebrities.
Am I guilty of breach of conduct? If you think I am, please do let me know.
I have been on this blog from mid June 2009 when I saw you at the Venetian as you walked passed me, smiled at a frozen me and wished me good morning when you were heading back to your suite. I have adored you from the time I was 7 and adore you more everyday. The mechanics of every day life kept me away from this blog until then.
In one cricketing summer of 1987, when I was 10 years, my family and I were having dinner at the Taj in Chennai. Allan Border and his men were seated on the next table and started chatting with us. Amongst all the chatter, I was very quiet , for Allan was not very significant in my life as he was to my cricket lover Dad and the jabber did not mean much. Noticing I was sitting quietly he asked ” Who is your favorite cricket star?”
I said ” Amitabh Bachchan”.
He said ” no, I meant cricket”.
I said “He can play cricket also”.
After making some jokes about my answer with David Boon ( I think ) the discussion moved to Indian culture etc.
Allan prodded again “who is your favorite hindooo god?
I said ” Amitabh Bachchan”.
He guffawed and said ” Really, can I pray to him?”.
I said ” Yes, and you will win”.
Probably they did, they went on win the 1987 Reliance world cup.
I had watched Don a few years back, I think I was 7 then, in a room filled with adults on a VHS relishing it, and no time to answer my all important question ” How did he come back alive? Is he God ? a distracted answer from an Aunt was ” Yes”. I could not understand the movie I guess and no one had the patience to explain the plot. I thought Vijay and Don were the same…Don had come back alive, as only God could have, I believed in it.
So in the same vein, I now ask God to declare if I am guilty of breach and I will humbly accept the verdict.
For you are the one,
I adore next to none.
Love
xoxoxoxoxo
Sharmila
Sharmila .. i am overwhelmed by your devotion and your heartfelt story.. no one is stopping you from interacting with the others on the blog .. healthy debate and interaction is always encouraged.. all i wish is that we must NOT use this platform to get personal with anyone .. remain calm and be happy .. you are lovely and loved
Aaj tho 16 tharik hain magar badhai ho aapko. Bahaut hi maza ki din hain, na. Sweden me kuch nahi ho tha hain. Woh tho aapko hi patha hoga. Badhai ho!
Kumar Siddharth .. Sweden ..?? are you in Sweden ?? badhai to you too
My beloved Mr. Bachchan,
I was delighted to read this article written beautifully on people who have contibuted to the success of Modern India titled “India@ 62: Pasting this article here for all to read. It made me even more proud of you and I was grateful that you are being given the recognition you truly deserve. Please bear with the usage of space.
:) 
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India@ 62: The `Big B’ang and after!
Yes, Big `B’ needs no introduction. It would be too much of a task to describe how big his presence has been in Indian cinema. Yet, how can one be silent on him when we think of the legends who made their indelible imprints in the collective Indian consciousness in the post-independence era?
So, what difference did Amitabh Bachchan make in Indian cinema? Is it the bigger mass base that he created with the help of his charismatic persona or the power with which he established the angry young man cult? Or s it his adaptability to play any kind of roles and re-invent himself in changing times that made him the biggest star ever in Indian cinema? Perhaps, it is all these qualities and more than that transformed the gawky, gangling youth from UP into the beloved Big B for millions of Indians. The extraordinarily tall youth with a deep voice was not considered as super star material by many. Yet, `Lamboo’ made it. The supposedly inevitable physical standards needed for a mass hero crumbled under the feet of Amitabh, who earned the name of a better his angry young man image. The ease with which Amitabh handled serious and comic situations made his films sure bets at the B.O.
Amitabh is the elder of Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s two sons, the second being Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in theatre and had been offered a role in a film, but preferred her domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Bachchan’s choice of a career because she always insisted that he should take up acting. He attended Allahabad’s Jnana Prabodhini and Boys’ High School (BHS), followed by Nainital’s Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting. Amitabh made his debut in 1969 as one of the seven protagonists in Saat Hindustani, a film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal Dutt, Madhu and Jalal Agha. Though the film was not a financial success, Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best Newcomer.
Amitabh Bachchan rose to ultimate stardom in the second half of 70’s. His role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in the film Zanjeer in 1973 proved his mettle as a bigger super star of that time. The film was a sharp contrast to the romantic films that had generally preceded it and established Amitabh in a new persona, the “angry young man”, a reputation he was soon to acquire in pictures that followed it. It was his first film as the leading protagonist to achieve box office success and it earned him a Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor. 1973 was also the year he married Jaya Bhaduri and around this time they appeared in several films together.
While filming Coolie in 1982, Bachchan suffered a near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight scene with co-actor Puneet Issar. Bachchan was performing his own stunts in the film and one scene required him to fall onto a table and then on the ground. He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in hospital for many months, at times close to death. He has to spend many months in hospital. However, he resumed filming later that year after a long period of recuperation. The subtle acting skills of Amitabh Bachan came into light more when he began to endorse a series of products for television media. Still, he is regarded as one of the best sought after model for the introduction of any product on television. He is announced as an actor of the Millennium in a BBC News Poll ahead of such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Marlon Brando. He is the first Asian actor having a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud’s in London.
Known for his camaraderie with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Amitabh took a break from acting career and briefly entered politics in 1984. He contested from Allahabad against former UP Chief Minister H N Bahuguna and won by the highest victory margin in general election history. According to statistics, he won 68.2 percent of the total votes polled. However, his political career did not last for long. After three years, he quit politics and never again showed interest in becoming a politician.
When he was facing a huge financial crunch due to the dismal performance of his company ABCL, he received invaluable from his old friend Amar Singh. And this prompted Bachchan to support Amar Singh’s political party- the Samajwadi Party.
A 15-year press ban against Bachchan was imposed against him by some influential media houses when he was at his peak. In return, Bachchan had allegedly banned the press from entering his sets almost till the end of 1989. In 2000, Bachchan stepped forward to host an adaptation of the British television game show, ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ for Star Plus. It was titled ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati?’The show became a huge success. Bachchan hosted KBC till November 2005, and its success set the stage for his return to superstardom. Amitabh Bachan was also one of the first celebrity bloggers in Bollywood who meticulously updates his blog and gives a patient hearing to his followers.
At 67, Amitabh Bachchan continues to be the superstar who can give a run for his money to any Indian superstar. Off and on screen, he continues to influence millions. Long live Big B!
Source: B S Anilkumar/India Syndicate
Love and utmost pride in reading this- Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
Lily .. thank you ..
SIRJI….WISHING A SPEEDY RECOVERY OF AISH….ALL OUR BEST WISHES AND PRAY….
NOW EAGERLY AWAITING YOUR SURPRISE “PITAARA”……PLEASE OPEN THE PANDORA’S BOX….WE ALL ARE EAGER TO KNOW WHAT HOPE IS INSIDE….:)
WITH LOVE AND WARM REGARDS,
MANOJ KUMAR OJHA
http://manojkumarojha.blogspot.com/
Manoj .. thank you for Aishwarya .. what ‘pitara’ ..?
Dear Amitabh Bachchan,
I had most amazing and eventful day today..
I also had to work and it is a bit late now to write and express all I would like, but how your today’s wonderful entry made me feel it is all expressed in your own words - “How beautiful and wise the significance and how inspiring the thought.” !! I have learned a lot from your post ..
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I am proud and happy for India on this celebrated Day..
The spirit your Mother shown by joining the noble cause in her vulnerable condition is rare and most beautiful thing about human beings - courage and self sacrifice …
I am very glad though that the circumstances were kind and everything went well for her and you …
India had to fight for its independence and freedom and people paid with their lives for it …
I wish nobody never ever would think of their right for dominance over the other for any reason..
God ( or nature ) gave being to everything and everyone we see around us - equally ! - there are no tags or marks to indicate otherwise … How can we doubt or question or tamper with that ? …
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“Ponder dearest ones .. or are we laughing !!” I was pondering about the problem that occurs quite often and I should say naturally on this multi cultural forum - the one you spoke about today in your entry - that your blog space meant for healthy discourse and not for squabble …
I think it is very hard for people so different of a background, countries of residence, beliefs, age and everything else so different to get along and understand each other, and everyone was doing a lot to achieve peace and develop friendship and love with your blessings and care for all …
If there were any shortcomings on my behalf - I apologize and I would like to reassure you and all that despite the fact that my belief may differ I do have respect for every individual on this blog.. I might not be very skillful in communicating everything across, but I am really happy for all who found friends here and people close to them in spirit …
I feel blessed to be here on this blog among all of you - FmXt’s … It is a true miracle what we have here in your respected and kind presence, dear Amitabh Bachchan …
You give so much !! God bless you !
*
As I drove by the school announcement board on neighboring street today - the slogan posted there read - “Unity in the community “.. It made me laugh - it was so amazingly apt … : )
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So much transpired for me in the day today and it is really late now ..
I wish you to have a good day and I will pray for Aishwarya to get well .. And I thank you ..
May God bless you and all.
My love to you and all with no exclusions.
Tatiana S. USA
Tatiana USA .. thank you for your thoughts and your wishes .. we need to love and respect each other .. and be calm .. aishwarya is better ..
ईश्वर हर लो मन से सारी मोह- माया जैसी बीमारी
लालच को दे दो एक कफ़न ,ईर्ष्या को बेवा की साड़ी
मैं चाहूँ बस मानव बनना ,मांगू एक कंठी हरि नामी ….
बुद्धम शरणं गच्छामि…………….
बुद्धम शरणं गच्छामि…………….
बुद्धम शरणं गच्छामि…………….
@Deepak Sharma
http://www.kavideepaksharma.com
Kavi .. ati sunder …
amitabhji kindly keep us informed about aishwarya’s progress .any flu like condition is curable within a week’s time with proper medication . no more shootings in dirty waters anywhere. mani ratnam should take proper care of his actors. he should have a doctor at the location to supervise his shootings as he appears to be rather reckless and strict task master.
with best wishes,
devkishin
mumbai
Devkishen .. thank you for your concern .. she is better now .. but she did not fall ill on Mani Ratnam set.. she fell ill on Sanjay Leela Bhansali set for new film ‘Guzarish’
Dear Amitji,
very good on indendence day paji,I am delighting to read this article written beautifully on people who have contibuting to the success of Modern India.
Your child
Dilip Purohit
Ahmedabad
Dilip .. thank you
Respected Amitabh Ji,
I m male, 46 years old, serving as Chief Manager in SBI.
Like millions of other people in the world, I m also a fan of ur acting and voice.
I am a sentimental and emotional person who feels attached/get involved with movies/books in which interpsersonal relationships are involved. I have liked most of ur movies especially Kabhi Kabhi and Silsila. I donot know, whether it is true or not and what u think of it, Keeping aside the morality aspect, I still admire ur and Rekha’s relationship (as it used to appear in the media). Though I m for the institution of marriage, love is above all. Relationship of Dharam & Hema Ji; Viv Richards & Neena Gupts; Imroj and Amrita Pritam Ji etc. are the live examples of pure love.
Do comment and reply, if u want to and feel like.
With regards,
Dharminder kumar .. you believe far too much from what media writes .. i am happy the way i am ..
# 318 - Sharmila…
Ohhhhhh….
You are taking it very seriously.
Even if someone is commenting against cross chat ,that’s his/her own view.
We need not to consider that if not suit to us.
U see I am still commenting directly without single line related to post and will continue till we are not directed by AB himself.
Forget it and don’t give undue weightage to others comments..let them write your name , you scroll down and forget it.
LOTTUS….
at last the king khan had the taste of his own medicine.time and again he has ridiculed almost every celebrity at awards functions.
if ill informed americans are allergic to’ khan’ tag i t will be better if shahrukh adds “mal” to his name like todarmal, one of the ministers in akbar’s court.shahrukhmal ,i am sure will not face any problem at the airports.
jai ho,jai ho,
devkishin vyas,mumbai
Dearest Amitabhji,
I have grown up reading your’s father poetry and watching your movie like crores of other Indians. I was pleasently surprised to know the fact that Bachchanji (yours father) was a PhD in English from oxford university yet his contribution to Hindi Literature is unparallel. Being his able son, your’s grasp and command over English is a great hereditary inheritance. I started reading your blog after reading your tribute to Michael Jackson replicated and reproduced by PTI cause nobody wrote better than you.(their word) It was the acceptance by the so called self proclaiming and self appreciating media about your pen power.I am in fact a very new blogger and blog reader. I found your blog so interesting that I read all including the archivers at one go.
I feel the attack on Indian students in Australia is the after effect of the oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionare which profoundly depict the uncleanliness and non-disciplines of our metro life.
