Posted on: July 15, 2010 - 12:19 am
Prateeksha , Mumbai July 14, 2010 Wed 11 : 45 PM
It is the time of night when the FmXt beckons . It is the time of night I look forward to. It is the time of night ..
Twitter may be instant and rapid and immediate and greatly universal and internal. But this space has the serene gentleness of a rain drenched flower, the peace and harmony of civilized neutrality, the reaching out capability of the morning sun - the calmness of its setting. It has the subtle touch of that soft wave that smoothes out as it touches the sand banks of a long and lonely beach. It has the vivacity and passion of youth ; it has the wisdom of age. It has incongruity at times and distinctness. It allows for thought to exist, mature and develop. It has the reason of care and love. It has the objectivity and demand to be expressed and heard. It has solitude in a crowded market and the heart beat of millions.
It has you.
Communication has become a second profession. An instrument of an instrument. It exists every nano second of our lives now and continues to add reinvent discover fresh and novel ideas for its use. What a fascinating world we live in. Moving from one end of living to another has become a physical exercise put to and managed by another. But what used to be our own involvement in the process of travel or a shift or a trip, has now incorporated an aspect that never was with us - the mode of communication.
You sit in a conference and encounter an information that needs verification. It is in the palm of your hand that does it. You travel distances but with the comfort that you will never be too far from a connect or a connect to information. Look at the reassurance we possess today. Look at how so many of our insecurities, issues and immediate decisions have been converted into the simplicity of a gadget that is operational by just thumbing a few letters.
I drove down this evening towards South Mumbai, which I now address as SoMu, ( to be in line with the modern way of thinking in bringing every aspect of life to an abbreviation ) and the one and a half hour journey has passed by as though it never happened. The mobile hand set has kept me occupied, apart from the odd query from the wife sitting beside me, in overcoming the anxiety of traffic and piled up vehicles. It has also made me oblivious to the many changes that I see as I drive through my own city. I have not been to this part of the world in a while and the infrastructural changes that have taken place suddenly seem as though I was in another place, not of my knowing.
Its Bastille Day today the French National Day and the reception to celebrate it, has been organized by the French Consulate at the Taj - the Hotel which remains vivid in our memory of the 26/11 terror attack. It is back to being functional and the atmosphere and energy that always symbolized this great landmark, is back. Back too is the restrictions to movement through intricate security checks, a mandatory necessity in almost all vulnerable facilities. It hinders the welcome look of a public area, but it has become a part of our feature of life. Better be prepared than repaired.
Th evening is a crowded affair. They make guest of honor. There is protocol and formality. There is the National Anthem of both countries. There are speeches. Speeches of desires to fructify, come together, hold hands, move forward. There is tons of champagne and glitterati. There is society.
In my speech I mention the greetings expressed by those following me on twitter for the French and I deviate from my words of building national and international friendship, to mentioning the gestures from the world of tweet - and there is huge applause. There is applause for multicultural existence and there is applause on the mention of today July 14th and the victory of the Kargil War fought hard and bravely in 1999 by our forces in the North. The sacrifices made by our jawans to protect the nation, to protect us and our future generations.
Tomorrow I start rehearsals for KBC .. just getting the hang of things to come, the innovations and the formats. There is still time for its inception, but better to do it now and get acclimatized, than make mistakes later on ..
In remembrance of Bastille Day, the national Day of France 14th July
In remembrance of the victory day for the Kargil War, fought hard and against all odds by our brave jawans up in the Himalayas against those that wanted to occupy our territory, on the 14th July 1999
Love and much more to all ..
Amitabh Bachchan
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My respectes to you Prabhu,
Hope you had great time at Bastille Day. How lovely you mentioned and wishes tweet follower to france. You are the best.
Kaalia,Shehanshah,Agneepath,Hum many movie you did with Shri Tinu Anand..Such a great human. I always love his work and his admiration for you….Here is what Tinu Anand ji shared about your quality Privately charitable person.
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Shri Tinu Anand about Mr.Bachchan -
Most people do not know he is a very charitable person, a very privately charitable person. He would not like it to be known that he helped someone. But now that the person is not alive any more, I don’t think I am bound to keep my mouth shut.
Filmmaker Khwaja Ahmad Abbas had introduced him to films. When he was very, very ill and had no money Amitabh took me aside and gave me money to look after Abbas. He made me promise I would not tell anyone that he had done this.
He didn’t want it mentioned even to his family that Amitabh had provided for Abbas. That brought tears to my eyes. That to me is a very great gesture.People don’t know he has a great sense of fun. Like when he has any new person working with him, he loves making them uncomfortable. He tries to be friendly but at the same time, he enjoys making the person uncomfortable. I have worked with him so often that I see through it.
I don’t think anyone can really claim to be a really close friend of Amitabh Bachchan. There are so many things people don’t know, even I don’t know. He has a few people who are close and he likes it that way.
He has been extra kind to me, very charitable. He has given me 24 wristwatches. He loves wristwatches. I don’t think there is any shop in the world which has as many watches as he has. I keep eyeing his wrist every time we meet. He keeps covering his wrist, saying. ‘This is not going to be yours.’
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Amitabh Bachchan Vintage - Todays Pictures are too awesome…Prabhu,Please have a look.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=156149049524&v=photos
(A) Mindblowing Picture of your with Sridevi Ji, Sitting somewhere in Garden — You looking very very Handsome.
(B) MW Magazine Cover - Wow.. I am speechless here..What a brilliant shot of your….!! Love.
Dear FmXt, IRINA, RUSSIA,Nimmi Harisinghani,Kashmira Grewal,Manish Parmar thanks for your wishes and acknowledgment.
Now, going to read the post…Good Night Prabhu, Love for everything.
Love,
Pawan Pipalwa
Los Angeles.
Sir
Thanks for giving us such a honour….
love
Dear Amitabh
How are you
I hope that you dident forget my birthday 15/07/10
My hasband wanted to by for me a present - a ticket to India
But i told him if i cant combine - see you and to vizit India, its not deserves, because its very expensive and i want so much to meet you!!!!!!
I hope its will be
love you so much
have a good night
mazal cohen
Israel
mzal .. happy birthday .. love and happiness always ..
Boss -
You did a great job in supporting a fellow actor when he was judged wrongly. I know the media will pounce on this issue but what is important is to stand by your fraternity when they are wrongly accused. I hope other actors and even people like me who read news on the internet learns from this experience. Good job!!
Sagar
Pranaam Prabhu,
First of all about Picuture…Without waiting for a second have to admit that you are looking too stunning….You getting more and more stunner with your age…God Bless you and Good health to you.
Thankyou so much for sharing this picture and thankyou so much for you love to all the France Fans on twitter and Blog..!! Yes, this is the best part of yours and i admire you a lot for this.
God Bless you…Have rest…Good Night.
Pawan Pipalwa
Los Angeles.
BOSS -
Forgot to add……. all the best for KBC4!! can’t wait to see it….
Sagar
Dear Mr Bachchan
Thanks for being generous in sharing almost every moment of your life with us through this blog..We will remain grateful to you always…
Wishing you a happy and healthy life in future
Best Wishes and lots of Love,
Nitin Grover (Delhi)
You look soo handsome as always…..
Good Night and have a restful sleep
There is a lot of bad rep going around as far as Media is concerned, perhaps justly so, and this phenomena seems universal. We can blame the whole wide world but when are we, the people, who put the t.v on and allow ourselves and our children to watch all those trashy shows in our own living rooms, going to take the responsibility? As long as there is Demand, there sure is going to be Supply. Instead of “Reporting the News” these days, it has become more like “Making the News” and sensationalizing it to cater the viewer’s needs. Reporters harp on the story without even checking all the facts. There is a very little dignity and integrity left when it comes to reporting the core news. It’s amazing to see how some self proclaimed top notch channels even allow guys like Prabhu Chawla to interview people. The man does totally the opposite of an expert Host is supposed to do. Instead of making the guest feel comfortable and relaxed enough to open up, he immediately puts them on the Defense, makes them feel uncomfortable and tense. In many occasions, the guy is down right bully and insulting. He seems to be embellishing the guest’s bad news with his own sort of sickening agenda.
When the Indian viewers rise to the higher standard and demand factual stories and refuse to put up with stories which are created around rumors, gossip and hearsay, change will happen and it has to happen. Especially when the circumference of their so called news, expands only as far as Cricket and Bollywood. Thanks to the multiple outlets the celebrities are using these days to reach out to the public directly, there isn’t much left for the media to report. Public is getting the no twist, no spin and raw dose of Tit-Bits straight from the horse’s mouth, what the media to do?, either to shape up or pack up. It’s about time for the media to pay attention to the regular folks, their daily lives and the issues concerning them. India is a culturally rich country with over one Billion people in its kitty, there got to be interesting things happening to them now and then worth reporting, don’t you think?
Salutations Sir,
Atleast you wrote your blog. Dying to see it. Thank you for the post.
Take care Anat.
GOD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.
kiran srivastava
Handsome as always!
With all my love
today, tomorrow and forever
Amit ji
Glad the French thing went ok. I wish you good luck with the rehearsals for KBC!! CANT WAIT!!
It saddens me when I read about war memorials, such distress and the need for peace beckons even more. I wish there is a day when not a single gun shot is fired or a bomb heard…all we can do is pray.
And my prayers Amitji are with you, may God keep you happy and smiling always.
Love
Mo Tayyab
Big hello to Kishore Pawan Mahmud Raman Rasha Valorie and all BigB Facebook Members
Dear Amit ji,
This is the correct spelling Jagannath, not Jagganath that you often write.
Thanks
Somanath
Namaste Amitabh Ji,
Hope you had a nice time in SoMu where you went for Bastille Day. Its good to know that you are more fond of blog and the FMxT than twitter.
All the best for KBC rehearsals.
A big salute to all the soldiers who fought for us in Kargil war.
Good wishes.
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Loved your description of the blog and I guess it has all the qualities you describe because it has you as its helm. I too look forward to your new post everyday and it usually happens when I am home, sipping my coffee after a hard day at work. Reading the post and the responses somehow strengthens my belief in human kind ( not so much when you criticize the media though) but all in all it is a truly great experience being here. Take care, with peace and love
Lakshmi
dear amitabh
the beauty about you is you are so down to earth thats whats so loveable
about you good luck in your venture on KBC nice to hear you had a good
celebration for Bastille Day have a nice rest tonight GOOD NIGHT let
the gentle rainfall lull you into dreamland take care of your health -jackie-
correction
“at its helm”
Lakshmi, read before your click the submit comment button 
Lakshmi
Thank you for that wonderful description of this space as opposed to Twitter. You have such a way with descriptive words. Yes, you have me here forever.
And thanks for sending that photograph. I know at least several of us were curious to know what you were wearing at that function. You look so suave with that yellow or golden shirt and tie.
It is a shame that there has to be so much security to get through these days. I’m not looking forward to that when I leave for San Francisco tomorrow morning.
I’m glad you enjoyed the function although it was crowded. I suppose you did not partake of any of the tons of champaign.
I was called by the Brooklyn Cyclones to through out the first pitch before the game tomorrow night. When I told them I’d be away, they asked me to do it on 7/21. I have to get some practice throwing a baseball now somehow.
Good luck for the KBC rehearsals. Even if you were thrown into it without them, I’m sure you wouldn’t make any mistakes! I wonder what kind of innovations there are.
I must get ready for my trip but first there is a baseball game to attend.
Love the incongruous,
Rochelle
Hi Mr. Bachchan,
Nice Picture! All the Best With KBC!
Kalpana Joshi
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Thank you for picture, as I expected, very elegant !
I’m happy how you describe the BLOG, it is unique
and is your contribution to be this way ! Like you, everything you do, is unique !
Good luck tomorrow and in the future with your work !
Have a great night and super great tomorrow !
Love and gratitude,
e.t.
dear amitabh ___
forgot to say you look very suave in your photo always dressed to the nines !!
SoMu is brilliant!!!
sorry-throw out the first pitch-not through!
bonne nuit
I was very proud of your defence of akshaye kumar. It showed your concern for fellow artists and their self respect. I am not surprised that other actors have not vocally and publicly supported your comments.
I was also very impressed by the gratitude hown by akhaye kumar for your support.
Your blog is an addiction. Please keep blogging
Regards
hari
Hi Amitji,
Good Luck for the rehearsals for KBC4 tomorrow.
I saw your letter to Kishorebhai and the Big B Group on Facebook. I wrote a letter 31st March and did not receive a reply, but I wait in hope that you find the time to respond. When I get time again, I will write again.
I am anxious to know why Johnny Mastana still has not been released, any date pencilled in yet?
Regards
Naresh
naresh .. sorry for missing your reply .. love to you
a piece I put up elsewhere:
That’s Entertainment!
A platitude keeps creeping up all the time. About movies as entertainment. A certain dissonance is introduced between cinema as artistic ‘object’ or one of thought and the mundane category of entertainment. In one corner of the ring the high art of cinema, in the other the low. And it is a struggle as we will soon learn! The ‘entertainment’ side of the opposition is always presented in banal fashion, as completely ‘neutral’. It is then equated with the idea of a majority vote in a bit of circular logic. What ‘everyone’ (the majority audience) likes is of course ‘entertaining’ and because a film was ‘entertaining’ in the first place it appealed to everyone! This is a bit like suggesting a politician was popular because he or she won the election. The figure of the politician will also turn out to be a necessary one. Because as we will also learn very shortly this entire debate has a political coding through and through.
To think that there is something called ‘entertainment’ in the text of a film that is completely unrelated to the film’s narrative themes or its ‘politics’ or its ‘aesthetics’ is the worst kind of obfuscation. Note how people often refer to the lack of entertainment in a film almost exclusively with certain kinds of cinema. This complaint is often heard when it is the Raavan kind of film, never when it is the Kites sort. The former is of course ‘alternative’ cinema in some sense and certain characterizations are immediately attached to it (boring, dry, confusing and so forth). The latter though operates in an already authorized genre which is supposed to have ‘entertainment’ built into the system. Hence here when the reviewing is negative other terms have to be used to criticize the film.
This entire opposition essentially derives from a bourgeois ‘ordering’ which is of course the only one represented not only in the traditional media but also the online variety. All these perspectives emerge from the very same resource of opinion which accounts for their hegemony. There are no real alternatives. Once upon a time when the ‘art movement’ took hold in Hindi cinema the adjectives I have just outlined were more or less the ones used for this cinema. A poor commercial film that no one likes or enjoys is never considered boring. It is only supposedly an example of ‘bad’ cinema. But alternative films can be boring even when they are dimly seen as ‘worthwhile’. Let me finally break the news here — there is no such thing as ‘entertainment’. One can be ‘entertained’ by movies which is really about a level of pleasure one derives from any work. But there is nothing called ‘entertainment’ embedded in a film that gives an audience a certain ‘fix’ and in turn satisfaction.
I shall begin again with two examples. I found it very hard to sit through Kal Ho Na Ho the first time around. I went a second time as a favor to someone and slept through most of the film. Some years prior to these I saw Dil Se three times in the theater without being bored even for a single minute in any of the viewings. Sadly I was in the minority as I have indeed been with films like Thakshak or Dev or Mangal Pandey and more recently Delhi 6 and Raavan. If I were occupying the 1970s (which to my eternal regret I do not) I would have proved to people how films with greater substance and certainly much greater political edge usually outgrossed the merely escapist flicks. People in that period of Hindi cinema were usually not entertained as much by fluff. They expected and demanded narratives that extracted a certain emotional investment and ‘cost’ from them. The ‘cathartic’ is that which always leaves one with a wound. Today (which is to say since the 1990s even if thankfully we have exited the worst of that phase) it is the opposite. The cinema usually considered most entertaining is one in which the audience skits on the surface of things without ever getting invested in any sense. A total horror of the film that tries to startle the audience, or even move it too deeply, let alone disturb it profoundly. An audience that does not wish its political veins to be touched. Why politics?
Entertainment is an ‘ideological’ category through and through. There is no ‘truth’ to such a noun beyond the index it provides of ideological choices. What we like in cinema we call ‘entertainment’. The standards of what an audience finds entertaining differ so drastically from age to age that there simply could not be nominated that one set called ‘entertainment’ which would contain a list of features equally applicable in every age in terms of gauging popular taste. Most audiences today who do not have any exposure to the riches of the past would find it quite impossible to sit through many Dilip Kumar classics that once enthralled an entire generation of movie-goers. The films work very differently in terms of their pacing, narrative elements and so forth. These would be and are often deemed ‘boring’ by contemporary audiences. The reverse is also true (even if bankruptcy exists only on one side of this equation).
‘Entertainment’ is the seemingly neutral, inoffensive term favored by bourgeois audiences to define films that they support in any given age. The opposite set is comprised of films that subvert the ideological choices encoded in the ‘authorized’ one (the films that are always ‘entertainment’). Any audience can never find a film entertaining the worldview of which it cannot digest. Some audiences are just better in this regard than others. A 70s ‘rickshawala’ to use the old cliche showed much greater sophistication than the 90s ‘auntie’ (my own ‘completion’ of the same cliche). Not because that older cinema was ‘greater’ in every respect but for the far less commonly understood reason that in that earlier age the biggest box office successes were often the better films if not indeed the best ones. If one examined for example Amitabh Bachchan’s career in that period one would note that actually his strongest films did the best, not necessarily the weaker ones that were also otherwise successes. ‘Strong’ here simply means a narrative less ‘escapist’ than another and insistent on more ‘engagement’ by the audience. In other words the ‘rickshawala’ was sophisticated enough to understand the distinction between Trishul and Khoon Pasina. This refinement was nowhere in evidence in the 1990s where even for that same conservative counter-reactionary ideological matrix (which I otherwise loathe) much better films could have been fostered. I often come across cinema where the ‘politics’ repels me but where I also have to admit the strengths of the films at other levels. But let’s get back to ‘entertainment’!
Clearly the ‘entertainment’ standards are different for every age. This is only natural. But describing everything that does not conform to one’s sense and expectation of cinema as ‘non-entertainment’ is another matter. The bourgeois framework as I have been pointing out tries to delegitimize films that it cannot authorize not by ignoring them or even criticizing them but by introducing a new vocabulary for them. It is important for this ‘order’ to perform a move whereby the subversive work is not really seen as one in the overall set of choices for ‘entertainment’ but one that exists on the other side of the latter as the ‘boring’, ‘confusing’ work and so on. Notice how commonly it is said today that a film did not ‘connect’. This too is enunciated in certain contexts far more than others if not exclusively. Whatever the dominant bourgeois hegemony in a certain period ‘likes’ as cinema it also ‘authorizes’ as ‘entertainment’. Everything else is then banished from this realm where it exists in a black hole worthy of the attention of minorities who can then be called ‘out of the mainstream’ or ‘elitist’ or worse still ‘intellectuals’ (usually a term of abuse in India as it also is in the US).
Amitabh Bachchan offered the most formidable challenge to this bourgeois hegemony by doing films that this segment of his audience found hard to absorb but which were also such miracles of script-writing that really for the first and only time in the history of Hindi cinema such ‘obstacles’ were overcome. But this audience also could not stop hating Bachchan or at least being suspicious of him for what he forced them to watch! Today it is another audience vastly more hostile than the one in the 70s and another Bachchan vastly less fortunate in the script-writers his industry produces. Hence the bourgeois order can drive itself to hysteria with his subversion, his failures. All in the name of ‘entertainment’. Raavan will not have been ‘entertainment’. It will have been ‘dry’, ‘boring’, ‘confusing’, ‘not for the masses’.. a long laundry list.