Indu Borah … thank you for your comments and welcome to the blog.. its Cambridge University not Oxford.. that my Father went to .. love
God Bless
God will never leave our side; God will never leave us aside
God Bless
One of the representations of God Bless respectfully refers to the humble action of conveying good wishes for one and all always;
God’s Blessings
God Bless is invocation of humbly seeking God’s Blessings to be showered on one and all always
Truly – God will never leave our side
It is very true indeed that God will never leave our side
Truly – God will never leave us aside
Yes indeed; It is very true that God will never leave us aside
Ourselves – Respectfully
One might be confronted; overwhelmed with various challenges being face that might represent themselves in the guise of obstacles – health impediments or other problems and issues – yet at all instances it is the grace of God that truly prevails and is always by our side very most resolutely whether one may seek to acknowledge this or not
Might – Respectfully
It is a might – a possibility that one might be so apparently engrossed in attending to what one is facing that one is significantly overcome by the deluge of challenges and is wandering and wondering frantically – yet at all instances it is the grace of God that truly prevails whether one may seek to acknowledge this or not
God’s Grace
History is testament and evidential to the fact of life that God’s grace has been gracefully prevalent much before we very most fortunately arrived in this Universe and will continue to do so even after we complete this priceless sojourn on this earthly realm; always it is the greatness of God’s grace that shines through and throughout our lives; God Bless
Pages
The pages of history speak and describe the greatness of God’s grace; In fact this very moment that we are able to reach across and experience and rejoice in one another’s happiness and welfare is truly God’s grace
Inter Connected
We are all the children of God and are interconnected; What we do for others always comes back to us; What goes around comes around; We reap what we sow
Love
We should love ourselves as God loves us; We should seek to discover, recognize and experience our True Nature; our Trueselves; God Bless
Disciplined Attitude – Awareness – Being Meaningful – Purposeful – Respectful & Responsible
While taking all factors into careful consideration; it is extremely important to very most carefully understand time and again that the purpose of life is to live a life of purpose
- a life of meaningful values based principles and ideals; attending to our respective agendas-assignments-duties-academic, personal and professional obligations responsibly; ensuring observance of due diligence and prudent acumen; complying explicitly with the respective laws that govern Nature and the Universe, with no exceptions whatsoever; God Bless
God Bless – God will never leave our side; God will never leave us aside
It is a matter of perspective that regardless of whether we seek to accept the facts or not they will continue to prevail and the greatest reality of life is that we are amongst the wealthiest of the very wealthiest – truly gifted with the greatest wealth of God’s grace and this is not only for a few or with privileged; God’s grace is for one and all;
God’s grace is unconditional however this does not provide any liberty whatsoever to pursue any irresponsible or reckless actions; the explicit compliance with the respective laws that govern Nature and the Universe, with no exceptions whatsoever is paramount and vitally essential – a mandatory pre requisite; God Bless
God Bless
May the Universe be Blessed with a Vision of Good Health, Happiness, Inspiration, Prosperity, Progress and Wisdom always; God Bless
Love & Light;
God Bless,
Vashi
©2009 Vashi Ram Chandi
Vashi Ram ji .. thank you for your comments ..
Dear Sir, I am writing for the 1st time with a very blank feeling.. Writing to my real life hero. I am 27 yrs old and have grown up on you.. See your movies heard about heroic deals of fighting with death and again living not only for yourself and your family but also for the rest of indians.. Yesterday i saw your son in NDTV with the Indian Army.. Was really touched by this act.. The poem that your father had composed and you had written and Abhishek had recited..4 the jawans…AGNIPATH was very touchy.. Thanx to the entire Bachchan family for being so thoughtful… Thanks and Regards Mondira
Mondira .. thank you and love ..
Dear Sir,
Thanks for that detailed account of the national flag. I made my son read that up. Makes it more interesting for him to read it from your blog than a text book. I am happy as long as he absorbs that wonderful information about our country and its incalculably glorious historic past.
It is sad to see the state of this country. I go around blogging and commenting angrily. That is the way I see contributing to the movement of emotional words which I believe will spur a revolution that will hopefully get this country out of the rut that it is in now.
There can be no situation of a miraculous one man hero like Gandhiji or Nehruji who can spur this country out of its pitiable state of efficency lethargy that it practises or corrupt practices that its citizenry endorses.
Taking care of farmers and ensuring large scale financial help to them right now so that they never think of abandoning the occupation that has done India proud and strong, highly paid teachers who will not demur from going into the deep corners of this country to teach the future of this country, a well paid police force with dignified quarters to live and a strong armed force is what this country should purely focus on right now.
It is good to see such an unfettered display of friendship. All the best.
Jai Hind
warm regards
nd
NDutt .. very valuable your observations .. love
some more old film songs for your dear friend–amar singhji
raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera kiske roke ruka hai savera—(sone ki chidiya)
savera aa gaya amar singhji–god bless you–dosti ka ek adhbut misaal hai–amit+ amar ki jodi. may this bond of unparalleled understanding and sincerity last for ever.
blessed are those who have faithful and sincere friends.
may the Almighty shower his choicest blessings upon amar-amit-anil
THE WORD FRIENDSHIP HAS ACQUIRED A DIFFERENT CONNOTATION IN REGARD TO THIS BOND OF DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND UNMATCHED LOYALTY.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
DEVKISHIN VYAS,MUMBAI
Dear Amitji,
I am writing after feeling better from y’day’s headache. We went to India day celebration in Pennslanding in Philadelphia, and after spending the afternoon, got severe headache ( ? migraine) and literally had to rest in bed!!! And I thought, how you work amidst your illness, especially after recovering from Coolie’s accident, and more recently from stomach’s illness or even a backache or when you had fever during Unforgettable tour??? It is amazing to see such and puts me to shame to go to bed- but now I feel better. It was a learning for me about our Flag’s meaning as you narrated . I did know the basics of green/ white saffron and the chakram but the other meaning was truely great!! You must be feeling proud that your mom took part in the rally while you were in her womb. We just watched “Gandhi” two days ago for my kids to know who was Gandhi, how is fought Independence movement along with other brave freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives. How Britishers divided India into India and Pakistan etc. LongLive India’s freedom. Happy Independence day.
I hope Aishwarya is feeling better. Our prayers to Almighty for her recovery from illness.
love
Ashesh
Ashesh .. thank you .. aishwarya gets better ..
S Shetty (248)
Read your comment. I must say that is a well rounded and very intelligent point of view/argument and observation. Quiet possibly the most sensible one I have read in a long time …
Well put…
Rose
Dear Amitji,
The Independence day was good… saw the flag hositing ceremony by PM in the GYM. All well good except for the news SRK was detained by the Donkey whites who thinks themselves to be very superior to others. ( Actuly they are parasites) I will forward u a small article to that extend…… its humalating. or i do not know whether this is publicity stunt by the Khan as usual. because His new Movie My name is Khan evolves on that. Anyway This should not have happed. He is indeed a International ICON…… and should have been respected.
READ THE STORY SIR
It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining,
and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is
in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a
100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs
in order to choose one. The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and
runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig
grower. The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to
the supplier of his feed and fuel. The supplier of feed and fuel takes the
100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town’s prostitute that in
these hard times, gave her “services” on credit. The hooker runs to the
hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor
to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so
that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and
takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and
leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and
looks to the future with a lot of optimism…..
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States is doing business
today.
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Rajasekhar Pillai
rajasekhar .. good story ..
Dear Manoj kumar Ojha and Hassi Messaoud # 321…
Please don’t ask Big B to open the PANDORA’S BOX…!!! It will be a disaster…!!! Pandora’s box never holds hopes… it is only full of miseries and evil to mankind…
Dora
Sir,last day in all the roads of our small town I found people were joyfully celebrating Independence.posters of National Heroes here and there,decorated with nice garlands.while passing through a narrow road,heavy shower started.I had an urgent work,so I had to go on.But there what I saw,is something special…with the starting of rain all the people(Young & old),who were celebrating Independence with loud speakers,had taken shelter in nearby shades.But surprisingly,a little boy of about 10years age,had trying to cover some posters of our Heroes.And for others,who were in shelters,it was a sort of amusement.I stopped there,went beside him and tried to cover the rest…certainly there were ‘taaneys’….while leaving the place,after the rain,I only told the little boy..Thank You…
sandip W B.. such a wonderful gesture .. and such a wonderful deed .. love
Happy Independence Day, sir !
Techie .. same to you
dear amitabh ji namaste me ek fauji family se hu me bhi fauj me jauga .me aapka bahot bda fan hu fan kya ac hu.mujhe acha lga abishek ji kargil gaye the acha lgta hai jab koi celebrity jata hai aisey un faujio ko bhi acha lgta hoga jab koi unko dekne ata hai.god se pray karuga aapko humesha khushi de .gudluck sir.
sanjay …
आपके शब्दों के लिए धन्यवाद .
अभिषेक की कारगिल की यात्रा आप को अच्छी लगी ये सुन कर मुझे अच्चा लगा . हमारे फौजी भाई पूरे देश की सेवा करते हैं , हम सब को सुरक्षित रखते हैं , हमारे हृदय में उनके लिए सिवाय प्यार और सद्भावना देने के इलावा और कुछ नहीं है . हम सब को आप जैसे नौजवानों पे बड़ा गर्व है , और उनपर जो देश की सुरक्षा के लिए अपनी जान कुबान करते हैं .
Lottus - Thank you for your observation, Yes. I am serious, it is important Lion King answers my questions.
आपके विचार से मैं पूर्णत: सहमत हूँ परन्तु मेरे विचार में “जब तलक खोलेंगे नहीं लोग अपनी आँखें ,देखेंगे सच्चाई कैसे लोग अपनी आँखों”. और दूसरी पंक्ति एक और मेरी कविता की “ओम और अल्लाह दोनों एक जब हो जायेंगे, भारतीय लोग तब
दुनिया में पूजे जायेंगे”.
स्वाधीनता दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाओं सहित,
आपका हमनाम,
अमिताभ बच्चन श्रीवास्तव
कटक उड़ीसा
Amitabh .. dhanyavaad
Dear Amit Ji,
forgot to mention that my earlier post is only for you. Please don’t put it in public space.
Thanks for your understanding,
Regards,
Devendra
Dear Inky Sir,
“INKY” …….. Got a new name to call you ….. your blog get to us know more and more about you every day….!
Your committment for Amar Singh ji would shut all those mouths….who keep speaking about your relationship with him….!
Now…..it is a proven fact that Bachchans and Amar Singh ji “Yaron ke Yaar hai” ….A true unconditional relationship………An expample for all to learn….!
I am concerend about Aishwarya’s health….She falls sick very occassionaly these days…..! Please ask her to take good care of her….please also get her screening done for the Swine Flu also………! No harm sir to get doubly sure..!
Regards
I am con
Akash .. thank you …
Belated independence day to you .
i am so glad you in the end of today’s post have made a reprimand.i also hope people do take notice of it and not malign the beauty and purity of our togetherness.
Love you lots.YOU such a sweetie ! Has Aish recovered ? You always remember tht our prayers are with you and your loved ones from time to time.
madhulika … thank you .. she is better ..
Mr. Bachchan
MOTHERLAND
This is our country
This is our land
With all its beauty
Hills, sea and sand
On this earth
Living is worth
In the country
Of one’s birth
No other place
Can provide that grace
The comfort and space
As our own base
Let us all rejoice
Say it with one voice
Our country’s so nice
Its our best choice
Subhash Kaura
PS: Kashmira, Sunil K, Gilga, M, Lakshmi, Rasha, Tumpa, Austere, Lily, Lena, Kavita, Rose, Reeham, Daisy M, Abhaya S, Ravi, Reshmi, Raman, Mithai, Naresh, Kishore, Deepak B, Carla…and all the rest.
Subhash .. lovely thought ..
And oh yes i forgot …. hi INKY buddy !
Yaarana on Sony Max!
Hi Mr B. Bye Mr B.
Oh..they said that you were so excited about shooting the lift scene that you spoke so fast that you had trouble lip syncing, so they used the original sound for that portion. I’ve always wondered about the difference in sound quality for that scene… and now i know.
Ya learn a new thing everyday!
shameera .. smarty pants ..
Respected sir,
I dont know what to write here, i wrote alot and deleted all many times, may be i feel thats not enough or may be i’m nobody to say right now.. But i really wish i could talk to you.
Aastha … write and i shall talk .. through this medium ..
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For AB,
Following is an extract of Helen Keller’s words from her autobiography, “The Story of My Life”
‘I have thus far sketched the events of my life, but I have not shown how much I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears…
‘I like many writers for many reasons - Carlyle for his ruggedness and scorn of shams; Wordsworth, who teaches the oneness of man and nature;…I love Mark Twain-who does not? The gods, too, loved him and put into his heart all manner of wisdom, then fearing lest he should become a pessimist, they spanned his mind with a rainbow of love and faith…
‘In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. The things I have learned and the things I have been taught seem of ridiculously little importance compared with their “large loves and heavenly charities”‘
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This is the devotion to knowledge of one who is physically deaf, dumb and blind… how can anyone respect those less than that?
Regards,
Sudhir
Sudhir .. thank you the story
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Wishing you and your loved ones and our beloved EF a very happy Independence Day! I simply adored the emoticons you’ve been using for the past two days…it is so heartening to see! Thank you too for educating us on the significance of the construction of the Indian Flag, and sharing with us, the incident of your dear Mother, rushing out to join the Inqualabis, in Allahabad, when she was carrying you and of the chaos that happened as a result of the protest march! It must have been a close call for the lot of you then!
Inky sounds like such a sweet pet name, but not for you my dear Man….INKA would be more like it! INKA is an honour bestowed by a Zen Master only upon his/her students that have demonstrated themselves as leaders and are capable of teaching. In the Rinzai school of Zen, INKA is the official indicator of mastery and is equivalent to Dharma Transmission. To my mind, this title would be perfect and tailor-made for YOU! May you be blessed always!
I guess it was a matter of time before you spoke so clearly and tacitly about the unpleasantness which has been breeding in this space from time to time. It is sad to see people who do not even know what the other looks like, going for the jugular on the slightest pretext. My sincere appeal to all is to be silent or tolerant when you feel most provoked and tempted to answer back an offensive address! Silence allows you to HEAR the guidance of your inner voice.