Bourgeois audiences also have this complex. They indulge in all this labeling, all these ideological tricks in the name of the other, in this case the ‘masses’ or the ‘common man’. The dominant ideological choices of this class are presented in altruistic terms as simply enabling the ‘entertainment’ of the ‘masses’. It is never for oneself that one wants ‘entertainment’, only for the unfortunate other who depends on such escapist cinema. Much as one rarely rejects the subversive, alternative film in one’s own name. One insists that it is not for the ‘others’. ‘Bachchan’ is the exception to this rule, the name of that which can be resisted without recourse to the other. When a ‘traitor’ arises from within your class you must tackle him head-on! Why cannot Abhishek also be another ‘boy from Bandra’ doing multiplex films just like all his other peers? In the decade of the 70s at least this hypocrisy had a referent. Today it is rich irony to witness the bourgeois classes most responsible for the decimation of the entertainment of this ‘other’ (masses, B or C centers, single screens in A centers etc), responsible for the extinction of a cinema which formed the true dreamscape for so many such audiences, get up and posit ‘entertainment’ in the name of the ‘majority’. First neuter the space on which an ideological counter-balance might be produced, then pretend that what the other wanted all along was only one’s own politics! There is that other connected refrain — only certain kinds of films run! Yes of course! After one has eliminated the opposition only one party wins! Even as India democratizes in many ways (a move also not favored by the same bourgeois order.. note the disdain with which certain emancipatory political movements of the hinterland are held as opposed to those fascist administrators who are celebrated in metropolitan centers) and even as there is all this talk of ‘opening up’ it is rather sadly instructive to observe how the most democratic art form there has ever existed is appropriated by these same upwardly mobile classes, enabled by the economies of the ‘new India, and converted into its despotic opposite. Cinema only for the classes! The rest of you will never afford it, even if you do you will never find the subjects to your liking! We will call this cinema ‘refined’ and ‘sophisticated’, pretend this is an advance on the riches of the past (when other than technological gadgetry, which is not the same as cinematic vision, even ‘technical’ vision, we have nothing to put up against the triumphs of the past, except those few exceptions that we tear down as soon as they are released!) and chide those ‘masses’ for not getting better educated in these matters, those very ‘masses’ that we will occasionally becomes ourselves when it is a question of battling those evil intellectuals who make and support films like Raavan! And these intellectuals are so ungrateful. We have allowed them a space in our multiplex system to make minor and more minor films and do whatever they want but they insist on these large scale films to challenge ours. They even dare to keep losing money on them. Do they not even care for those ‘nice distributors’ whose livelihoods they are ruining? This is why India needs us. We take care of everyone — our families, our distributors’ families and we also fumigate when we spot the infection of subversive cinema! We will save India yet! Let’s round up all the subversives! Where’s Abhishek?
HELLO SIR,
I m really very sad wht Anat Megan has to go through.. i feel so much pain. my family’s prayers are with her family. hope the whole family comes out of this tragedy stronger than ever.. love & will come back later.
take care.
Mansi
my dearst Amitabh Bachchan..
good evening to you my dear..how are you filling?
i am happy that you had a good day today…thanks for the lovely pic…you look good as allways…
to all my French EF i wish you all Happy Bastille day….
i thank God for this wonderful world that you created here …your Blog ,and your EF/FmXt….thank God for the communication in this world today…we all know echother thanks to you …even though we all dont know ech other by the looks we all know ech other by heart and soul…that is just amazing…dont you think???
for me…i dont know how my life will be ,God forbid ,if i wont be part of this wonderful family…you give me the strength i need and the hope and power to move on with my life no matter what….thank you allllllllllllllllllllllllllllll………..
(i will thank ech and ever one later..please forgive me for not doing it now..)
all the best for KBC tommorow..i am sure you will do great …just as befor…
you ARE the best…allways stay who you are ….love you just like this…
forgive me now..please…i have to sleep now…i cant keep my eyes open …
love you alot…thank you for every thing…your love and soppurt means the world to me…..may the Lord Allmighty God repay you with only the best in the world….just love you and all my family here….
good night and sweet dreams…
yours for ever…
anat magen here in israel…
sorry for the spelling mistake . i meant Anat Magenji.. i can not even think wht she must be going through.. our support is always with her. may god bless her.
love
Mansi
dear amitji
good luck starting rehearsals tomorrow for KBC. I wanted to let you know sir that my wife and I bought a new house; we are very excited; The other day on tv, we sat and watched deewar; I have seen this movie thousand times but still can’t get bored from the movie; It is one of my all time favorite movies along with shakti, shaan, naseeb and sholay. Take care amitji and hope everyone is doing well. sincerely, dr sunir kumar from pittsburgh
Dear Mr Bachchan,
Yes it is the time when i look forward to your blog.
Nice picture…and good luck for KBC.
Love always,
Madhu.
Interesting and reflective post. We live in the age of ‘hyper’ communication. What is really being communicated all the time is less certain to me. There should be a place in life for silence and these technologies have almost made such a space non-existent which also means incidentally that ‘imagination’ suffers. And yes these technologies can be carried around everywhere, a kind of ‘home’ no matter where one is. But then again the strangeness of the ‘foreign’ is further reduced.
The social networking phenomenon is deeply problematic. One understands all the charm and yet isn’t this (as you’ve alluded to) the enemy of every kind of conversation that aims to be thoughtful, comprehensive, and so on. In other words ‘conversation’ is that which is not possible on twitter and the like. What you do get is a set of decontextualized remarks that can exchanged among people. But also the thrill of eavesdropping. So if you’re talking to Shammi Kapoor I can ‘listen in’.
The technology manufactures a certain sort of ‘communication’, whether one is better of for it is questionable. Certainly the time that could be spent elsewhere presumably on something more important or more interesting is compromised this way. Why read a book if we can twitter away throughout the day? The same goes for other arts. Technology creates a madly distracted population with limited attention spans who constantly need audio-visual stimuli to keep going every day. These social networking sites just add to the mix.
I think there are serious consequences to all of this. Not least being the degree to which one’s reflective abilities and certainly the time to set forth on such reflection is deeply compromised. A problem for imaginative life but also for democratic life both of which demand attention and reflection.
It must have been a wonderful evening and hope you had a wonderful time.
I have to say this - I love the collage of your photographs - each I look at it, I find something new - some where are you belligerent, some where you ravishing, some simply handsome, some where you are cocky LOL - I love it and I love looking at it.
Keep smiling always dear dear Amitji
Love
B
Amitji, love your paragraph about this space. All your metaphors are so apt and evocative: something like “ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga, jaise…….”
Loved it. Thank you.
And love the photograph. VERY SMART.
More later, after reading more of your post. First hurry to convey to you:
Love, love, love,
Jasmine J
Dear Mr Bachchan
Your opening thoughts on the myriad wondrous qualities of the Blog are almost too beautiful to permit any response. It is a sanctuary I seek every night… this meeting place for so many wonderful and distinctive hearts and minds. And above all it has …. you.
I shall endeavour to strike the odd note of incongruity to add to this delightful hullaballoo!
With love from Daisy
Respected Dada ,
Of Course its Bastille Day in France !! Of Course its Kargil War victory day in our Country !! But you have forgotten one historical event (hahaha) …. That its my B’Day today !! And I badly needs a yellow lines from you..
Same here - blog time with you Sir.
love,
anamika
Mr B,
This blog has become such an important and special part of our lives too and nothing can replace it, it gives us the opportunity to be close to you. Thank you for showing us so much of love
Good luck for the KBC rehearsals, although I doubt you need it since you are simply the best in everything that you do sir
Love the picture, you look great as always!
Lots of love always
DEAR AMITABH
AND WE HAVE YOU THANK GOD
With regards to the structural differences you mention because you don’t go through that part of your own city, even if I’ve been down a street hundreds of times, if I see a new business going up, I can never remember what was there before (unless I have actually frequented the establishment). I think I’m usually in a fog and my memory is shot!
What a lovely description of our place.. just reading it over and over again, and feel love and passion is increasing in my heart… is that what you feel towards this marvelous medium.. towards us… ? it is fabulous.. it is marvelous … it is beyond description… it is all what love about… it is all about YOU and the immense passion we load for YOU in our hearts.. !!
Hey… you are really making me so emotional… and i love it… but tell me how to relax my brain and how to slow down the sound of drums of the crazy heart beats and how to calm down the rapid pulses .. i smell the scent of love.. and the essence of those rain drenched flowers.. i love this atmosphere… love all what you had described .. the rising and setting sun, the sands and waves at the lonely beach.. and i love YOU.
Lovely photo… i don’t remember how many times i told you how a stunning , gorgeous and charming you are… you are more beautiful than that description.. God bless you..
Few hours and another tour will start.. few hours and i will be leaving to travel all over the country in 6 days… i shall never be away from you.. but since i shall be logging in via mobile, so the comments would be short and just greetings ( i hear a sigh of relief..
) … can’t stand to be away from your company… may god never deprive me from such a blessing.
Thank you so much for sharing with us the lovely details of your evening and all the best for KBC..
Love and much much more to you.. Good night and sweet dreams.
Respected sir,
its very pleasant to see u in happy moods always.
you created & maintained the dignity which no body can.
we pray to god for your good health always….
with lots of love.
Gaurav Satija, Delhi.
Thanks for mentioning Kargil.
We should never forget the sacrifices and remain vigilant
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
And before anything else this medium has YOU…as it is the time of night when we look forward for our daily little talk with you.
and iam so delighted that it has never lost its captivating charm which attracts you to it, in the presence of the other enticing medium that is twitter..
I might be repeating myself again and again…but for me the blessings of these various methods and gadgets of communications is that it made possible my traveling of long distances and cross borders and connect to you..
Thank you for posting that great photo of you at tonight’s event…and iam glad you had a pleasant evening. That’s a sweet gesture to mention the sacrifices made by the men of your country at that same date which coincides with the date of the Bastille Day, and also your gesture to mention all the greetings came on twitter.
I wish you all best of luck tomorrow with the rehearsals for KBC.
Sleep well lovely Mr. B…
Goodnight & sweet dreams,
With my love to you,
Rasha Zayed,
BigB yahoo group,
& BigB facebook group,
Cairo, Egypt.
Priya Sakhaa,
HI, how are you?
I follow you on Twitter but I LOVE THIS LOVELY…… SPACE…….!!!!!!!!!!!
I love to communicate with YOU through this SPACE….!!!!!
LOVELY PHOTO……….As usual……….YOU FASCINATE ME…………!!!!!!!!
KBC………!!!!!!!!!!!!! this three letters are pure magic………….!!!!!!!
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
KBC DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN…….
SURE? CONFIDANT? LOCK KIYA JAAYE?
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
KBC DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN……….
I will cross my fingers to participate as contestant……….!!!!!!!!!!!
In remembrance of Bastille Day, the national Day of France 14th July
In remembrance of the victory day for the Kargil War, fought hard and against all odds by our brave jawans up in the Himalayas against those that wanted to occupy our territory, on the 14th July 1999…I salute our jawans….
with pure love………with pure heart………
LO I’m VE……….with……….U
smita_nine@yahoo.co.in
Posted on the last blog
Lena, good luck on the German visa. And clever you, what you are going to be busy with for the month of August. Polina will miss you so!
Mithai, nice to hear from you. It’s been a while.
Anat, good girl. Your strength through this is admirable. I guess we have the ability of coping mechanism. God saw to that. And if not for man’s sins according to Genesis, we would not have this imperfect world. And bad things do not necessarily happen to bad people. It is truly a test of strength and fortitude.
Angel, sleep well. You take care of yourself. Do not beat yourself about this. I have no idea what you were on about anyway. Hindi malu nahin, I think!
Subhaaash Kaura, you are back with us for how long? And after how long? Good to see you here. AB, meet your old EF Subhash again.
Sumit Goyal, thanks.
Anupam, add the person, say for example AB, by clicking on Follow on Twitter. When you want to write to AB on twitter, use his Tweet name @srbachchan and then write a short message. At least I hope my explanation makes sense. I have not double checked. And if you wish to know if someone has written to you, click on your name on the right.
Sameer, thanks for the information about Dengue fever in Florida. I needed to be aware of this. My daughter is working there at Epcot for the summer. And if the fever is spreading northwards, my son in NY needs to know too.
My cousin aged 43 died last year in Kerala with dengue fever. He lived three houses away from my dad who also contracted dengue at the same time. I raced homewards to nurse my then 91 year-old dad and attend my cousin’s funeral fearing the worst for dad. But by God’s grace, he survived this.
I have passed the news to hubby too.
Honest, this blog is great for current affairs and the latest news too.
Ta, all
Love
Reshmi P
And AB, thanks for the gracious letter.
Righto Mr B..Twitter rocks! *Satyam I’ll get back to you later
Dear friend Anat Magen,
A BIG HUG AND LOVE…..TO YOU…….AND YOUR FAMILY………..
smita
My Dear Mr. Amitji,
To-day blog is a great & nice blog. You find out the difference between TWEET & BLOG with excellent art of writing. Now a days, it’s a era of communications. In past, the only way of communications are telephone, telegraph & letter . Now we can easily share our feelings with all friends in a few seconds with our gagedts.
I hope today evening was memorable in your life. I hope that, you also enjoy the Balestic day of France. Thank you for remembering that, Kargil war was woned by India. It’s great victory of our country. I salute to the immortal Jawan who rescue our country from danger.
Take care, stay healthy & strongly…………
Good Night, Sir………..
See you later………..
Dear Mister Bachchan,
thanks for the picture! Now my curiosity is satisfied; the colors you wore: noble and stylish, well chosen for such a noble minded person and surely for the occasion…
KBC rehearsal tomorrow: Good luck for it, dear Amitabh!
Mr. Bachchan, two days ago I found interesting informations about the innovations concerning to the german “Who wants to be a Millionaire” in my newspaper: instead of 10 people there will be only 5 women and men in the first circle of the game! The chance to become a candidate is twice as high!
How is it in KBC, unfortunately I haven’t watched the first part of the indian show!? Are there any innovations planned for you after your abstinent time from TV?
…my best wishes for a good night and a successful day tomorrow!
Love, Magdalena (who loved especially the first part of your post today)
My Dear Mr. Amitji,
I wish to great success about KBC -4, we all are waiting for this great show…
Good Night ………..
Amitji.
From the way you have written this message, you seem totally relaxed and at ease. I love it when you are like this, makes me feel happy:)
Glad you had a agreat time on Bastille Day..must have been emotional too, having the event at the TAJ..God Bless the souls of all those that died that night..
Kargill War, didnt realise it was on the same day, thanks for the reminder..
You were looking great tonight as always, would love to see this speach, will search on the net for it:)
Please do keep you copy of the book with you always, that way we can feel were travelling with you too:))
All the best always
Kishore
BIgB Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5380871097
Dearest Amit ji,
That was a lovelly n touching discreption of the Fmxt n Blog..
The Fmxt area bit jelous of the twitter at times.. due to the number of instant responses… But after reading todays comment… there is peace at heart.. that we are the chosen one…
Luv n respects
Joshua D
Thanks for having us…..on your fingers, in realty of virtual universe.
What a beautiful selection of words. …Rain drenched flower sounds so refreshing, full of fragrance, untouched and innocent.
Gadgets for effective Modes of communication are becoming indispensable. One’s gotta have Laptop, Cell, user ids and what not for any potential travel. Checking, email, staying in touch, approachable, managing bank accounts, paying bills have become necessary and need to be done. Big salute to Internet Revolution….
As usual, you look great beside the flags…..
Let me also join with all while saluting all those brave Army personals who fought in Kargil for our beloved country….Indians should always be thankful for their sacrifices and owe them big time……
As always, my best regards and dhero pyar…
29, Anat Magen
You sleep to your heart’s content. Your business will be well oiled and run by your husband. But your body and mind need rest and you will also enjoy coming here tomorrow well rested and reading and writing here. Is it not the best feeling to know that so many people so genuinely care for you in your times of tribulation?
We will see you soon, Anat. Take good care of yourself.
My dearest Lena (last day, #269),
I knew that he wouldn’t wear the colors of the Tricolore… That would have been to easy; but I also wanted to write it first: red…! Yes, the french revolution, I like this subject in my history lessons but if it’s the same to my pupils? I don’t think so because they can’t reconstruct the value of the full effort of the nation!
Lena, good luck for your visum! To give a senseful reply to your question I should know much more about the visa requirements!
Tomorrow I will think concretely about our meeting in august! Now I have the time: the holidays are here!!!!! To sleep late………yeahhhhhhhhhhh!
Greetings and a big hug from
Magdalena
sir
all the best for kbc new season
when does raj kumar santoshi movie rolls ?
warm regards manoj grover
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Wonderful post … as always. It is always a great pleasure to read your lines.
I send my best wishes for the rehearsals from KBC. … Ohh I wish I could here in Germany also to see. …well maybe there gives opportunities…:)
God bless you Mr. Bachchan and your family
Love
Carla
Dear Amit jee, you look handsome as always and thanks for the pic. When you will tell me your beauty secret?…I’m still trying to get this info…haha. I hope you and Jaya jee enjoyed the Bastille Day in Somu. Oh..please keep posting every day here on this divine blog of yours for us>>> FmXt/EF. So sweet dreams for now. With oceans of love to you and your parivaar, bye.
Sir:
Hats off to you for being so diligent in your commitments. A learning lesson for us that even at your stature, you still make it to your commitments on time and take projects very seriously (i.e. reharsals for KBC even though you have hosted them before).
-Vikas.
Dear Anat,
just read from your loss… I am very sad about it … and I do not have words that you could give strength and solace. But dearest Anat you are not alone we all from the EF/ FmXt are with you. The band between you and your husband and your family will be stronger so you’ll get the power and love that you need.
God bless and protect you Anat, and your family
big hug and love
Carla
Dear shalini, # 37
yellow lines I can give you not :)…but
wish you a Happy Birthday !
Carla
Dearest Anat, It took me ages to figure out what has been happening to you, dearest. Not Again!!!!! Please do not lose hope. Think positive. What is not meant to be, leave it and start again. My deepest feeling for you and your Hubby and the rest of the family. I have still not been able to know what has happened but I can figure it out.
I went to see someone at the hospital today, who has kidney problems and even if she is on holiday ( she is from Mumbai ) she spends every alternate day in hospital for kidney dialysis. I was shocked to see so many people in that unit, all on dialysis. Please, may the Almighty give you strength to bear the sorrow.
My work commitments does not allow me to read the comments everyday. A lot of my colleagues have taken holidays so I have been helping to cover for them. One of them has gone home to see his elderly parents in Tunisia, another one is going to Canada to celebrate the engagement of her son. The girl’s parents are in Canada, and so an official engagement will take place in presence of a larger family.
But the mention of your name made me search other pages and I thought I must write to you today. Take care and God Bless. Pranams to our Dear Sir, and all the wonderful family he has created for us.
Dear Amitji,
Gorgeous photo.
Good night and God Bless
Love and best wishes
Sangita xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Remembering Madan Mohan too, Sir…. he had passed away on 14th July 1975. He had composed Kaifi Azmi’s most touching words of patriotism…. kar chale ham fida hum jaan-o -tan….