Tolerance is the appreciation of diversity and the ability to live and let others live. It is the ability to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards those whose opinions, practices, religion, nationality and so on differ from one’s own. Tolerance is not just agreeing with one another or remaining indifferent in the face of injustice, but rather showing respect for the essential humanity in every person. Intolerance is nothing but the failure to appreciate and respect the practices, opinions and beliefs of another group. Here’s hoping that good sense will prevail and your word shall be respected!
May we all gain independence from The Ego, the False Self!
With much love,
Always,
Kashmira
Kashmira … thank you for your sane thoughts ..
Dear Amitabhji
Happy Independence Day.
Wonderful blog as usual. Love reading them. U look cool in the new pic on the blog.
With lots of love
Susan
Susan … thank you …
I am very sorry to say That National flag should have been shown at the top of your blog and not at the bottom so please rectify it.
Brij .. the national colors of the flag was the first thing on the blog in the way the lettering of address and location was done .. the emoticon is a cute object ..
why not attach a clip of your movie to your post everyday.it will take the bloggers down the memory lane.it will also make this blog colourful and vibrant.many powerful dialogues in your deep resonant voice are memorable and it will be a thrilling moment for your fans all over the world to hear your voice on this blog.
all the best,
devkishin vyas,mumbai
Ram – Mind Ram – The Mind Power
Ram
Ram represents random access memory
Ram – Storage
This is referring to storage of enormous data
Mind – Respectfully
The human mind’s functionalities are incomparable and outstanding
Mind Ram – Respectfully
The mind ram being referred to herewith respectfully refers to one’s intuition
Intuition
The intuition is the wisdom of the Soul
Cultivate
Once we cultivate good habits accompanied with organizational values; life becomes so much more systematic
Awareness
Apart from various beneficial developments associated with one’s self and others; it also essentially relates to evoking one’s spiritual awareness to recognize and experience our True Nature – our Trueselves
Signify
What the above humbly seeks to signify is the greatness of life that we have been equipped with immense resources that are magnificence beyond compare
Assets
We are endowed with the very most priceless treasures which are our intellectual faculties accompanied along with our abilities; each a masterpiece beyond compare
Collate
Reflecting upon the immense power this seeks to make us aware of the versatility of the mind power which needs to be utilized for achievement and establishment of greater goodness and welfare all across the Universe
Latent
It is a fact that is known since time immemorial that a person barely utilized two percent of the mind power where the balance ninety eight percent of the power remains latent – unutilized effectively
Anticipation – Expectations
It might be possible that due to immense stress and anxieties; being faced with a deluge – plethora of challenges and ardently having expectations that relate to various objectives; the additional pressure that one takes upon one’s self is tremendously magnified-incremental than its actual stature
Perspective
It is a matter of perspective that what certain individuals are able to grasp and manage others are lagging behind anxiously; those that are in the queue are sincerely interested in accomplishing their respective tasks – goals however due to certain methodologies or other inherent – assumed – interpretational factors; one is ardently taking each step with hope
Realization
This brings forth the profound realization in the forefront which essentially highlights – underscores – emphasizes the amazing potentialities that dwell within each and every one of us so very fortunately
Initiatives
It is a matter of taking the meaningful; purposeful; respectful and responsible initiatives please
Universally
This is a topic that could be discussed in detail to identify what steps could be taken to create greater goodness, welfare, developments, happiness, prosperity and progress all across the Universe
Empower
It is essential that we motivate and inspire the Youth empowering them with the awareness that they have within themselves tremendous abilities and resources that could be effectively and efficiently leveraged – harnessed for their academic – personal and professional developments respectfully and respectively
The Youth are Our Future – Inspiring Legacies
The Youth inspire us and seek to inspire one another always; We look upon them with immense pride and always have admirable expectations
Summarizing
It is considered the power of the mind embodies immense potentialities to create greater goodness for one and all; the mind power when cultivated and nurtured with careful consideration transcends vistas envisaged or imagined; it is allocating adequate attention and strategic importance to the needed aspects which might be requiring a prioritized approach thereby elevating one to a pedestal – a vantage point from where they feel and experience the delight of organizational values
Ram – Mind Ram – The Mind Power
The mind power which is the sub conscious mind is considered instrumental in implementing enormous changes of potential advantage to one’s self and others; it is a matter of awareness and realization that at times we might keep seeking all across the Universe for the power that is very much within ourselves;
- the power to create greater goodness and goodwill; happiness and welfare for the Universe always apart from respectfully and respectively attending to our concerned obligations and duties effectively and efficiently; God Bless
Sometimes – Respectfully
Sometimes, the simplest of things might appear the most complex; it is a matter of perspective; it is matter of how one seeks to acknowledge and attend to the respective aspects that one faces consciously and responsibly
Mind
We have a world within ourselves; What have we discovered? What we think? What we experience? What is out Attitude? And so many more aspects of life relate considerably to our thinking
Discover
While seeking to do one’s very best efforts for the Universe always let us take a conscious effort to essentially recognize and experience our True Nature; our Trueselves living our true nature respectfully and respectively; God Bless
God Bless
May the Universe be Blessed with a Vision of Good Health, Happiness, Inspiration, Prosperity, Progress and Wisdom always; God Bless
Love & Light;
God Bless,
Vashi
©2009 Vashi Ram Chandi
प्रिय अमिताभ,
उम्मीद है कि आप स्वास्थ लाभ ले रहे होंगे , आप का जीवन बहुतों के लिए जिजीविटता की एक मिसाल है और आशा है की आप शीघ्र हीअपने नाम के अनुरूप बीमार -शरीर पर भी अपनी श्रेष्ठता साबित करेंगे , आपने औरों के लए बहुत कुछ लिखा और कहा है ये एक छोटा साप्रयास आपके लिए मेरी ओर से है : -
हे अमिताभ, तुम एक स्वतंत्र ओज विचार हो ,
तुम ही स्वर हो इंक़लाब का,तुम ही रति की धार हो,
मित्र तुम्हे देख कर,आज लाखों पथ देख रहे,
इस अग्निपथ पर पथ प्रदर्शक , तुम झंझावती नाव की पतवार हो,
हे अमिताभ, तुम एक स्वतंत्र ओज विचार हो !
तुम हो आग्नेय रथ सारथी, पुत्र के ,
परिवार के लिए सशक्त ढाल साकार हो ,
छू नही सकता तुम्हे दुस्साहस कोई,
तुम समस्त दुस्साहासों , दुर्जनो से पार हो ,
हे अमिताभ, तुम एक स्वतंत्र ओज विचार हो !
मित्र कौन कहता कि व्यक्ति व्रद्ध होता ,
तुम जीवन पर्यंत , मूर्त यौवन साकार हो ,
शीघ्र - अति शीघ्र पुनः सुस्सजित हो स्वस्थ होकर ,
क्यों की तुम्ही कोटियों के ह्रदय सुशोभित प्यार हो,
हे अमिताभ, तुम एक स्वतंत्र ओज विचार हो !
आपके शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना के साथ —- विनय
Vinay .. anek dhanya vaad .. mai is layak nahin hun ki itani sunder kavita mujh par likhi jaye..
# 203 Bella
Dont get Jealous of coming late on replies and stick to the subject you are unnecessarily being sarcastic which will pull others to snub u well and hard
Dear AB
I did notice the respect that you have given your parents in writing. Capital letters for both.
This sets a great example for all of us to follow. We must know how to treat them the way you do. Thank you for making me realize that. Somewhere along the way, we start taking them for granted. How shameful of us!
AB, I like the way you describe days and festivals. You make these days so worthwhile. Again a great learning lies in there.
Am imagining Inquilab Bachchan. Sounds very very powerful
How did your parents name you? Any story behind it?
Lastly, when you do not answer our comments, does that mean you don’t read them?
Lotsa Love
Shikha
Shikha .. yes the respect for parents is vital.. i am so happy you noticed the capitals .. no one else did.. my name was given by another great national poet and a dear friend of my father, who came to stay with us the day i was born . he took one look at me and said ‘yeh toh Amitabh hai’
well pondering on the flag ,it says all.
regards
# 203 Bella
dont need to boast of your limited credentials.We know how limited and far stretched you are
# 234 Bella
Are you a Teacher to all, could you please stop preaching? Its enough when Big B says so, could you now stop the crap and stick to the content in the blog.
Dear Amitji
Aap kaisey hai aur Amar sing ji kaisey hai aap dono ki dosti ko dhekh kar woh geet yaad aata hai yeah dosti hum nahi chodege
Have a good day both of you there bye
And still missing the yellow band.
Mushtaq
Saudi Arabia.
No fun without interacting,ppl like Bella, Rochelle SHALL be banned. Rochelle to some extent is ok, this Bella seems to be more instigating and mindless. There is another guy Devikishin who calls Mani Ratnam as reckless, pufff did he ever realise what he did with Mr Big B;s cub in Guru? eat your words and stay awake.
Dear Amitg,
We all pray to god aishwarya bhabhi will get well soon…..jaya maa and abhi bhaiya will take care of her…..
take care…
Regards,
Naresh Sharma
hmmmm… i’ve not read the blog…but was surprise to see the smiley…good choice… badiya hain…hi-tech hote jaa rahe ho…
…. tc
Dear Amitji,
It has honour for me to communicate with you sir. A personality like you is always been an idol for many youngsters of the country.
This is my first blog and I wanted you to the person who first reads it. It is an honour for me sir. I m Sending my first to you.
I hope that we continue to communicate here….
With Respect
Pranam
Anant Sharma
Anant … thank you being with us …
Whosoever addressed that it is a sham to be first on the blog please be respectful. There is nothing wrong in wanting to be first or last . It is an individual’s choice of action and we must respect his / her position either way.
It is the passion and love that these members have for Lion King that make them hooked to this space and wait with bated breath for the new post so they get their comments up first and thereby get noticed by Lion King. I can bet you they sit for hours on end waiting for the new post, it is the same emotion that we display when one waits for hours on end to get a movie ticket for his movie on a first day first show.
This is a personal belief and we have no right to mock it, jut like the way it is a personal choice for some who do not care which number they are on the blog as Lion King reads all comments. I had penned a poem a few days back on this same topic, and Lion King wholeheartedly agreed. First or last, we all have a place in his heart.
This week my supervisor took my hint and scheduled me for IFC channel where in less than an hour I will be airing ‘Ghajini’ here at work.
Today, August 16, is the 32nd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Long live the King!
We used to air some of his movies on AMC channel but now Turner Classic Movies is airing them all day today. All we have left is ‘Flaming Star’ I believe. My mother was a big Elvis fan and that is how we grew up listening to him.
I hope your back is feeling better today.
Love,
Rochelle
Rochelle .. thank you it is better ..
#363deepak.
mind your language mr. donot dare to poke your nose in everybody’s affairs here. first learn to spell out my name correctly–DEVKISHIN. IF AISHWARYA IS SICK TODAY THE DIRECTOR IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER ILLNESS AS SHE WAS MADE TO STAND IN DIRTY WATERS FOR HOURS DURING THE SHOOTING OF RAVANA.THE CREDIT FOR GURU’S SUCCESS IS EQUALLY SHARED BY ABHISHEK WHO LIVED THE ROLE, SCRIPT WRITER ETC ETC.
DEVKISHIN VYAS MUMBAI
dear sir,
wish you a very happy independence day..
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR, ASH, ABHI’S HEALTH..
THANKS
PRASAD KULKARNI, PUNE
P.S. : THE SWINE FLU IN PUNE IS FAST REDUCING… THANKS TO ALL THE CITIZENS WHO FOUGHT THIS DISESAS ( THOUGH WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE IN NEAR FUTURE ALSO )
Dear Amit Ji,
There is lot to learn from you regarding how Friendship is cultivated and subsequently taken care of.
Inspite of your so hectic schedule, you have decided to stay put with your dearest friend Amar Singh Ji speaks for itself regarding your friendship with him. I am sure Amar Singh Ji can afford to have a battery of Doctors and Nurses at his service but your personal attenetion and care for him is something to cherish.
How lucky is Amar Singh Ji to have a friend and brother like to you.
May he get well soon and May your Friendship and Bonding remain like this forever.
Best Regards,
BS
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Good afternoon!
I know I said I wouldn’t be here today; but absolutely had to sneak a quick ‘hello’ in to break up this arduous journey to the west country. I write with the unyielding hope that your back strain has considerably improved; or you are at least seeking treatment….
Judging by the comments as I’ve skimmed through, this matter of cross chat appears to be under much scrutiny. Although twenty-four hours on, I imagine this may be of lesser consequence to you being worried about Aishwarya and possibly being in pain yourself. I also think you may be too gentle and good-natured to dictate ‘blogworld etiquette’ as I had requested in my previous comment. In hindsight, your belief on how this medium should be used is patently obvious from the term ”healthy discourse”, and I would henceforth be more than content to use my discretion as to what the term encompasses.
You relax Mr. B, and get well soon… or else ‘gymming’/the pedometer are off limits too! ; )
Just a quickie for now…
Back later…..
With immense love ….
Jasmine
xx
Sir,
Belated happy Independence Day to you and to all my family members.Sir nowadays
everybody is seems to be in great worry and anxiety because of the swineflu.I think that yoga is the best way to keepaway this fatal disease.Especially anulom vilom pranayam .Baba Ramdev told this in one of his interviews.Anulom vilom strengthens the lungs of the respiratory system which is the main organ on to which H1N1 attacks.
Sat Sri Akaal Bachhan Saab.