-Salil
Amit ji,
THOSE FIRST TEN LINES OF TODAYS POST ARE BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE WRITER AND EVERY WORD IS WRITTEN STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART. THIS IS THE REASON YOU ARE LOVED BY SO MANY, YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.
BEST WISHES FOR KBC REHEARSALS, CAN’T WAIT TO SEE UOU IN THIS ROLE ONCE AGAIN.
TAKE CARE
LOTS OF LOVE (as always)
YOUR NO.1 FAN FROM UK
Hello Mr. Bachchan,
All want to say is “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” by Lal Bahadur Shastri. Why have forget?
With Regards.
janak
Dear Amitji,
just as you are awaiting the night- for FMxt to connect to- thru’ this blog- we await daily on this page for the same. It is not the same without a new blog daily- and if it is missed by me on my end- it feels, I did not do a daily activity of my day!!!! It has become an integral part of me. Another “daily activity” -without which, it is not possible to move ahead!!! And, twitter is a small space for me to connect with yuo. I rather be here daily.
Congrats to you and Jayaji for being honored on the bestilic day of french- and also good luck for KBC tomorrow.
Nice photo of your on the blog.
I am leaving from here (LA) to go back to Philadelphia , and so may be I will miss the blog as my plane is at 2.15 pm and won’t reach my home until late at night.
love and more…
Ashesh
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Your description of this blog was very lyrical . Each night you have a tryst with your EF and all over the globe , transcending all our differences , in varied timezones , we are joined with you in thought and spirit . That is pretty darn cool , is it not ?
The information superhighway has already surpassed the speed of sound and it is one crowded highway . Far too much chatter around us than necessary .Personally I like to take the scenic route , ‘ the road less travelled ‘ and have no qualms about switching off the ‘ devices ‘ which have become both a bane and a boon for us.
Love and regards .
Dear Amitji,
read on HT- that Lataji and you are on twitter - she enjoyed connecting to you and your family. She is India’s most beloved singer and PRIDE.
love
Ashesh
Dearest Amit ji,
Namaskar! I am back, after a series of tumbling blocks or the past few months. Family, Health, Guests, Holidays………………I was being taken over by almost everything. No excuses……however much i try i could not be as committed as you……..I am so so SORRY.
I missed you sooooooooo much.
I read the letter sent by you to the Big B group on face book of which i am a small part. Thank you sooo much for such precious words. I definitely hope to meet you and speak to you in person some day.
My best wishes for the new season of KBC. I look forward to viewing it.
As always………..LOVE YOU!
Good Night
Bharati Sharma (Millie)
Glasgow
Dear Amitji,
You are absolutely correct in saying that nothing can replace blogs, even the pioneers of social media would agree to that. However, I think you are one of the very few people who continue to blog in the true sense of the word. For most people Twitter and blogging are only means to further their business/ professional interest, celebrities are often accused of using social media to generate hype for their upcoming movies,books etc but ironically most average bloggers too write with commercial interest in heart. Of course, most people wouldn’t know what to write on a daily basis
So your blog is like a whiff of fresh air but I would request you to moderate comments on your blog more, a lot of these are rants that make it difficult to follow conversation which you are able to do on Twitter. Guess I should stop here,else I would be contributing to the same “noise” I am talking about
And please do give a thought on this line 
Regards,
Danish
Dear amitji
good luck starting rehearsals tomorrow for KBC. I wanted to let you know sir that today is my birthday.we are very excited; Take care amitji and hope everyone is doing well. sincerely, paresh pandit
Dear AB
Very interesting blog and love the first para…very beautifully written.
SoMu..very cute and innovative now i guess everybody will be calling it SoMu.
U look dashing as ever in the picture..
love u loads
Vinita
HEY MR BACHCHAN…how r u…keep smiling always…lots n pots of luv…god bless u always!!
Dear Amitji,
Thank you for the interesting post and the beautiful picture. You look very suave and elegant standing at the podium against a lovely background of French flags and palm leaves. What a pleasurable sight to behold!
Hope all goes well with your rehearsal for KBC. I’m sure you’re going to have fun being in the hot seat once more. Please show us a small clip if at all possible.
Its passed midnight here in the UK, so will bid you Goodnight, God bless and peace always.
With love & prayers,
Brenda
Hi
Wish all best of luck.
Margaret.. thanks for your comment from yesterday..
Dearest Amitji,,,,,
I have certainly missed you. Really missed you. LAck of communication has had a very bad effect on my routine.
Work is truly unbearable. I dont know how it became like this but it has.
Family flying out to Germany end of month. Going to passport office tomorrow to get d lil ones passport. Should have done it before.
Eyes are closing Sir….but before i go….i need to share with you something….and please pass this on to Abhi.
After an extremely long long long time I saw a truly great non-AMItabh Bachchan film. Probably the last one was Omkara. Raavan Im talkin about. THis film has left some lasting images on my mind which refuse to be diluted or remove themselves from my thoughts. Their constant presence in my head are making me realise that i have witnessed a truly unique experience. From the acting to the camera shots to the broad choice of actors to the music…everything has been unbelievable. I cant remember the last time i saw a film and was so mesmerised. Throughout the film i was thinking is this actually happening. Such a masterpeice. I feel truly priviledged to have come across this. Abhi has something special which only a few directors can extract. By far this has to be Ash’s best film. Ranjha song is the only song ive heard the past few days. Dont get me wrong Sir…im not saying this at all to suck up. I still am at shock at how such a great film is even possible. And the cherry on the cake has to be that every person i know that has seen this film has felt the same.
Well done all the team of Raavan. Especially the director and Abhi.
LOve
ibby
My Dear Mr Bachchan
What a beautiful description of this precious home…It has become a very special part of our daily lives.You are a great inspiration…Thank you for bringing together people from all different paths of life.We all love you!
Also,Thanks for explaining your evening…I’m glad you had a good time at the National Day of France celebration…You look wonderful as usual.
All the best with your rehearsals for KBC!
Have a great day!
May God always bless and protect you,your wonderful family and all dear FmXt
My sincere love always…
Saroj
Congratulations to our jawans again who fought for our country- FOR US.
Its a pity they are underpaid while in countries like U S and Canada they are highly respected and highly paid- hope Indian politicians and prime minister do some thing good for them with love and sincerity and gratitude.
JAIHIND!
SAIRAM,
Nalini
Dear Sir,
Suprabhat, Best wishes 4 KBC
regards,
rashmi army
Amithji Parnam,
Oh how IT IS US!! That await eagerly for you post each night, for us too it becomes that time of day/night, when the day’s routine has been fulfilled, and we long to discover your latest happenings, your interactions, your laughs, and your lows, your health, your concerns and new ventures…. Because OF YOU MY DEAR…
Such a heart felt, poetic, and most deeply touching statement you sum up of this platform, your right the entire depth that this can take us all, Twitter can not touch.. Long LIVE OUR BLOG!!!!
These days you have really been spoiling us with such photogenic treats… Thank you another one to treasure!!!! Looking good as ever…
All my deepest best wishes and good luck charms for KBC… But no fears the slightest you will totally cause a blast and ROCK like you did 10 years back…Oh I can not hold my excitement.. Looks like for sure, without a doubt back to subscribing Sony!!!..lol…
Okay than silly me, thinking you were going back to France for Bastille Day, but instead you were in the Taj ‘SOMU’ Hahahahaaaa….
My sincere and best wishes for all our French companions in marking this special day.. and a salute and JAI HIND!! For our Jawans. God Bless them all..
Must slip back into my files and hot water before it becomes too luke for my liking…
My lov as always whilst reciting ‘Madhushala’
Have a refreshing day tomorrow..
Anu Uttam
x
Dear Sirji,
Looks like you are in a relaxed mood. I am so happy for you. You are looking as usual dashing in the photograph. Kargil date was 14 July, didn’t know that thanks for reminding and really proud of our jawans for winning the Kargil war. God luck with your KBC rehearsals. May God bless you, your family and even our E.F.’s.
Love U & your family unconditionally,
Your Ever Smiling
Fan ~ Sunita
Respected Amitji,
Good Morning sir.Nice post with every detail movement of the day in your life .
you r t best.pl keep going.Have a nice day ahead.Eagerly waiting for KBC4(chathurth).pl do take good care.
RAM BHOLE
Your speech must have been fab at the French Bastille Day. My daughter wore tricolours to school and we remembered you.
Have a nice day rehearsing and refining KBC which you do due to your professionalism. We need to imbibe this ourselves.
Love
Reshmi P
Sir, KARGIL DAY………………One of the greatest in history of India…………….
Dear Sir,
Good day to you.
Did you the article “Why so angry Mr. Bachchan? “. It is in yahoo news.
I don’t remember the journalist name.
Hello Mr. B,
You’re looking dapper! But tell me did you have at least some champagne there at the Function?
Yes I too salute all the heroes of the Kargil War , feel like a proud I ndian, and God bless all who fought for my country they will always be blessed.
So KBC rehearsals are on now, dont forget to send out a flying kiss to all your EF when you are seated on the ‘throne’, promise? Lets see. Am sure you wont just because I suggested it!! Joking.
Liked your new abbreviation for South Mumbai-Somu! Cute.
So then here’s wishing you a nice day Mr.B, love and french kisses galore!
PS- By the way did you see Iker Cassillas smooching his T. V. reporter lovely looking girl-friend bang on in front of the cameras after his World Cup win, what a guy honestly..superman!
Mr. B,
Went back to ur post again and my word the way you have compared your EF to a rain drenched flower, the rising and setting of the sun and so on and so forth ,gosh how flattering honestly.You could always fall back on another profession if you so desire, writing, or perhaps poetry too.
Dear Amitji,
You are looking so handsome and attractive in that picture. Thank you.
You are such a warm-hearted kind person. God bless you!
Hope you had a great time yesterday.