Main English ch blogging kar sakda haan, par tuhade naal apni maa boli punjabi ch gall karanga. Sab to pehle aap ji nu janamasthmi di belated vadhayi.
Main bahut der to eh pushna chanda si ke tuhade maataji jo hun akaal purakh de charana ch ja viraje ne sikh parivar to si, je main sahi keh reha. Tuhade jivan uppar sikh maryada da kina parbhaav reha.
Tuhade jawaab da intezaar rahega ji.
Satgur ji mehar karan sabh te.
Maskin Singh..
han ji .. mere maa ji sikh si ge.. te main ho gaya addhha sikh.. aur mennu is baat da bada fakra hai.. mere jinne rishtedaar ne maaji tarphoon, saare sikh hagene.. aur unna de naal main mahene mahene milda rehenda hai.. thonnu mera sat sri akaal .. jo bole so nihaal satsri akaal ..
Amitji, I hope you are well and feeling better.
Inspired by watching the Independence Day ceremonies in New Delhi on TV, AND immensely by your post of yesterday, I am going to Manhattan to participate in the India day parade on Madison Avenue today. I have this desire to be among other Indians to celebrate our independence and culture.
Any other FmXt’s plan on going?
Jasmine J
Dear Amit Ji,
Some lines for you, hope you will read it and like it… (These are not mine…)
मैं दो कदम चलता और एक पल को रुकता मगर………..
इस एक पल जिन्दगी मुझसे चार कदम आगे बढ जाती ।
मैं फिर दो कदम चलता और एक पल को रुकता और….
जिन्दगी फिर मुझसे चार कदम आगे बढ जाती ।
युँ ही जिन्दगी को जीतता देख मैं मुस्कुराता और….
जिन्दगी मेरी मुस्कुराहट पर हैंरान होती ।
ये सिलसिला यहीं चलता रहता…..
फिर एक दिन मुझे हंसता देख एक सितारे ने पुछा……..
” तुम हार कर भी मुस्कुराते हो ! क्या तुम्हें दुख नहीं होता हार का ? ”
तब मैंनें कहा…………….
मुझे पता हैं एक ऐसी सरहद आयेगी जहाँ से आगे
जिन्दगी चार कदम तो क्या एक कदम भी आगे ना बढ पायेगी,
तब जिन्दगी मेरा इन्तज़ार करेगी और मैं……
तब भी युँ ही चलता रुकता अपनी रफ्तार से अपनी धुन मैं वहाँ पहुँगा…….
एक पल रुक कर, जिन्दगी को देख कर मुस्कुराउगा……….
बीते सफर को एक नज़र देख अपने कदम फिर बढाँउगा।
ठीक उसी पल मैं जिन्दगी से जीत जाउगा………
मैं अपनी हार पर भी मुस्कुराता था और अपनी जीत पर भी……
मगर जिन्दगी अपनी जीत पर भी ना मुस्कुरा पाई थी और अपनी हार पर भी ना रो पायेगी………..
Take good care of yourself!!!
Good Night…
Independence Day is swatantrata divas.
Swatantra Divas is Independent Day.
Please correct your post.
Dear sir,
I salute the patriotism , salute the courage of Dearest Boldest selfless Mother for National pride and freedom ..” VANDE MATARAM ” !
we live in free india after sacrificed of many many patriot’s life ..
Now unfortunatly most of our Demo (cratic ) leaders never think to fulfill the Dream of Mahatma Gandhi ji, Subhash chandra ji, Jawahar lal ji, Saradar patel..Bhagat singh ji ……and countless Indian life who lost their life for the sake of our Free Breathing .
We remember it every year ..Freedom at night , Tryst with Destiny..took pledge for bright future of Nation ..but never forget the Greed of own power and transferred power to family member at the cost of Nation.
Most of indian still do believe in Heroic or Rajtantra way of functioning .
we pay regards more to person than system .. fight united but remember only few of them..vocal Branding.. now we must highlight the Hero of villages , we must highlights the Hero of poors .. we must highlight the every light of that isccoming from every corners of country .. without unity of small light (lau) never can make A EVERLASTING MASHAAL ..AMITABH.
VANDE MATARAM !!
JHANDA UNCHAA RAHE HAMAARA!
with respect and regards as always
Dinesh
I wrote KAVYA MADHUSHALA and many other books. I presented to JAYA BACCHAN ON 28TH NOVEMBER, 2008 IN KATNI (M.P.). These books are presented by the name of LATE SHRI HARVANSH RAI BACCHAN. I feel that I will get any response in any matter from JAYA BACCHAN and you after presenting a book, but it did not so. Please tell me where I did do mistakes.
Alok Tiwari
Katni (M.P.)
09425466630
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Just wanted to correct Sharmila at #211…it was C.Rajagopalachari widely known as Rajaji who gave the introduction to M.S. Subbulakshmi’s Bhajagovindam and not Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. It is easy to confuse them as both are philosophers and politicians…an odd combination but roles they held with dedication and meaning.
I only hope our present day politicians pay more attention to the meaning behind the saffron part of our flag.
I hope that IFC made a better choice than Gajjini to be televised…I do not think Aamir Khan did justice to the role as well as Surya did in the Tamil version and as he himself did in his other roles such as Lagaan.
Just my two cent input…
Lakshmi Jag
तिरस्कृत ना करो मुझको
ना सम्मान दे पाओ तो
फिर भी तुम वही दोगे
जो जग से तुमने पाया है
मै भी तुमसे वही कहूँगा
जो मुझे समझ में आया है
सबका तुम सम्मान करो
जीवन स्वयं कड़वी हाला
और कटु ना करना इसको
हाथो में ले के प्याला
मैं भी ये सोच रहा हूँ
कुछ अबूझे प्रश्न हैं
अनुत्तरित मेरी मधुशाला।
By Alok Tiwari
Katni
09425466630
कठपुतली का नृत्य नहीं है
जीवन कोई मिथ्य नहीं है
जीवन स्वयं स्फूर्त है
जड़ नही हम चैतन्य है
मेरी डोर कोई ना खींचे
मैने स्वयं ली है हाला
ना मै इतना अबोध हूँ
ना इतनी मासूम मधुशाला।
By Alok Tiwari
Katni
09425466630
http://www.aloktiwari.org
अर्थ तो अब भी गूढ़ रहेंगे
कब तक हम यू ही मूढ़ रहेंगे
कितने निष्ठुर है लोग यहाँ
पथप्रदर्शक , पथभ्रष्ट यहाँ
पाप–पुण्य को मैं क्या जानू
श्राप–वरदान मैं क्या मानू
मै तो जानू अपनी हाला
इसमे जिसे हो आपत्ति
वो स्वयं से प्रश्न करे
कौन है बेहतर इस जग मे
तू या मेरी मधुशाला।
By Alok Tiwari
Katni
09425466630
http://www.aloktiwari.org
हमें - तुम्हें जाना इक दिन
स्मृति शेष रह जाना है
विस्मृत होने लगूँ कभी मै
रिन्द अधरो मे धर लेना हाला
पुनः जीवित हो जाऊँगा
अनन्त काल से चिरयौवना है
शाश्वत है मेरी मधुशाला।
By Alok Tiwari
Katni
09425466630
http://www.aloktiwari.org
अमितजी, कल ही छोटे स्क्रीन पर श्याम बेनेगल निर्मित “नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - द फॉरगोटेन हीरो” का आचमन किया. मूवी मुझे पसंद आयी, इस लिए नहीं, कि इसमें बेनेगलजी ने चलचित्रकारी का कोइ अविस्मरणीय अनुभव कराया हो, अपितु इस लिए कि सुभाष चन्द्र बोस की कहानी स्वयं में बड़ी अनूठी है. इस चिट्ठेकार के लिए तो गाँधी एवं नेहरु से भी कहीं ज्यादा. और देखा जाए तो गाँधी-नेहरू से अभीभूत भारत ने बोस को भुला देने में भी कोइ कर-कसर बाकी नहीं रखी है. बेनेगलजी की यह रचना इस मायने में एक महत्वपूर्ण दस्तावेज है, इतिहास को सही मायने में देख सकने की दिशा में एक सार्थक कदम. बोस के प्रयासों में भारतवर्ष का जो स्वप्न दिखाई देता है, वह यथार्थ के कहीं ज्यादा समीप, लेकिन समसामयिक भारत की वास्तविकताओं से कहीं दूर नजर आता है. काश, वही दीवानगी स्वतंत्र भारत के कुछ गिने-चुने नेताओं में भी होती, तो एक अरब से अधिक का यह देश आज कहीं ज्यादा स्वाभिमान से जीने की राह पर होता.
अजीब-सा लगा वह सब देख-सुन कर, कि कैसे एक भारतीय दर-दर भटकता रहा, अंग्रेजों के खिलाफ मुहीम खड़ी करने की चाह लिए. उसका सपना, उसकी दीवानगी, उसका जोश…आँखें कई बार नम हो उठीं. स्वतंत्रता दिवस का सामीप्य एवं सिंगापुर की सर-जमीं…यह स्वाभिमान का एक अनूठा संगम है. नेताजी ने भी आजाद हिंद फौज की बागडोर इसी दक्षिण-पूर्व एशियाई टापू से सँभाली थी. आपको इस अवसर पर सिंगापुर में डेरा जमाये देख, इस बात का उल्लेख करने से रोक नहीं पाया यह चिट्ठेकार स्वयं को.
dearmost amitabhji,you r really good in decorating your thoughts with words!I m mighty impressed with the way you have written your thoughts on I-day.Lekin Amitji,nowadys bhagwa in our flag probably imply dis-interestedness not only for our leaders but for ONE AND ALL.May u enjoy great health.Abhjit.
Dear Amitji, NAMASKAR.
I am back to the blog after a week after my stay at Haridwar and Hrishikesh. Though cyber cafe was available right at the banks of Ganga at Pramarth Niketan, Swarg Ashram, but being in spiritual mode throughout, I failed to access your blog. I missed the daily doze completely.
But on return today, I have gone through your posts for the past one week at one go. I have yet to go through the comments of members of EF (FmXt). Before that I want to say that I have read with great interest your posts regarding your struggle before and after the college, nice depiction of celebrations of your revered mother’s birthday, Krishna Janamastami and Independence Day(with flying flag at the end). I have no words to express my true reaction to the articles but I thank you very much for sharing all those valuable moments and your thoughts.
Very happy to know that you do consider having all the members of EF at one place some time, to meet you and publication of the book of your posts including comments of some members of EF who have contributed to make the blog the super-blog - perhaps one of its kind on the internet.
I liked your new photograph and the lines on the face page of your revered father which I keep on hearing in your voice in the double album having Madhushala in the voice of Manna De in Vol.I and poems of Bauji rendered by you in Vol.II.
You inspire a lot through your actions - both in real and reel life. Your stay at Singapore till full recovery of Amar Singh ji is a rare example of friendship and commitment.
At the end, I too join in wishing complete and quick recovery of Fatima’s dear father.
No post of 16th August till 8.30 PM! Shall wait eagerly.
With love and deep regards,
sincerely,
vishan lal
नये-नये बिम्बों की खोज करता मैं,
एक दिन चेहरा तुम्हारा मुझे दिखा।
तुम मेरे सपनों में बस गई,
मै तुम्हारी सांसों में खो गया ।
मैने उगतें सूरज की लाल किरणों से,
तुम्हारी कुवॉरी सी नर्मदा में मांग भरी।
तुम्हें नर्मदा से गंगा बनने का सौभाग्य प्रदान किया,
सप्त ऋषी तारों का मंगलसूत्र पहनाकर,
ध्रूव तारे को बिंदी बनाकर तुम्हारा श्रंगार किया।
तुम्हारे बादल से बदन को मैनें इंद्रधनुष की साड़ी पहनाई,
शनी के वलय को तुम्हारे हाथो की चूड़ी बना कर,
अपनी कविता को तुम्हारी पायल बनाकर
घुंघरूओं को हमने खुद अपनी आवाज दी।
वक्त गुजरता गया तुम भी नये-नये बिम्बों की खोज करने लगी,
आहिस्ता-आहिस्ता तुम्हारी सर्द इच्छायें बढ़ती गई ऊपर और ऊपर
तुम हिमालय बन कर खडी हो गई
सामने मेरे सामने फिर भी तुम मेरा बिम्ब थी।
तुम्हें पाने को मै पीसा की मीनार सा
झुकता चला गया, अंततः टूट कर बिखरने तक।
फिर भी मै तुम्हे न पा सका,
तुम बढ़ती गई ऊपर और ऊपर ।
शायद तुम्हारा बिम्ब आकाश हो,
यह जमी पे पड़ा-पड़ा सोचता हूँ मैं ।
By Alok Tiwari
Katni
09425466630
http://www.aloktiwari.org
Hello Amit ji,
Back from Delhi,,,
Happy Independence Day.
Amit
Indeed, it is funny how we worry what others think of us and constantly justify ourselves on certain forums. it is also funny how we re-create instances of the past, and figures in the past with choice adjectives, to buoy our own status. It is funny how many recollections seem obviously cushioned around a pretense of exclusivity with noone to check authenticity…yes it is funny how you start in an industry that catered to common morality and end up riding a media bandwagon that screams upper-class snootyness.
aaah the humour in climbing a social ladder. How funny it is!