Love you
Jyoti
Dear AB, I am touched by the opening para of your post.
I woke up feeling feverish and lethargic, but reading the blog is always very rejuvenating.
There is a vibrant picture today.
SoMu …brilliant ….reminds me of Sumo the pain reliever….combo of paracetamol and nimulid…one not good for the liver, other not good for the kidney..but …indispensable at times….today is one of those. HMMmm…..work beckons…..so cant take a furlough…despite ill health.
But….so lovely to read such good words in the morning…..that is why we all love you ….more ….with each passing day. May the Lord bless you and your family…Amen
love
Good Morning Sir
How Are You , Sir
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind”
Abhishek Sharma
( Member Of Amitabh Bachchan Fan Club , Jaipur )
May KBC4 prove to be another landmark in the entertainment Industry.
Regards,
Alok Shrivastava, Mumbai
all the best for your new innings with KBC
# 47 Rashmi P,
I am happy that my posting of that news is helpful for you…
I am god ..
आदरणीय अमितजी,
सही कहा आपने इस ‘ब्लॉग’ पर शांति है, स्थिरता है, संवाद है, भरोसा है, ढाढस है, मित्रता है, थोड़ी शत्रुता है, एक अजीब सा अपनापन है और सबसे ऊपर हम सबको जोड़ने वाले कड़ी के रूप में ‘आप’ है…..
यह ब्लॉग राईट जो हम और आप, रोज़ रोज़ लिखते है वह इतिहास में दर्ज हो रहा है. इसका भी कभी मूल्य लाखों-करोड़ों में गीना जायेगा….
ट्विट्टर और SMS में क्या फर्क है…कुछ सालों में सिर्फ उँगलियों के ओपरेशन के लिए ही अलग से ‘क्लिनिक’ खुल गए होंगे !!
फ़्रांस दिवस पर पर सभी फ्रेंच दोस्तों को बधाई, कारगिल दिवस पर उन जवानों के परिवारों को नमन जो देश सेवा में अपनी जान की बाज़ी लगा गए….यहाँ हमारे शहर के एक चौराहे पर जवानों की याद में श्रद्धांजलि के रूप में लिखा गया है..”आने वाले पीढ़ियों से कहना कि तुम्हारे उजले ‘कल’ के लिए हम अपना ‘आज’ कुर्बान कर रहे है”
मुंबई का ट्राफिक और साल भर की उमस ऐसे कारण है जिससे यह महानगरी ‘नरक’ सी प्रतीत होती है…..
शेष फिर,
समीर चौहान
छत्तीसगढ़.
Hello Sir,
You look great at the French National Day function.
Wish you and family are keeping well.
Best wishes to you on the rememberance of victory at Kargil War.
Needless to mention, wish you all the luck and best for KBC4 rehersals.
Best
Manish Nathwani
Paragraph starting with Twitter may be instant– is excellent,
extraordinary and eternal. While reading, it generated emotions
that are difficult to describe. Best Wishes for KBC.
Regards,
Sapna.
Pune.
Hello Amitji,
You looking stunning the picture. I’m sure you enjoyed the Bastille evening with the French as company.
Any news about Anat Magen? Amitji, here’s wishing you all the very best for KBC. You are a charmer. I pray that KBC - 3 or 4 or whatever hosted by yourself is a thumping success. Just be your usual self.
Have a wonderful day. Hello to Jayaji.
Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love….
with the worlds tightest hug,
Zeta
#29 Anat Magen,
Happy that you are alright…keep faith in your GOD…
Amitji, a propensity towards the poetic runs in your veins, in your heart, in your soul, in your being. Your great father’s legacy, of course, how could you escape it. I’ve felt on innumerable occasions that you are the master of poetic prose. When you say of the blog that it “It has the subtle touch of that soft wave that smoothes out as it touches the sand banks of a long and lonely beach”, what is it if not sheer poetry? Simply loved it.
From Bastille day, to the memories of the bloody carnage at Taj Mumbai on November 26, 2008, to the Kargil war: your post today traverses the distance between these important and blood soaked events. It ends looking ahead, though, which is how you often end your blog, looking at tomorrow (which is already today in your part of the globe) and the rehearsals for KBC. Things have started rolling pretty quickly. Do you really need to rehearse, though? You would be fabulous without any.
Wishing you a wonderful, happy, productive day, and looking forward to your return to the sacred space at night and reading about your day, with love and regards,
Jasmine J
good morning amit ji
u are looking mind blowimh in oic as u always
we r very thankful to u as u give lot of importance to ur EF.we love u very much
i hope ur fuction must be fantastic.yes how can we forget the jawans who sacrifice their lives for us.salute to them
love u
jyoti
very nicely thought and drafted 1st paragraph….
All the best for KBC4
morning ~
dear amitji,
greetings, yes communication is everything in today’s world, to think that a few years we had to book a trunk call to make long distance calls seems ancient, with such giant strides in telecommunications, the world has indeed become a small place to live in, computers, cell phones have become almost indispensable, good to know that u and jayaji had a good time at the party hosted by the french consulate to celebrate bastille day at the good old taj,the pride of mumbai, thanx a ton for remembering and reminding us of victory day for the kargil war i.e.14th July, kudos to our war heroes, sir, u r rehearsing for KBC is a great lesson for all of us, it is incredible, i salute u for this, from the bottom of my heart, i express my gratitude to u for starting the blog which is 816 days old today, may it continue forever, the bond between u and us(ur Fmxt/EF) is as solid as the rock of gibraltar, nazaar na lage, amen!!!, good wishes to u, ur family and the EF/FmXt, keep well,
regds,
amitji my heart skipped a beat whn i read ”it has you” ha ha ha……it actually did !!!!! i am so relieved u prefer blog over twitter ….. a relief in sum way :)….. loved the post [as usual ] loved the pic [as usual] there is notihng i dont love about u !!!!!!!
anat megan good to hear from u …i was actually thinking of u the whole day…..!!!! u were playin on my mind …….always in my prayers…my heart goes out to u because i know what it is like ….had my babies after 15 years….. u will hav em too
i wish amitji we can hav r pics with r names ….. just for that extra connection…if i am not mistaken it did happen breifly…
i love my time on the blog…its ME TIME for me…. love my space to share my thoughts without limits….u have created this comfort zone for us…..
love u….big hug zazee
cant wait for KBC ….. yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
zazee
Sir ji r u read comments r not i tale u , when i m baby then u meet always my family in allahabad. but in this time u forgate past .
WAITING FOR UR CALL!
JAI GANESH
9423063090
girish_coool@yahoo.com
अमित सर जब आप इलाहबाद में थे तब आप मेरे घर पर खूब आते जाते थी पर मुंबई जा कर आप तो सब भूल गए | मेरी मम्मी बताती है की जब आप घर आते और मुझे गोद में लेते तो अक्सर में आपकी गोद पर सु-सु कर देता था |
Dunya main sirf teen(3) tarah kay log he khush naseeb hotey hain 1) Woh jinhay sacha pyar milta hai 2) woh jinhay acha Yaar milta hai 3) Woh jinhay mera sms baar baar milta hai Only 4 u
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Dear Lion King,
Wow, you have put this space on a pedestal and if it comes from you, it has to be so! I never knew I could come to this space everyday like the way I do, actually I do only because of you.This place is more magnetic than the poles. I also spend time on Twitter because of Mr Nandy and you.
You look drop dead gorgeous in that photo, I wish there were a bit more of you at the Taj.
Never mentioned this yesterday, but I tend to believe that controversies somehow crop up prior to a movie release. There is a pattern. From Chetan Bhagath’s controversy and Aamir Khan’s issue at an army base ( prior to 3 idiots ), to SRK’s run in with immigration before MNIK, the Sri Lanka issue before Raavan and now AK’s jackass issue prior to his recent release. I think the gullible public are the biggest jackasses in this minefield of controversies. It is best to step aside if you are caught in one and especially if you are not a nobody. We, the fourth idiots would never know! Albeit, only in the case of Raavan,the controversy did not appear as if it were done for a movie promotion, quite the contrary.
Looking forward to KBC..
Please take good care of yourself and hope we see more pics…
xoxoxoxoxo
Sharmila
http://www.sharmilasays.wordpress.com
Prabhu,
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1346682&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=156149049524&id=1481617506
Prabhu, Checkout this picture from Bastille Day…You cracking joke and Jaya ji laughing by heart…Beautiful picture of both of you..Must see.
God Bless to Both of you.
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Most people the country would agree that KBC was the best thing that happened on the national TV network when it began. It was something which caught the viewers’ imagination like no other TV show had done till then. You conducted it with so much grace, finesse and aplomb episode after episode. I remember during the time slot it used to be telecast, there would be near curfew like conditions in cities and towns, big and small, all over the country with most viewing public glued to their TV sets for the duration of the show. I would often go out to check the deserted streets, markets to confirm this. That was the magic of KBC mainly due to the powerful presentation by you. It was a big hit. Over a long period of time it did start to lose it’s TRP ratings…..as happens with even most successful TV shows and was taken off the air. But overall it was a great success and it showed to the nation your great qualities as a person. You treated each and every contestant in such a dignified manner. It was a pleasure to watch. I am sure you would do an equally great job this time too. So here’s wishing you all the success for the new KBC series / innings.
Subhash Kaura
Good Relations doesn?t need
any promises any terms or conditions.
it just need two wonderful people.
One cool like me.
one sweet like u.
Dear Amit sir,
As you’re starting the rehearsals for KBC, I wish to put forward only one word to you - “Innovate” . Every season, the viewers expect something different. This time too eagle eyes will be watching and analysing your hosting capabilities.I hope this season will be much more successful than the previous ones and may those who’re waiting to criticise purposely for no reason be disappointed.
Our best wishes are with you,
Deepa
DEAREST AMITJI,
GOODMORNING ! VERY VERY LOVELY DESCRIPTION OF THIS PLACE AND FMXT, VERY POETIC. REALLY TOUCHED BY YOUR THOUGHTS. THANKS FOR THE LOVE AND AFFECTION.
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED BSTILLE DAY DESPITE OF THE CROWD, PROTOCOLS & SECURITY. ALL THE BEST FOR KBC REHEARSELS. EAGERLY WAITING FOR ITS TELECAST.
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. YOU LOOK VERY DASHING AND HANDSOME.
BEST REGARDS,
LOVE YOU,
BANWARI,VALSAD
A samll correction: Most people in the country…
DearAMITABHJI,
Your first paragraph abt the blog today look like a SOOTHING POEM penned by you. Words and sentences used by you are very APT AND REMARKABLE and very interesting .
Taj hotel is back duly renovated in all respects..management especially the general manager mr singh who lost his his family in 26/11 desrves all the accolades for the
hard work done in bringing back the HISTORICAL AND GLORIOUS TAJ in original shape despite the devastating attack by the terrorists..
you have remebered the kargil heros on the french day in your speach ——-it is a great tribute to the indian army.
warm regards and love always,
rajinder sehgal
waiting eagerly for KBC sir…
your biggest fan
Hi, I just returned from Mumbai after attending Suresh Wadkar’s school of music for my classical vocal lessons. I admire your acting skill and really wanted to meet you. I managed to get in touch with Raju from your office, but he couldn’t tell me when you’d be available. I will be going back to Mumbai next summer or possibly even this december. I would sincerely appreciate if you could tell me how I can talk to you and meet you in person. I will be coming all the way from Canada and it would be nice to see my favourite actor. By the way I’m fourteen years old and my 7 year old brother and older sister want to meet you too. Have a good life.
Always,
Anita
yakissss ye inter net bhi naaaaa x(
kaam hi nahi kar raha :”(
baar baar ata hai jata hai
waiting eagerly for KBC sir… me too me too me too ….:)
Consumer Reports will not recommend Apple iPhone 4
Tue, Jul 13 01:54 AM
Consumer Reports said it cannot recommend Apple’s iPhone 4 to buyers after tests confirmed the device’s well-publicized reception glitches.
It added that that AT&T Inc, the exclusive mobile phone carrier for the iPhone 4, was not necessarily the main culprit.
The influential nonprofit organization, which publishes guides on everything from cars to TVs, said in a report released on Monday that it also tested other phones — including the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre — and found none had the signal-loss problems of Apple’s latest iPhone.
The report was the latest blow to the iPhone 4, which sold 1.7 million units in its first three days on the market but has been plagued by complaints of poor reception. Many of the complaints involve a wraparound antenna whose signal strength is said to be affected if touched in a certain way.
Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu said he was surprised by the stance that Consumer Reports took on the new iPhone. Wu noted that the group’s recommendations are used as a guide by many consumers.
“Consumer reports is a respected publication. This could have an impact on iPhone sales,” Wu said.
Apple shares were down 1 percent at $257.06 on Monday afternoon on the Nasdaq.
The company has been sued by iPhone customers in at least three complaints related to antenna problems.
“When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side — an easy thing, especially for lefties — the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you’re in an area with a weak signal,” contributor Mike Gikas said in a report on the Consumer Reports website.
“Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone 4’s signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software that ‘mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength,’” Gikas said.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
Gikas recommended covering the gap in the wraparound antenna with duct tape or some other non-conductive material.
Apple has said almost any cellphone will suffer a loss of signal if held in certain ways. It said later it had discovered a software glitch that overstates signal strength, though it did not directly address concerns about the antenna with that admission.
On the flip side, Consumer Reports said the iPhone scored high on other testing grounds such as battery life, sharp display and high-quality video camera.
However, Gikas said the signal problem was the reason the iPhone 4 would not be classified as a “recommended” device in its smartphone ratings.
“Apple needs to come out with a permanent — and free — fix to the antenna problem before we can recommend the iPhone4,” said Gikas in his blog post on ConsumerReports.org.
(Reporting by Carolina Madrid and Gabriel Madway; Editing by Edwin Chan, Matthew Lewis and Steve Orlofsky)
Pawan Pipalwa .. aap kya chand ban gaye hai kaha chipe rahte hai ..
chip chip ke commnet karte hai …. shamne bhi aaiye mahaprobhooooo !
Amith ji.. Good morning
how wonderful i am feeling right now.. i can not express in words. actually i was a little bit sad before reading ur post. but now… aftr reading this beautiful ‘poetry’ of urs .. i am my own ‘happy go lucky girl ‘ .. again. thanks Amith ji..!! thank u very very much. 
what ever u do there.. talk there… shud be followd by others. it is the ‘others’ who need rehearsals.. not u !! isnt it??
wow.. what u wrote abt our blog is very very touching. …’It has solitude in a crowded market and the heart beat of millions…It has you….’
this foto up there .. is grand as usual.
ur speech.. followd by applause.. is there any new thing in this sirji?? wat ever u do/talk… u will get the same response. no??
i dont think u need any rehearsals.. for the show sirji….
so.. by now u must be heading to the studio.. right??
in remembrance of Bastille Day,..in remembrance of the victory day for the Kargil War….
and a heart full of love fr u..and fr allll my EF..
vijji
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Dearest Amitji,
Do I need to say this? You look great as always.. And I never know 14th July was the victory day of Kargil war. It is my sis-in-law’s b’day too… Good luck for KBC. My wish is to see the shooting of KBC as a part of the audience. Lets see if this is possible..
Love you
Ami
love u sir……take care
बिग फ्रेंड जी
transliterate जब भी करने की सोचती हु ये इंटरनेट का नाट्क शुरु
My dear Amitji.. Kind day to you and Best Wishes!…
You have spent last day in the French consulate in honour of Bastille Day, the French National Day.. It is significant day for France and unforgettable day for you…
Thanks for a photo my dear.. You are magnificent on background flags (and out of a background too!), you handsome my dear!.. I admire you always.. You are irresistible my dear… Looking at this photo and I hear an applause turned to you, so it is live literally!
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In remembrance of Bastille Day. In remembrance of the victory day for the Kargil War. A reminder about Kargil… A fine film where one of roles has executed Abhishek… Amazing work!… This film is included into number my the most favourite…
Yes, communication and internet became necessary now.. Today it is impossible to present us without the Internet.. It is the important element of our existence today, we cannot deny it.. Communication with each other which was earlier impossible and in order to receive the answer it was necessary to very long to expect.. Now to receive desirable it is possible for minute… The wonderful, surprising and tremendous world of modern technologies! I do not represent a life today without all these blessings of a civilisation, I do not represent myself without your blog, without my friends whom I have found thanks to the Internet… Wonderful world!!
You start rehearsals for KBC today… I wish good luck to you in this project, I know that will succeed and remarkable show will turn out.. All will be well, i wish you many interesting projects…
Thanks for a fine post my dear… I wish you successful day and fruitful work.. All my warmth, care and sincere love to you.. Take care of yourself my angel…
Your devoted Lyudmila..
Dated:15.07.2010.
Dear Mr.Amitabh Bachchan,
When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
The maxims of men disclose their hearts.
To select well among old things, is almost equal to inventing new ones.
I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. -
What gems of painting or statuary are in the world of art, or what flowers are in the world of nature, are gems of thought to the cultivated and the thinking. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stealing someone else’s words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own. - Peter Anderson
A short saying oft contains much wisdom. - Sophocles
It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book. - Vicesimus Knox
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.- William B. Sprague
It is delightful to transport one’s self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good sayings are like pearls strung together. - Chinese Proverb
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. - Arabic Proverb
Proverbs are the cream of a nation’s thought. - Unknown
There is not less wit, not less invention, in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that book. - Pierre Boyle
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will. - Joseph Joubert
It is delightful to transport one’s self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what glorious height we have at last reached. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Time is of of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors’ minds ages ago. - Samuel Smiles
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom. - Joseph Joubert
The proverb answers where the sermon fails. - W. G. Simms
Human success is a quotation from overhead. - Charles H. Parkhurst
A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time. - Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle
A proverb is the child of experience. - Old Saying
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. - Sir J. Mackintosh
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind, than in the one where they sprung up. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold. - Tryon Edwards
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Henry Ward Beecher
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business–or almost anywhere else for that matter.
Lee Iacocca
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Victor Cousins
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
Failures do what is tension relieving,
while winners do what is goal achieving.
Dennis Waitley
(as quoted in Brian Tracy’s book, Eat That Frog)
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Samuel Butler
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
The great and glorious masterpiece of
man is to know how to live to purpose.
Michel de Montaigne
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
or what’s a heaven for?
Robert Browning
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Kahlil Gibran
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Aldous Huxley
If you don’t know where you are going,
you’ll end up someplace else.
Yogi Berra
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before.
Polybius
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Viktor Frankl
The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.
Richard Monckton Milnes
To reach a port, we must sail—Sail, not tie at anchor—Sail, not drift.
Franklin Roosevelt
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Henry Ford
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Seneca
It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it.
Burmese Saying
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Author Unknown
Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
David Ogilvy
There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Logan Pearsall Smith
With love
Dr.Zensunking…………….www.zensun.com………..email:zensunking@gmail.com
Hello sir,
No need to say you are looking stunning in the pic ,whats new in that ,you always look great,i don’t know what’s the secret of that,your getting more and more stunner with your age.
All the luck to you for KBC-4.
Dear Sir,
I fail to understand ur commitment towards us.
Salute to you will for writing something for us EVERY SINGLE DAY!!
I cant imagin anybody doing that…just cant.
Love & Regards,
Krishna Raj
How poetically you speak of this place where we all gather - where we upload our love, so to speak and hope it touches you and one another, in happiness and in need.