Time – The Treasure Beyond Measure
Spending Effectively & Efficiently – Investing Wisely – Time
Spending
Spending represents utilization – payment; this refers to Time
Spending Effectively & Efficiently
Spending effectively and efficiently refers to observance and meticulous allocation-implementation of an accountability procedure that seeks to carefully derives reasonable value; this refers to Time
Investing
Investing represents various from amongst which it particularly relates to devoting to a particular use purposefully; this refers to Time
Investing Wisely
This is a conscious; focused and approach of awareness that encompasses due diligence and prudence accompanied along with utilizing one’s wisdom responsibly; this refers to Time
Time
Time is considered amongst the very most precious of assets; Time once gone is never going to return back; no matter how much one may wish for it to return
Life
Time is what Life is made of respectfully; how one spends one’s time has an incredible influence on one’s life
Investment
It is amongst the greatest of investments we make at each and every step of life; Once we spend the time, it is more expensive than all the money; the reality is time cannot be purchased or bought; it needs to be carefully understood for what it represents and should be effectively; efficiently;respectfully and responsibly managed and utilized please
Emphasis – Time and Again
Time gone by never returns; One needs to carefully understand the value of time carefully and prioritize one’s schedules meaningfully; purposefully respectfully and responsibly please; to ensure observance of due diligence and prudent acumen responsibly please
Anxiety
Referring to the above; if one is seeking to evade or ignore the realities associated with the essence of time that might be facing an individual; the evasion, ignorance or avoidance will not alter the shape of the circumstances; rather they will grow in stature; increment and keep augmenting; perhaps they might increase to such an extent where they are not competently manageable and cause immense anxiety and enormous stress
Circumstances
What one resists, persists; the more the resistance, the more the persistence and rigidity of the circumstances making them more resilient and stringent
Management
If one needs to manage time; then apparently one needs to manage time before time begins going out of hand and then one is left hurriedly seeking to make up for one’s time that has been lost
Protocol / Etiquette
Please kindly think and act meaningfully; purposefully; respectfully; responsibly; effectively and efficiently please; Time
God Bless
May the Universe be Blessed with a Vision of Good Health, Happiness, Inspiration, Prosperity, Progress and Wisdom always; God Bless
Love & Light;
God Bless,
Vashi
©2009 Vashi Ram Chandi
# 363 - Deepak..
I agree with you.
LOTTUS….
DEAR MR.BACHCHAN,
13 AUGUST 2009 IS VERY IMPORTANT DAY OF MY LIFE AS ON THIS DAY I GOT REPLY FROM U BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF MY LIFE WILL COME WHEN I MEET U WHICH FULLFIL MY ALL WISHES.
HOPE U READ THIS.
TAKE CARE OF UR SELF AND UR FAMILY,SPECIALY ASHWARIYA .
KEEP SMILING,
KHUDA HAFIZ.
HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY TO EVERY BODY .
Inqlab Rai !! ……..We Like your name , ” AMITABH ” given by a Great poet
Late Shri SUMITRA NANDAN “PANT ” …
Warmest Rgds,
- Lavanya
नमस्ते ,
अमित जी ,
मैं आपकी उम्र का एक तिहाई भी नही हु लेकिन आप मुझे आप बहुत अच्छे लगे। मैं कभी कभी आपका ब्लॉग पढता हु तोह उसमं हमेशा कुछ न कुछ अच्छी बातें पढ़ने के लिए मिलाती हैं लगता है की वो सब मेरे लिय ही लिखी गई है ॥ मैं आपका बहुत बड़ा फेन नही हु क्योंकि न मैं आपके लिए अपनी जान दे सकता हु क्योंकि ये जान मैंने इस देश क लिए कुछ कराने के लिए बचा राखी है और मेरे पास इतना टाइम नही है की मैं बिना आपकी इजाजत के आपके घर के सामने खड़े हो कर आपकी गाड़ी का इन्तजार करू। मैं दिल्ली में रहता हु और मेरा होम टाऊन गोरखपुर के पास है मैं अलाहाबाद भी गया हु एक बार दरियागंज में । मेरा नाम भावेश पाण्डेय है और लोग प्यार से मुझे विनय कहते हैं वैसे मुझे एह भाभी बहुत अच्छी लगती हैं अभिषेक भइया के साथ मेरे साग भइया का नाम भी अभिषेक है । मैं दिल्ली में सी ऐ की पढ़ाई कर रहा हु पर मैं भी चाहता हु कभी फिल्मों में काम करने के लिये। मैं भाषण बहुत अच्छा देता हु। चलिए अगर आप मेरे इस ख़त का उत्तर देंगे तभी मैं दूसरा पत्र आपको लिखूंगा नही तोह फिर कभी नही लिखूंगा… यह मेरा पहला पत्र है आपको अपना ख्याल रखियेगा ….
Update….
Manisha Koirala, who is all set to make a comeback in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan,’ is celebrating her birthday today….point to naot that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are also acting in Raavan….
LOTTUS….
A very Happy Independence Day to all!!
I had heard someone say “your independnce (swatantrata) ends where my node begins!!!!!” I thought it is very meaningful sentence. It will have as many interpretation as possible but the best I think is respect the freedom of other, then only your freedom is meaningful. Only in this way we can make a democratic and independnet society. This is a veery core of the cultured human society, or else our very existence will be jeopardized.
With Best Regards to all and a special one to “Ours Only Dear Sir”
Umesh Yadav
Dear sir,
No word is enough for The commitment of freindship as shown by you and jaya ji and all your family..i Pray for him recovery as earliest .
i am sad for the illness of Aishwarya ji ..pray for her Best health and recover fast !
with regards
dinesh
Amitiji,
Happy Independence day. I am very glad to tell you that this is an opportunity for people like me of remote places greeting you on this day. I am a big fan of you since my childhood, now I am 48 years old.
Thanking you,
varalakshmi, vijayawada, andhrapradesh
खुले रह गए नैन भुज-पाश
बंद अंजलियों में थी स्वास
प्रणय के प्रथम द्वार से
निकल तुम चुपके से आए…
क्या आपको भी ऐसा एहसास हुआ है…
Elvis was truly an Icon I remember girls in my school would carve out his name on tree trunks saying “I love you Elvis” he was the heart throb of millions and will remain so , may his soul rest in peace.
hello sir i am mahesh soni aap india kab aa rahi hii
aour aap kasi hi
Hi
MAHANAYAK of Era ( Big B ) LOVE U..
Mister, Amitabkh I a few days write you,no answer all it is not from you,
, answer,pozhaluysta!!!,, I wait!!!
LOV!!!
TATIANA
Great to know that your back is improving.. take care of your precious health.. hope that Aish is improving too.. lots of love.
Happy Independence Day to you too Mr Bachchan,
Was watching “Gandhi” yesterday acted in by Sir Ben and I could feel the moist in my eyes specially in few seen such as when The Judge stand up when “Mahatma” walks in or when a child going up the tree to Gandhi ji walk on his Dandi March and his face lit up with a smile..a smile of hope and a bright future…I think Albert Einstein was correct in saying for Gandhi Ji, ” it would be difficult for coming generations to believe that there was such a man who walked on this earth in flash and blood”… incidentally I share my B day with Father of nation and the resemblance stops there!!
Some time I wonder and thank god how blessed we are to be born in free India…and how much abuse we make of this being free in our country
Hi,
Hows your back? Hope nothing to worry much…..
Take care
Manisha
# 369 DEVKISHIN VYAS
Your talking as if you the spot boy. If you can think this much what about Mani? There is a limit for everything, you should mind your language, first of all you should talk about a person who is not present in this blog. Big B has lot of respect for him. All know what Mani is capable of getting from an actor, you dont need to elaborate. If you want more explanation, let me know.
# 369
Hope i got your name right, sorry for the first time.
DEAR S SHETTY#248
LOVED IT!! LOVED IT!! AND I AGREEE WITH YOU 100%.
WISH MORE OF US WERE LIKE YOU .INDIA WOULD BE BETTER.
KEEP UP,RAJIV
# 382 LOTTUS
Thanks, we need to avoid crawlers and allow ppl who are open minded
Good evening Mr Bachchan,
I think u r online, so I have a request,
The reason for which there are quarrels between some EF, is maybe the fact that we know nothing about each other, then I would like to ask you if we can make all, you and we (FmXt) “the questionnaire of Psoust” (the famous French writer), to introduce ourselves to you and the other and make the atmosphere less strained because in this questionnaire the answers are sometimes unexpected and funny.
Each writes only one comment with his answers
I’m waiting for OK to publish the questionnaire (It’ll be in English)
Namaskaar Amitji,
Jai Hind!
Mujjhhe bahut afsos hai. Maalum nahi kyoon mera aaj ka entry doob gaya thaa! It just disappeared! Kripaya mujjhhe batayiyay kahaa aap hai… Changi kay aas-paas hai?
Mai aapsay milna chaahatee hoon…iss haftay kay ant mein. Saturday ko, mai Canada ko waapas jaaoongee.
Mera pehla entry kyoon disappear ho gayaa thaa? Mai udaas hoon.
Love,
Leela
# 369 DEVKISHIN VYAS
SORRY SINCE YOU ARE PARTICULAR ON SPELLING, I AM WRITING IT AGAIN:
Your talking as if your the spot boy, since you are talking about dirty water etc.If you can think this much what about Mani, what would have been his thinking? There is a limit for everything, you should mind your language, first of all you should talk about a person who is not present in this blog. Big B has lot of respect for him. All know what Mani is capable of getting from an actor, you dont need to elaborate.Guru’s success is of course a classic performance from Abhishek but when Mani is donning the Hat, no question on performance.If you want more explanation, let me know.You should be happy that i am directly asking you rather than call names who are not in this forum..Got it sir..i am referring to Mani Ratnam.
dear AB,
I am 16..and i know in my fate i won’t be the first one to comment.
but its fine.everyday i struggle to comment first,like my mother struggle to get in train on time.[related]
i <3 your blogs
request: Dont stop writing your blogs. even if it has only one line in it.
-shashu (we all love you)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
Amitji,
Maybe now I’ll never get a reply from you…not in time for me to execute my plans, anyway.
You’ve stopped way before my number…bahut bahut afsos hai.
My original entry was deleted for some strange reason or other.
All I was trying to do was get you to tell me where I would be able to find you.
It would be an absolute honour and privilege for me to meet you.
I’ll be in Seoul on August 19th. and it would be very easy for me to fly to Changi from there.
C’est tout.
Love,
Leela
Leela .. lovely hearing from you .. no please do not fly out all that way to meet me .. i am here to look after my friend.. maybe we shall meet some time later ..
दुनिया में अच्छे दोस्त बहुत कम मिलेंगे, जीवन में सुख कम, दुःख ज्यादा मिलेंगे, जिस मोड़ पे दुनिया आपका साथ छोड़ देगी, उसी मोड़ पर आपको साईनाथ मिलेंगे…!! साई वो नहीं जो तुझे गम में छोड़ देंगे, साई वो नहीं जो तुझसे नाता तोड़ देंगे, साई तो तेरे वो भगवान हैं, तेरे वे मालिक हैं, अगर तेरी सांसे बंद हो, तो अपनी सांसे जोड़ देंगे…!!
anubhavarch@gmail.com
# 409 - pettssy ….
Message for you in # 288 above…
Pls. check your mail.
LOTTUS….
Hi Mr Bachchan,
How is the back? And how is Aishwariya?
Thanx for the love…..love u too.
Amitji,
Thank you for acknowledging my words on your blog– your response is greatly treasured.
Anshu
‘Funny how simple it is for people to trash age old teachings whether they be based on a Godhead or not and then wonder why the world has become so unsafe, unstable and seemingly out of control.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries .’
I agree with all of the above… and have wondered the same myself /// of what use is our swatantrata if we cannot free our minds from various shackles.
I have not had the best of days today. My mother fractured her left toe ( large one ) and has also a terrible gash. But all has been taken care of , the foot is in a cast , the antibiotics are in place, rest He will take care < I am sure , because He is going to be up all night , while the world sleeps.
Seen lots of yellow lines above, but I hope you will read my mail. This is my attempt to keep up the promise I made with my brief post this morning. farewell
Anita .. hope your Mother gets well soon .. love
Yippee…U replied!!! Thank you. I shall be eternally grateful.
Thanks for permitting a little healthy chitchat…u are so damn sweet.
I love you.
Aishwarya.
Dear Amitji
I see from your replies that you are feeling better and Aishwarya is also feeling better…Good, we are happy..
Rgds
shankar
Namaskaar ek aur baar, Amitji!
Ye hai mera email address:
leelasita@gmail.com.
Kripya mujjhhe likh deejiye?
Bahut bahut shukriya.
Shubh raatri.
Pyaar se,
Leela
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN…
good evening to you ..how are you filling ?are you better?i hope so…i am hoping that Aish is better too…does she have high fever till now?oo…i hope not…
may you all be well allways…
waiting for your new post…
love you as allways…
anat magen here in israel…
Dear Amithji,
I had posted an elaborate comment earlier on this blog, but surprisingly i cant find it
I am soooo sad.. will condense it to a few lines… looks like blogji does not like me
Anyway, Few lines for my countrymen and for all the leaders of this great country:
AZADI AMANTH HAI
ISE SALAMAT RAKHO!
Time for me to sleep, gotta get up early for work tomorrow..
Take care,
Lots of love,
Gowri
Bangalore(Bengaluru)
hello amitji
hope aishwarya is feeling better. just wanted to let u know that lord krishna existed during 3200 BC..so around 5000 years ago and not 20,000 as u mentioned in your earlier blog.
happy independence day.
ravi
Ravi .. read that piece again .. it was not i that said it .. i was quoting the writer.. and even she says that it is not certain when he was born or existed
Dear All EF’s
Pls see Amitji’s reply to Sharmila # 317….
This puts an end to all the harping…Big B has stated that healthy debate / interaction is always welcome but not to get personal…we will do accordingly..!
Respected Amitji,
Thanks a million ton for taking some time and replying to many of us. Thaks for the correction too.. Infact i had thought to just share a few things with EF about the way we should all be presenting ourselves in the Blog.. but after ur advice.. i agree sir.. i will stop getting personal..
take good care of urself
lots of love and respects
archana(bangalore)
2 Hours online reading and replying to the comments from # 237.. !!!!!!
I hope that your back, shoulders, neck and fingers are not too much strained.. , you had clarified everything about cross chatting issue.. i hope there is no more misunderstanding among the EF/FmXt about the issue.. waiting eagerly for the new post.. till then and forever.. lots of love.
I was quiet and i was thinking, how am i to talk to so many friends here, Jasmine Jaywant also shared her hotmail id but now its all over, we can talk but lets all be together united.
Respected sir,
I am waiting the next blog!!
Thanks!
Dear sir,
I feel so relieved. Like a huge weight has lifted off my chest. Its been a difficult 24 hours waiting and wondering if I had breached the blog conduct.
Thanks again. And I think I’ll get a printout of ur reply to #317 Sharmila and frame it in my room. Thats how good I feel!! Thanks for making my day.
Goodnight and sweet dreams.
Aishwarya.
Sir,
I visited this blog first time and I surprized much that how do you get such time for such lovely activity from your busy schedule !!
I will be very grateful to you if you just read my comment and acknoledge. I am a crazy fen of your highness !
Rajesh, Bhavnagar.
Rajesh .. if you want to find time , you can always find it … welcome to the blog .. and i am no highness .. just another normal human
Lottus,
Now with Amitji’s permission, I can officially continue our conversation.
My search for ur real name continues…not padma, not vanaja, not kamal…hmm…I havent given up yet.
Love.
just got connected and the first thing to do was.. no prizes for guessing
but guess what? dont know where to start-
do i read todays post, or what i missed, or write how much i missed FmXt?
to add to my misery (but to our delight) the responses keep growing by the day and as of now for day 481 the count stands at 502… by the time this gets moderated, shud touch the sky
wil the head of our family ever reach here? or read this?
anyways, love seeing our flag flying high!
happy independence day!!!
bharat .. welcome back .. hope the lap top is all set now ..
#242 needs to be framed as well.
I cant sit still…I think I am going to do cartwheels in my garden now!!
Thank u sir.
Dear Sir,
These are a fews lines that I composed….tell me if you like them…..
oh my heart,
bleed in peace!
cry in silence…
strangulate to death.
rise not now,
the night is on!
reconcile then…
the mind is yours.
spectre is gone,
the light in on!
spate with joy…
deck with spangles.
memoirs revived,
from meson to height!
mesmeric air…
flows in my veins.
Manjuri Neogi
Manjuri .. pretty good .. keep it going
#411 deepak
let the duel rest here.amitji has clarified hereinabove that aishwarya fell ill on the sets of guzaarish,a film of sanjay leela bansali and not during the shooting of mani ratnam’s ravana.
all is well that ends well.
with best wishes,
devkishin vyas
My dearest Amithji,
THANKYOU FOR YOUR REPLY!!!!:)
You just know how to make somebody happy.
My daughter’s name is Tejaswi, she is always very sceptical that you never reply. Please could you say hello to her , & send your blessings for her engg 7th semester exams?
I hope you reply, so that I can show her the blog & that’ll make me feel real proud in front of her.
love you,
take care,
with regards,
kalpana kakade
kalpana .. for Tejaswi best wishes for your engg 7th semester exams .. do well and make your mother proud..
Sorry Sir, I meant Fan (not fen)
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Hope you are well. Looking forward to hearing about your forthcoming films. “Aladin” and “Teen patti” trailer disappointed. However “Rann” trailer was awesome. Am also looking forward to “Johhy Mastana”…
Hope to see you work with talented directors like RGV, Vinod Chopra, Vishal Bharadwaj…As always like your thought provoking blog. However its been a long time since you mentioned nd talked movies…
Best wishes and regards
Manoj
Respected Sir,
Thank you very much for being a part of such platform…!!
sir, you are in singapore..that’s nice…But, one way or another again, you are teaching us the great importance of friendship..!
I’d like to express my gratitude for all you do in your life….!!!
Happy to be Indian…
Bless you sir,
I question almost everything in life and Specially everything that’s printed in the newspapers. I get a headache reading the bolly section no matter which newspaper I pick up. It’s hard to get to the truth because it covered with layers and layers of deception and I guess that’s why people just accept what comes to them. Not everyone is blessed with the sharp sense of reading between the lines.
I hope you and Aish both get better
Love and hugs,
Nikki (from Dubai)
Hi Ami,
Wish you and your family too a very ” Happy Independence Day ” you and ur family.
Hope Ash recovers soon.
Take care my daughter’s Ami Bachchan,
With Luv,
Ramya.
Blog : http://www.ramyahegde.com
Radio Program : http://www.music4thought.com
SIRJI…VERY GOOD EVENING AND THAKS FOR YOUR REPLY….
” have been lazy today. No, nothing to do with the promise of gymming - that incidentally was restricted to a milder form, due to a strained back - I did not make any attempt to give responses to comments. One of these days I hope I can surprise all of you.”
IN THE ABOVE YOU HAVE MENTIONED SURPRISE…SO I HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT YOUR SURPRISE WHICH WILL COME OUT FROM YOUR “PITAARA”.
WITH LOVE AND WARM REGARDS,
MANOJ KUMAR OJHA
http://manojkumarojha.blogspot.com/
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN…
hi!!today is a yellow day too…
THANK YOU for your reply…
i am happy to know that all is well with you…
i hope that you fill allright and you fill no pain at all..
may you never fill pain in your life again…
may you live long healthy and happy life allwys…
thank you again for your reply..
have a good evening…
may you fill as happy as you make us fill when ever you reply to us…
with my love as allways…
anat magen here in israel….
reading ‘the time traveler’s wife’…ya ya bestseller and all …
sometimes that can be a deterence, to much expectations an all that!
enjoying it up to know…
Henry first meeting clare when she was six…kind of put me on the backfoot…
Bombay/Mumbai mmm some other time!
I hope the weekend was good, I’m off the grind for a few more weeks…
Off the grind time!
Mr Amitabh! Thank you very much, that you read my message and reply to them! What are you doing? How mood? I wish from the heart of Health, the beautiful love and bezgranichnogoschastya!
TATIANA LOVE.LOVE,LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 336 Dora - Amman : IN PANDORA’S BOX AT BOTTOM LIE “HOPE”…..
Dear Sir, i’ll keep posting comments till i can get a reply….lol…..
its feels great to communicate with you through your blog. truly an unbelievable experience. i’m not sure if my comment will get your valuable reply or not but no harm in trying.
i shall be in singapore with my family from 23rd till 27th august. i don’t know if you shall still be there or not, but if you are it would be an opportunity of a lifetime to even just catch a glimpse of you. i’m originally from Pakistan (living in dubai since birth)so theres not much chance of me coming to Mumbai so this is probably my only chance. might be too much to ask, but is there anyway i can see you or meet you when in singapore??
in fact, my parents met you in Dubai sometime in 1983 or something when you had attended a lunch at a hotel. my parents were invited for that same lunch and tell me how they sat with you for almost 15-20 mins and talked to you. they have a picture with you from that lunch with you in your trademark kurta pajama and shawl.
anyway, i hope you read my comment and i hope i can get some feedback from you regarding my desire to see you or MAYBE meet you in singapore. PLEASE let me know if that is at all possible. it will really really really mean the world to me and my wife.
Regards,
OMER
Dear Amitji,
I read your thoughts & thinks how many more days we will keep.
Because we serve our family, serve to our job but not nation.
How we can continuous our freedom & feelings.
I hope I WILL GET REPLY FROM YOU.
REGARDS
AJAY
Amit is so mch more endearing, Amit-jee, but we wold gladly have embraced “INKY” with open arms as well…. At the end of the day it is all about The Man behind the name….. isn’t it Amit-Jee? (or wold have been INky-Jee!
) Health And Happiness always! NIna
Hell Amitji,
Please give your comments on Recent unfortunate incident with Shahrukh Khan
at US Airport.
hello amitji .i heard about aishwarya.may she recovers fast nd may god bless her.l know ur children r very preciuos 4 u.also amar singhji may recover fast..tk care….
Hi Amitji.
I have heard that you sleep very little. Is that true. Dont you get tired if you dont get enough sleep at night ?
DEAR BACHCHAN SIR……PLS REPLY TO COMMENT #4 PLLLLLZZZZZ i’ll be eternally grateful
^^KEYboard KE “U” mein gdabad hai…. wold should have read woUld^^^
A man walked into a bank, got in line and when it was his turn he pulled out a gun and robs the bank.
But just to make sure he leaves no witnesses, he turns around and asks the next customer in line, “Did you see me Rob this Bank?”
The customer replies, “Well, yes!”… Read More
The bank robber raises his gun, points it at his head and shoots him.
He quickly moves to the next customer in line and says to the man, “DID … YOU … SEE … ME … ROB… THIS… BANK?”
The man calmly responds, “No, but my wife did.”
LOTTUS….
Dear Lion King,
You have made all our hearts sing .I am indeed thankful that the air has cleared.
We will march forward as one happy, united family!
Hakuna Mattata!
Love and more love
Sharmila
I cont. waited for three hrs to post to get reply but u didn’t do repeating.
Dear Amit ji
“SOUL CURRY FOR YOU AND ME” is the title of the book written by You, dedicated to “MA” and “BABUJI”. I purchased this book 2-3 years back. I
liked this book very much as it is full of wisdom, written in a very simple language and presentation is also very good.
In fact some of the wisdom written in the book has helped me to become wiser and is now part of my own WISDOM BANK. I would like to mention
one such WISDOM Thought here taken from the same book.
PAGE NO: 56-57
TITLE:FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE
“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is foolish.
Stay away from him.”
He who knows not but knows that he knows not is simple.
Teach him.
He who knows but knows not that he knows is asleep.
Wake him up.
And he who knows and knows that he knows not is a learned man.
Make him your teacher.”
the above wisdom has helped me to understand a key point and then helped me to take a “CHANGED stand” about some significant people in my
life, and it proved out to be effective solution. Apart from this, it helped me in general to decide from whom to stay away, to whom to teach, to
whom to wake up and to whom to make my teacher.
Thank you for writing such a nice book and helping me to be a little wiser person.
And Thanks a lot once more for giving comments to my post again.
God bless you
Munindra Goswami
Bangalore
To My Life Ideal,
I has been following yourself & your all ups & downs(temp),
i have got lot to talk about your goodself.
Just holding back as this is the first time writing to yourself directly.
Fond Regards,
Raj.
90962 45678
To My Life Ideal,
I has been following yourself & your all ups & downs(temp),
i have got lot to talk about your goodself.
Just holding back as this is the first time writing to yourself directly.
Fond Regards,
Raj.
90962 45678
# 379. Yes, I agree.It was Rajaji indeed.
Dear Lion King,
I love you so much. Thank you again.
xoxoxoxoxooxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
hi mr bachchan,
just wanted to ask u can i keep u informed about my daughter nehas play?
hope u r well.
madhu.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Its me again
I was so so so happy to read your reply to my rather mundane comment that I just had to shout out to my parents about my happy moment. I was so thrilled by it that I even posted a little something on my blog about it.
I would love it if you could visit the following link to my blog:
http://quileutedreams.blogspot.com/
Thank you so much Sir
You truly made my day (quite possibly my life too)
Love always
P
hello inky,thanks for telling your nickname…
Hi Bachan ji i am big fan of u…..! we luv u so much ,
i heared tht u r suffeing from back pain , I pray to the god that your health will getting well soon .
Luv u ,
TC
Regards,
Kamal.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I wrote on other day about blog.
The server is not working ok.
On my computer, beginning of blog,
says 581 comments , I can see just 463.
This is going fromfew days.
Your connection with them is
much better than mine ! They can listen to you !
Thank you very, very much !
Love,
e.t.
Dear Sir,
I am writing for the first time, pls dont do role like bagbhan again, since i dont like to see the Angry Young man disappointed and dejected in life. it does not go with your Personality.
regards,
Rajesh. Shetty - Mumbai
I DONT GET REPLY FROM U TODAY.OK.I KEEP ON TRYING MY LUCK AND GET A REPLY FROM U AGAIN.VERY VERY SOON (MAY BE).FOR NOW,I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT;
TAKE CARE,
GOOD NIGHT,
KHUDA HAFIZ.
Dearest AB ji,
Your patriotism fly high with dignity, after all that pride would have started when you were still in your mothers womb, the story of Abhimanya flashes by. It is sad that there are few who ridicule your freedom to express your patriotism and love for the country. Your reminiscence, stories, the symbolic meaning and description for this special ID occasion is very educative to many to refresh and put it into words and for those an opportunity to learn about India and the struggle for freedom.
You & family practice what you believe. You all are very true and sincere and stand by friends & family. Wish Jaya ji a pleasant flight back home and rejoice being with the rest of the family close by. Hope your friend recovers soon and you all come back home sooner.
Wish Aishwarya a speedy recovery and you relax with everything normal, healthy, peaceful, relaxing & happy….
Take care & God Bless!
Tons of love & respect,
Susheela - TN USA
Hi Amitabh,
Do you have any disliking towards me? Here I am waiting for that one reply from you but still it eludes me!
V.Rajesh
Hello amit ji,
just wanted to know how is yur health going,
hope you are having your food and medicines on time.
suketu kapadia
Crawford market,mumbai.
Dear Mr Bachan
I read the post on your respected mothers bday. I lost my mother last month. She fought cancer for 2.5 years and finally lost her battle. She was being treated in Lilavati hosp and spent last few months of her life on the 11th floor of the hospital. Nobody can take a mothers place and i miss her soooo much.
She was only 64 years old and wanted to live and dint give up till the last day. still remember her words that morning “live properly and take care of Dad”.
I dont know why im writing this to you but just felt like sharing…..still hasnt sunk in that mom is not here with me anymore…i cry myself to sleep every night…miss her touch …..her voice…her smell…..her smile…her laughter and so much more…..
My dearest Amithji,
THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!
never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that you would reply to me twice on the same day!!!!! Must be my luckiest day, ever! If only I knew, today is my day, then I would purchased some lottery tickets!! LOL!
From past three & half hours you are sitting in front of the computer & replying to everybody! Poor you ! sooooo much strain on you. i feel really guilty.you have decided to surprise everybody with your marathon replying session!” Please God, take care of our Amithji’s back” This is my prayer now.
I think after today’s marathon replying session nobody will complain that , you never reply!
Showed your reply to my daughter, she too is simply elated! She is actually crazy about abhishek.
Thanks a million Amithji. Muuuuuuuuuah. love you.
take care,
with regards,
kalpana kakade
Hi Amitabh,
I am a great great worshiper of yours uncle.
Also am the youngest fan too.
Please wish me on my birthday,
22 Sep 1999
I will also on 11 Oct 1942.
Peri Pona,
Rajvir.
My beloved Mr. Bachchan,
Thankyou so much for both the replies. You do know how to make a girl’s heart bounce with joy.
;) 
;) 
;) Keep them coming. LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEM. They are very valuable to me. Thank you for your generosity.
Love and DANKE SCHÖN-Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
For Sharmila #317
Your post was sweetly written. Cute details, very heart-rendering. I knew our beloved Mr. Bachchan would reply to you and I am so happy he did. What a lovely reply indeed. FRAME IT! Keep your lovely posts coming. Good to have you on the blog.
Regards-Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
Dear Uncleji,
Happy belated independence day to 2 sir. how is your back? I saw abhishaikh (spelling is wrong! i know!) spending time with the jawans and it was a good gesture from his side. I am sad to know aiswariya sick. And you must be worried really about her heath. Yes parents are parents doesnt matter how old we get convincing them not to worry about us is near impossible. I am 22 years old but my mother still finds it difficult to stop hovering around me when i get sick.
I havent had time to reply to your previous posts as i am studying for entrance examz quite religiously. it was nice to see that you responded to some people whose relpies werent in the top hundred. Kinda reminds of AIEE examz!!!! only the top hundreds get the choicest engineering seats of their choice!
I would be lying if i didnt say i wouldnt want a reply from but i am quite satisfied of just being able to communicate with you like this and hearing your thoughts everyday. Please excuse my poor spelling and grammar mistakes.
I am a part an enviornmental club and instead of watching any parade we went around campainging for people not to litter the streets with plastic flags and to dispose or recycle them. Sad to say but in bengaluru many people buy flags and then throw them on the streets. Come on people respect the flag. Some people didn’t litter. I am hopeful this no will rise by as more people are made eniornmentally conscious. Many children and young adults are doing their bit. On that note it was nice that u and many stars lent a voice in IIFA awards about going green.
I going to sleep. hope aiswariya is better soon. and you too take care of ur health!
gudnite
love
Shruti
Hi Amitji,
Greetings.
My name is Jotsna. Friends call me jo. Enjoyed ur blog. My first visit to ur blog.
Why can’t the Indian govt. insist that the fragment of the 6th pillar of Asoka that is at a British museum be returned it to India?
Pained me to ‘pay’ to enter the tower of london and see goods ’stolen’ from India on display
Best wishes
Jotsna
love u sir
inqulab zindabad?! wow that was a very nice story . Inky!!! hehehe dats a quite a save!! LOL i am just imagining it!!!! but then who knows? A rose by any other name still smells the same or was it sweet. Can’t remember… again poor english do excuse it.
you sir will always be BIG B to us. 
Inqulab B or Amitabh B or even Inky!!!!
gudnite.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Thank you for the wonderful note on the flag. Was also moved by the last quotes you posted. The first one holds heavy relevance to me and i am struggling hard to break through the habit. The factor of “what others think of us” is destabilizing many of our lives, but then, old habits die hard….
When are you back to India?
Amit ji please comment on Shahrukh Khans 2 hour detention ordeal at Newark airport on Aug 14. Thank you
hey is this amitji or some else postin on is behalf..bcz he is havin back pain..hmmm
Dear Manoj kumar Ojha and Hassi Messaoud # 321 & 450…
Thank you for enlightening… !!! But still I don’t get the point…!!! Is the precarious hope at the bottom worth setting free all the misfortune and malady…?!
You know better…
Dora
Dear Sir,
A very effective and long awaited dose to all those EF members who unknowingly spoiling to the serenity of this platform….!
You are like father to all of us…..each one of us is inspired by you every day…!!
SO YOU PLEASE DONT STOP……!
All others getting personal will stop…….doing personal things….!
Sir…! few months back an EF member “Sneha Goud” posted her personal blog link on your blog & requested you to visit her blog……. I am not sure whether you have visited her blog or not….But I am thankful to find a very creative person thorugh your blog….with whom I regularly communicate.
I am sure that the Humane getting perosnal on this blog, must visit her blog once and learn as how to orient their thinking in the right direction and how to be creative rather than being destructive in nature….!
Sir….for your kind attention & with an humble execuse to ~SnEhA~ I am re-posting the link to her blog for the benefit of all, needing improvement in their thought process…..!
Here is the link to a highly blog of a highly creative person and EF member.
http://sneharmonic.blogspot.com/
Regards
Amitji,
Hahaha, I thought I would sneak in a response before I went out, thinking maybe be near the top of response, you surprised me by starting to reply mid way:)) ah well, hahahhaha
All the best always
Kishore
BigB Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5380871097
I knew you only as an actor, and a good one I might add. Your blog however opened a great side of you, of which I wasn’t aware.
It is very refreshing to read your blog. Sometimes I wonder, why don’t you host your own blog? You can not only host it easily, but also make it more interactive and on your own distinctive domain. I would be glad to help, pro-bono I might add, to make it scalable.
I wish to meet you someday, not as a famous actor, but as a kindred soul.
Regards and take care,
Angsuman
Dear Amitji
I wonder if you like listening to music while you are online. And thought you might enjoy songs of our generation. I reminiscence with hits of the 1950s/60s/70s at:
Hindi - http://www.dhoomfm.com
English - http://www.platinum967.com
Enjoy!
Regards
Amita
Lily - Thank you.
Hi Mr. Bachchan,
How are you?
Please keep us posted about Aishwarya’s health.
I pray to Lord Shiva for her speedy recuperation.
Thanks & Regards
Dear Amit ji,
Happy Independence Day ! I am writing to you from Pittsburgh, USA, where we paraded with the Indian flag today and had a song and dance program to celebrate the anniversary of our freedom. My dance academy performed to ‘Mile sur mera tumhara’ - we represented the various states of our country. I absolutely love and adore the song and the video, you have been a part of it and I am sure it was an amazing experience. When I dance to it, I feel it, I am so proud of our diversity and I hope we can practice it - unity in diversity.
On another note, my family and I have been and are great fans of your family - I’ve myself been an ardent fan of yourself, Abhishek and Aishwarya. I admire your strength and determination and your life’s story, which is no less than a movie in itself. Among the recent posts I read, I love the post about your mother, the post about your struggles before you became an actor and of course today’s post.
I think its very courageous of you to have an open forum with your fans -another feather in your cap.
Good wishes to you!
Lots of love,
Poorvi
Hey Mr. B,
Don’t do that…………..there are some of us like me, who don’t leave comments all the time, but love to read this blog. You’re always going to have some good with the bad. Don’t take it personally and stop the blog. What will I do at lunch time :)) I think you have the option of blocking some of these comments, so you should utilize this option.
Take care,
Baljit
mr. bachchan y din”t u comment on srk detaining case
i think da whole fraternity should support him
hiiiiiiiii
MR ,bachchan varry vry Happy Indipendence day………….
Happy Independence day to you amithji.
Thanks for mentioning bengaluru as bengaluru.
What is FmXt ??
And please….let idiots be……don’t give consideration to them
Dear Sir,
The Same request !!
Its been so many times i have written to you on this blog.I have responded to all your moods and i love dwelling with your thoughts.Just would like to convey that here is a fan like other millions waiting for 2 lines of Madhushala against this message.. and you will make me happy forever !!
God bless you !!
Abhayanand
Amitji!!!
Namaste.
I review your blog constantly since you started writing but have refrained from commenting. However, I appreciate the way you connect to people. I hope that my luck is good today if you can read and respond to my comment.
I always have taken notes of nice little quotes posted by you as an inspiration for my life. I am a huge fan of you and the way you conduct yourself is marvelous. With Billions of fans vouching for you any one can get swayed and think himself as a KING. Hats off to you and likes of you who have attained stardom but still grounded. I read your experiences, the old times, school, college in Delhi, first job, transition to Mumbai, the Coolie incident and all the latest ones. However, if you can also share what happened during AB Corp decline and how did you muster courage to come at the top again. I want to know what all went through your mind. I’ll appreciate if you share this experience as well as I am sure it will inspire people to never throw in the towel. I also like your family and the way they conduct themselves. It really looks like a closed family.
Also, I haven’t read comments that have disturbed you but you should NOT STOP but keep writing.
About me:
I am a 34 year old man and working as a Project Manager with a BIG IT firm. I have 20 month old baby girl and her name is Reva and a loving wife(Surabhi). I love both of them. We moved to the US last year in due to my career and we are doing quite well. However, life in US is exciting and fun but it never satisfying and would like to return to India when a good career option is available.
GOD BLESS!!!
PLS, PLS, PLS respond.
Thanks,
Ratan
Hullo Amitabh
I bought the dvd 2009 IIFA last week. It was so nice to see you and all your family there. I hop one day you cross the pacific and visit Sydney.Ther was a celebration of the Indian independence day also. I always love your movies and truely enjoyed the ones where your family also acted. Best wishes and love from Australia
Happy Independence Day !!!
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Just to introduce myself, I am a US citizen who moved to India 7 years ago to set up schools for children with disabilities in Tamil Nadu. I have known about your blog for quite a while, but life in the real world has been so hectic that I have never gone entered the virtual world to connect with people.
However today is a rainy day in Chennai and although I have only a thousand things to do, I am still hanging around at home..
Our center is called V-Excel Educational Trust and is based in Chennai (www.v-excel.org). Every Independence Day, our lovely children and teachers (all of them trained in special education) put up a simple meaningful program about freedom and Independence. They incorporate the skills the kids know into the program. Watching all of them out there is a poignant experience. Never fails to move me to tears. To train children with Autism and other challenges to do the smallest of tasks takes a lot of effort, but the gratification you feel is beyond description. Needless to day, one has to have an inner calling to work in such fields, and every person in the center has a well-defined spiritual core.
Some fields of work come with an intrinsic nobility isnt it? Education, medicine are two main ones. In other fields we have to inject nobility into the work:).
It is indeed a pleasure to make your acquaintance. You are very special.. God Bless you.
Vasudha
Dear Amitji,
ITs very glad to post comments at your blog ..U r one of the most inspiring personality and legendary who inspires the entire nation .. i am very big fan of RGV first time i saw the domination over the RGV in SARKAR ..U r the first person like that in RGV movies .. not only in that U r still ruling the entire silverscreen with your stunning performence .. we wish U all the best for your upcoming projects also to your entire family members and friends ..Sir who is favourite director and why? in present generation …
Teja
Dear Mr. Amitabh Bachan,
I am a very big fan of your’s… When i was a child i used to sleep hearing to the songs of your movies my favourite was Khuddar.
No matter what no matter where no matter you are right or wrong no matter what happens i will be always supporting you. My family loves you a lot..
We love you and for me you are God. My dream is like Ramji london wale once before i die just want to see you shake hands with you. May God bless you and your Family.
Dear Amitji,
I am sorry to hear about the illness of Mrs. Bachchan and Mr. Singh. I hope they get well soon.
Its been a while since I have visited your blog.
It will be nice if you continue blogging, as there will always (as in ALWAYS) be people who are ready to go down and dirty.
Also I would palso request you not to comment on the SRK episode (although a lot of people have urged you too), as enough has been said about it already. And I feel that this blog is about you and immaculate.
I am a big fan and will always be.
Warm Regards,
Amita
HappY Independence day….!!
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Happy Independence Day to all Indian fans.
Thanks for posting a wonderful blog and animation.
Regards,
Naishadh Vyas
Dear Sir-
Myself Ashutosh from Varanasi to join today your blog first time.I have seen your 82 movie previously from saudagar to sarkarraj part two.In indian film industry none other actor can get position same as you. I hope you will work next 5 or 10 years. I enjoyed your each and every role in all the movies. I am praying to God that your current problems will be sorted out soon.
Currenty I am working in multi national company in Noida,Uttarpradesh as an assistent lead manager. Our company provides vacation rentals in all over world.
Regards-
Ashutosh Kumar Singh
email id– ashutosh2811@gmail.com
hello mr bacchan
you are probably one of the best actors india has produced but my sincere request is that you also let us know in what way you are giving back to the indian society through charitable and other causes. often it is difficult to understand what kind of social work is being done behind the scenes by eminent personalities like you so please enlighten us. you have possibly everything a human being could dream of, love, fame, money so it would be only apt that you lead the way in giving back something that will last many generations and shape india. Funding temples or funding some strange superstitions is not giving back but adopting charities or funding research gates-style is something i would expect the great amitabh bacchan to do….so are you already doing it?
cheers
.
today was my first visit to this site and if it is really written by mr. amitabh bachhan then it is like having a word with stars (of galaxy).
i would like to tell you that you are inspiration of millions including me. i am a fan of yours suffering from an uncurable physical disorder but of all my hard times in my life i found you by me.
i always admire your family bondings and will read you regularly from today.
take care… bye.
chhavi
Hello Sir,
Wish u a very happy independence day. I in US right now. I just admire Mr. Manmohan singh the way he is dealing with economic and social issues of our country. However, I shall in all honestly love to wish hapy independence day… when we see no beggers and < than age 10 children selling country flags in signals and railway stations.
I am strategy consultant. I in the past, I have made a difference to businesses to help them think more economically and ethically. I have a longing desire and dream to come back to my home country (I am in US right now) and make a difference in lives of children who cannot study.. teach them… bussiness that suffer.. help them survive, farmers who are exploited .. help them… consolidate the strenghts of the rich to raise the level of the poor. I am writing my views first time on your blog. But will sure achive this dream some day. And shall start very soon. That day.. I shall in all honesty wish my country - happy independence day. I will, and I will make a difference!
I love my country and I love its people even more. I will build such a powerful strnegth in my country.. by having an intelligent, literate and self dependent class of individuals… our hardwork shall define the future and our education will eradicate corruption. That day, Dr. Manmohan Singh like leaders shall have billions of hands living their dream. I shall sure make this small contribution to my country. Jai Hind! I shall love my India then!
Dear Sir,
I can understand your concern for your own children as Aishawarya has not been too well. With chest infection and fever she will need plenty of rest. This beautiful lady works so hard for all that she has achieved in her life. I wish her well. It was good of Jaya ji to be by your side as you stood by the side of your dear friend Amar Singh ji who is recuperating. Please look after yourself. I sincerely hope you are feeling better today.
Love,
Daksha
Am I the lucky person to get a hi from u sir………I m not among the culprits ..so m entitled to geta high atleast
dear boss,
huh… finding a suitable salutation for u is difficult !!
dear mr bachchan, ( sounded as if i ‘m writing to propose a commercial or a IOM)- drop it.
dear amitabh ji, (as if we are in same vocation & at same level )- drop it.
dear AB, Dear Amit ji, Dear bachchan sahab, dear Big B, ( ahem… nahh..)
‘Boss’… looks appropriate…!!
probably because for over 12 yrs in corporate world thats how one starts seeing people from whom they learn, whom they respect. You have become ideal for so many people not only because of the pinnacle of glory you have attained in one particular faculty ( acting) but because of the ‘all-pervading’ effect one is able to make on masses because you have proved your merit in all the faculties of life.
to enumerate them would be, trying to show candle to sun, i better refrain.
keep rocking, keep on being the harbinger of masses, your FmXt.
so many of us read ur blogs as if it was a necessary quota of daily chores, as if it were an editorial in a ‘daily’. ( e-paper for us in afrika).
we read, we learn, we emulate, we talk & spread the opinion which are in common. we love you.
all of us here in my office & my family ( lagos, nigeria)
regards,
pankaj.
Hello Sir,
You are very great human being, a great actor and very great with the PEN (or Keyboard, should I say) as well . I am sure you must be writing poem like your father. Heredity of good things should be respected ! You have been associated with poetry, music for your entire life, I cannot believe you are not writing your own poems! If not try one!!
Waiting for your Poetry, Imagination and KAVYA-PRATIBHA
Thank you again for all the good things you are doing to all of us.
Yes Flying national flag on the building is great thing! It just need to be respected in the same way it should be, otherwise the dust in the vicinity makes it little dull, which we all hate!!
Cheers,
Vikram
hello sir i am gaurav soniaap india kab aa rahi hii
aour aap kasi hi
i love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Dear Sir,
Your family has so many famous and successul people.Im sure there must be so many things to learn from you people.Any advice for youth of India?
DEarest amitabji…hello how r u???
The large majority of challenges you have in your life are a direct result of you being out of rapport with your subconscious mind. Think about that for a minute and you’ll become aware of how true my statement is.
If you’re overweight, it’s because your subconscious mind has a program for you to eat unhealthy foods and doesn’t care much for exercise. Meanwhile, consciously (with your conscious mind) you think to yourself that you should eat healthy and get enough exercise every week.
So in the battle between subconscious and conscious minds, who wins? Your subconscious mind kicks your conscious mind’s butt every day of the week. All the time. Hands down. No contest.
Here’s the deal – You want your conscious mind and subconscious mind to be bosom buddies. Instead of having them clash, you want them to work in tandem together.
It makes sense when you stop and think about it. If you have rapport with your subconscious mind, you can talk to it, get feedback, and even “cut deals” with your subconscious mind as the title of this article suggests.
………………………………………………………………..thanks,
take care
shraddha purohit
baroda.
helloooooooooo
Dear Amitabh Ji,
My first word to you.. I like you very much.. You are intresting personality.
The only description about you….”Hard to find anybody who does not like you”.. This is what you are.
“ You are what you think. Speak or act with an evil thought and pain will follow, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
You are what you think. Speak or act with pure thoughts and happiness will follow, like a shadow that never leaves.”
Regards
Dau Mittal
daumittal@gmail.com
Sir You are genius in your feild .I think that you are like Arjun (Character in Mahabarat) who focus only on the eye of sparrow .Sir Please write something(topic) in your blog which teach us (Youth of India) To focus on our targate because for us now you are like Krishna.
Dear dadaji
koi baar nahi swine flu ho gaay hai to ………balaji ka name lo
Sir!
I always admired you and loved to watch your movies. May God bless you!!!
Sai
Hello AMIT bhaiya,
How r u? Just 2day I read news ’bout Aishwarya ji, Is she suffering wid Flu ? Is that true ? How is she now? Pl. convey my best wishes and Gud Luck and Get Well Soon 2 her. Amit Bhaiya, there is one problem with me is that I can express my feelings better in Hindi than in English. So, If u allow me, can I write my feelings and thoughts in Hindi ?
Amit Bhaiya…. Arey, Mai aap ko aap se bina permission k “BHAIYA” bol raha hoon ki aap ko ye sambodhan theek bhi lag raha hai ya naheen? So, Kya main aap ko Bhaiya bula sakta hoon? Actually kya hai ki main bhi aap ki hi tarah U.P. ko belong karta hoon aur apne se bade Bhai k liye is se pyara aur sundar shabd dusra naheen hai. That’s why. Love to all.
Regards.
P.S. Awaiting 4 ur Yellow Line. ………………. Thanks.
i like u veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy much
JI NAMSKAR AMITJEE
I LOVE U SO MUCH. MAIN BAHUT DUKHI HUA KI KOI AAPKO GALI GALCH KAR RAHA HAI. YEH EKDAM BARDAST KARNE KE LAYAK NAHI HAI.YEH EK DAM NAHI HONA CHAHIYE. MAIN AAPKI HELTH KE LIYE ISHWAR SE DUA KARTA HOON KI SWASTH RAHEN AUR HUMLOGO KE LIYE MARGDARSHAK ABNE RAHE.
YOUR AKASHDEEP
CHAPRA,BIHAR
Namaskara Bachchan Mate !
… iam over joyed 2 visit ur blog, & would be
after all itz comming from MANGO PEOPLE like me 
& pata hai kya… mera bhi B’day Oct 11 ko hai…. ill wish you & you can tell … same to you 
,,,,, by 4 now… Take care.
Encha ullar ? Iam sure u know wat it means
” BLESSED “… if i get a reply to my choto mota comment
Dear Amit Ji
We are very glad that you are in Singapore Bcz we are staying in Singapore.
We hope Amar Ji will get soon well.
Can we meet you or see you in Singapore.
Please write where we can meet you.
Lots of families waiting for your answer.
We like you very much.
Nobody can match you in bollywood in this millinum.
Regards
Giri, Singapore
Get Well soon Mr Amitabh..Pray for u Health.
hi amitji…
happy independence day to u too….and a little correction-Swatantrata diwas…not swatantra diwas!!!
ur ardent fan
reena
I see the Farhan Akhtar Movie LAKSHYA and ROCK ON one of the Song of ROCK ON is using the BACKGROUND music os LAKSHYA when Hritick Roshan Climb the mountain.
Hello Sir,
VANDE MATRAM!!
Regards,
Bunty
hello sir
i really wish mrs.Aishwarya to get well soon, love your films.
regards
uma
Dear Amit uncle,
Warm Greetings of the biggest Festive day of our nation
” Our Independence Day ”
Just thought to share with you some thing…
We all call our motherland Bhaarat
The Meaning of the word Bhaarat is nicely depicted as the land of the great king Bharat as is very popularly denoted.
Very recently discovered the meaning, an ether inspiration of our rich heritage… how thoughtful truly our country is truly named by our forefathers….!
Bhaa : Aabhaa, Tej - Gyan ka tej , Sanskriti ka tej
- rata : Rati , Aarati, Aaraadhanaa
Bhaarat vaha bhoomi hai jahaa Tej ki upaasana ki jaati hai…
Bhaarat : Land where people worship the Light of wisdom!
Vande Maataram!
Saprem,
Subhash Karmarkar
Mumbai / Pune
Mr Bachchan,
Though India is a great country(thats what we all like to call), my take on most of modern/21st century Developed Nations have gone through a rut or struggle over decades which has improved Public Systems, build Society First attitudes and then they have reached to that Developed status. With us its just last decade which has pushed towards so called fastest developing economies. To be honest we haven’t achieved this growth or development over too much of hard work but accidentally we were in right place thats all. Now how do we keep pace of development and other grave issues (few mentioned below) so that we keep growing and do not derail development story.
Population - We are already 1.16 billion. In next 2 decades we will have one of big senior citizens population.
Natural Resources - With population n pollution; we are loosing out on natural resources; whatever we produce is not sufficient for existing population; think about situation 10-20 years later. And then China could build dams on Tibet basin rivers which could spell catastrophe to many big rivers.
Education – Quality of our education is going down drastically; this could be big issue for employments in future.
Pollution - No one is really caring for this monster
Corruption – Netas to Govt officers; Do we even have 1% honest people in these categories? much of population doubts
for sure.
Take Care.
hello Amit Ji.
THis is my 1st post to u.
first ofall be lated HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. heard that you are in singapore with Amar singh ji. Wishing Amar singh ji Healthy recovery. are you in Changi Hospital? am also in singapore. by any chance will it be possible to meet you.
BTW,
have you heard of Shahrukh’s Detention in Newark.
Thanks
Dear Amitji, thanks a lot for your independence day message…It was really inspiring.
On 15th Aug 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had said “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom”.
Today, after 62 years of independence, its time India now awakens to SUSTAINIBILITY, POWER & DEVELOPMENT. Its time for India to transform from a developing nation into a developed one.
At the same time, we need to realise that all these could be achieved only with the help of “WE THE PEOPLE”, because “INDIA LIES IN US”. So, let us pledge to do our best in being a part of the change we wish to see in the nation.
JAI HIND !! JAI HO !!
dear sir THNX for reply …..
Sir,
How do yo get patience to read all this. I am tired just scrolling the messages down. :)!
Dear Amit G,
When the whole world is rejoicing, there are some who are working over many things.
If possible for you to spare some time, some efforts are just one click away.
A Patriotic Composition : (Warning : May be Addictive)
http://www.esnips.com/doc/98ece91b-9a45-4592-9d65-56bbc2e0efb5/Jai-Maa-Jagat-Bharti-Jan-nee
Happy Independence Day
Jai Hind
Dear Lion King,
Sorry to come back again. I just completed watching all the parts of the Living legend documentary of yours that Satyam had posted.
I have no words to describe either your stature as an actor and a human being, neither can I say enough about Jayaji’s grace and charm.
I absolutely loved the bit where someone pushes his hand through this tiny hole, and waves a little notepad through it and you look so bemused, you take it from him and you sign it. I think it was at the shooting of ” Hum”. You could not see him and he could not see you but the love was so evident. Just like us here, we speak to you through this black hole in cyberspace, you cannot see us, nor can we see you and yet the love is so evident.
xoxoxoxoxo
Sharmila
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hello respected
big B how are you……….
I am feel lucky to send you blog with my first time post……..
why people heart you ,i am very worry about it bec i love you but dont think all about it bec we know har koi apke jaisa nahi ban sakta………………………………..
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hello sir,
hello sir,
Its my 2nd time post…..
I am your new friend sir…
Jaha pe achhai hogi, waha pe thodi burai bhi hogi…so
please aap likhna band na kare…..
with Love…..
Ashok….
Hello Amitji…
How r u.. hope fine there.. Intro from my side my self Sanjay Pancholi from Gujarat… Vadodara… I’m big fan of u…
Sanjay
Hello Sir …
I’m waiting for your your replay…
Sanjay
Hello Sir …
I’m waiting for your your replay…
Sanjay
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