Need like Anat’s - we can not take away your pain, Anat dearest, but we can be here with you and we are.
I’m glad the Bastille day was festive and the heroes of the past, including your own country’s jawans were remembered and celebrated in style. If only the ones who died, not knowing what they have accomplished, could look down now and see how they are not forgotten.
Good luck with the KBC rehearsals, with you at the helm the sailing will be smooth and natural. I wish we could be part of it somehow, and I know this may not be possible.
My love, uploaded here and drifting upward through every comment above this until it reaches YOU and comes to rest,
Renate
ooffooooooo thak gai .. ye net hai ki …
haad ho gai !
mai jaati ho !
niche puja ho rahi hai or mai yaha beth ke net ka natak hi dekh rahi ho !
X(
uff ! jaane kitni badhaa aati hai jab bhi mai aapna koi bhi kaam pure man se karo to !
sab mere piche hi kyo naha dhoo ke padhe rahte hai ?
ye god ko bhi sirf mai hi dikhai deti ho ….
duffer internet !
jo 1 2 hur milte bhi hai vobhi …. Identifying the problem … mai hi chale jate hai ! :”(((
thaak gai ..tab se !
kuch ho hi nahi raha !
jaati ho .. ye net ADSL kaam hi nahi karta !
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bye for now !
aapko likhne ke liye dimag kaam hi nahi karta !
kaab se vahi good morning or good night pe aatki ho !
wellllllll bye for now !
chaalo bye
for recent french national day celebration pics link :http://pinkvilla.com/node/118920
really both of you are looking great
Dear Mr. Bachchan
This is in continuation to the thoughts expressed you on Day 815 about some kind of ESP that animals possess due to which they are able to sense
environmental changes (including weather and climate) as well as calamities and disasters etc much in advance compared with Homo sapiens.
Here is a news item based on latest research which says that birds are equipped with some such powers. The article is reproduced below which confirms it.
Times of India (14 Jul 2010)
Birds can see Earths magnetic field:
Birds can see the Earths magnetic fields through their right eye and use that information to navigate effectively. German scientists have discovered. Researchers at the Goethe-Universitat in Frankfurt found that a bird cannot navigate properly if its right eye is covered, but it wont have any problem if the left eye was covered instead.The magnetic sensing overlaid over the normal vision with the magnetic fields creates light or dark shadings over what the bird usually sees.
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Here is another one published in 2004:
Times of India (Sep 19 2004)
Earth’s magnetic field helps migratory birds find their way
Scientists believe that they may have solved the mystery of how birds migrate vast distances without losing their way: they can actually see the Earth’s magnetic field. New research suggests that a bird’s eyes contain cells that can detect magnetism as well as light. It is thought that the birds see it in much the same way as they observe trees, rocks and other familiar objects. One idea is that the field is superimposed on the landscape below — rather like the “head-up” displays found in modern fighter jets. At this time of year, about 30 million birds are preparing to leave Britain for sunnier climes, many travelling as far as Africa. For decades, one of the biggest questions has been how they navigate at night.
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Which also goes to prove that we are still evolving and getting a better understanding of nature as we go along. It seems there is indeed a long way (a few billion years (?) if the human race survives till then) to go before we are able to comprehend the complexities of nature fully, if ever at all .
Subhash Kaura
well TAJ inident was really sad
it brought tears in the eyes of even the killer
well your photo is really great
and now can be a suitable time for you to become the PRESIDENT of INDIAN REPUBLIC…
you will have a easy win…
http://www.simetric.co.uk/siprefix.htm
yotta-1,0E+24
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so here is your bollywood maths teacher
the same rule of shahenshah hand applies from yotta to yocto scale
binary system of 0 and 1 is very useful
all gadgets work on 0 and 1
I see your movies on cable from satellite and DVD’s using 0 and 1
just 2 digits are enough for a full functioning of a computer and any modern gadget
we can see images using 0 and 1
we see video using 0 and 1
we hear voice using 0 and 1
so we can even model human beings as 0 and 1
yes we can model the whole cosmos using 0 and 1
and every where the same rule of shahenshah baap comes…
more details tomorrow
vaibhav saxena
7607699918 (LALITPUR ,UP)
Hi Mr. Bachchan
To be honest, I just forgot that yesterday was the victory day of the Kargil War. I am grateful to you for mentioning it. No matter how much we try but we shall never be able to understand the hardships that our Indian army must have faced, the courage they displayed, the sacrifices made for us.
Good to know that it was a nice evening at the Taj celebrating the French Bastille Day.
All the best for the KBC rehersals….
Take care
Love & regards
Anu Verma
Hi Sir,
And this medium of communication has you. Communication has become a predominant force in the world of technology as many of the modern gadgets are based and made around it. They have the power to connect individuals from one part of the world to another and it has also allowed for the exchange of information to be possible over greater distances. It has developed at an immense pace and through gadgets such as the mobile it also functions to keep one busy. In remembrance of the sacrifices made for the nations on Bastille Day and during the Kargil war. Good luck with the rehearsals tomorrow.
Regards and Love,
S
Respected Amitji,
Wah!!! Kya baat!! kya baat !!! kyaa baaat!!!! yeah this was mithun da type!!
Beckon from Fmxt at that hour has been so so so so well written. It was soft, musical, intense, affectionate, warm. It reminded me of that song of 1942 love story… (hmm forget the song right now) ohhh. ek ladki ko dekha to eisa laga jaise…. Thanks for the musical prose.
Okay! so u enjoyed ur trip towards SoMu. And did u say subtly about ‘odd query’ from Jaya ji????? Oh poor jaya ji.. she is such a darling!! I guess when she questions u then it is a solid query baap!
U look ekdum dashing in ur suit. And yes ur speech was as usual fantastic. how do i know?? well ur content and the applause is enough for me to understand.
I join with u in paying my heartfelt respects to all those jawans of the Kargil war. And, many wishes on Bastille Day to the French!
Ur rehearsals are more or less like final take. It would be so precise. Yet, here i send many wishes for this wonderful show.
Have a great day.
love u lots and lots
archana(bangalore)
ekdam jam rahe ho Sir ji…boleto Bindaaaaaaaasss!!!!
Namaste BigB
Can you please share the data of where you buy your suits from, who tailors them, if custom made, your ties and most importantly your cuff links. They are always very sharp, subtle and immaculate for the occasion.
Best wishes for the Day
Hiten R
My dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Thank you for your post this morning! You in the pin stripe suit with the cream shirt and tie to match, behind the podium, makes for a disarmingly charming and a quietly dignified picture! Bless you!
Your description of the blog and your FmExt, and what they mean to you has produced a lump in my throat. How can anyone with a status and fame like yours be so humble, down to earth and so centered? That you are special is known to all, but just how special, we shall, apparantly, cannot and will not ever know! My prayers to the Lord for your and your lovely Family’s wellness will always continue!
Thank you too, for remembering the Soldiers today, who fought the Kargil War in which most of them perished, and hundreds of Families were broken beyond repair! Thank you Mr. Bachchan!
With much love,
Always,
Kashmira
For our EF now pls??….thank you!
Madhumita, Mira Desai, Reshmi P, Lily D’Penha, Reeham, Gilga, Lakshmi Jag, Rose C, Rasha Zayed, Dee, Tumpa Ghosh, Kavita, Rochelle, Bharati, Anu/Nikki, Preeti, Zhenya, Puneet, Lena, Daisy M, Carla, Jabela, Jasmine, Jasmine Jaywant, Nimmi Harisinghani, Jazmine, Sharmishta, Saroj, Daksha, Tehreem, Monalisa, Archana (Bengaluru), Aishwarya (TVM), Sharmila, Satinder, Rupam, Phyllis, Sillyscientist, Manisha, Vijaya, Renete, GA Patel, Mondira, Raman & Manu Jetly, Pramod, Ramanathan, S. Khan M, Manoj, Mukul, Vipin Sharma, Devikishan Vyas Zainab, Anita, Mary Anne, Valorie Adams, Sanjith, Vikas, Subhash, Kishore, Abhay, Naresh, Preeti, Bharati, Mithai Lal, Ravi, Anat Magen, Satyam,Srinivas, anand.ajayp, Pawan Pipalwa, Deepak T, Melwyn, Barun, Saratchandra, Roepa Mahabirsingh Jackie, Nidhi, Shubha, Pratik Rana, Upendra Kasid…..my love and blessings for you all, as always…..
For Subhash Kaura (Days 815 & 816): Dear Subhash, here’s a HUGE Welcome Back to the bolg! It is so wonderful to see you here again! We look forward to seeing you and reading your meaningful posts once again!
For Reshmi P (Day 815): Thank you Reshmi….you are very kind!
Take care all of you dear ones….
With love always,
Kash
Dear Amitabhbabu
it is a very nice post.
you definitely have a poetic stint
have you ever tried ……………….
all the very best for the upcoming KBC4
looking forward to it.
Saubhik
Dearest Amit ji;
Hello! Hope you are fine. It feels great to know that you were invited by the French on the occasion of Bastille Day! I hope you had a great time at the Taj! Talking about the pic, you look extremely charming, dashing, stunning, handsome, sexy…..
Oh! I can just go on and on. You make me go weak in the knees with your killer looks! You look great!
I hope you are enjoying the rains and the weather in Mumbai! But please take great care of your health. Don’t overstress yourself and try to rest and relax whenever possible!
I have MISSED THE YELLOW SUNSHINE THRICE!
But I really hope and wish that I get one sometime in the near future! My college starts on july 21. I really need your blessings and good wishes before I step into this big bad world, and write a new chapter in my life! Please SHOWER YOUR GOLDEN BLESSING ON ME THIS TIME! I really need it now! Please give me a yellow line! And take care! Can’t wait to see you casting your magic spell once again on the small screen!
With lots of love, deepest regards and good wishes for a very happy and long life! :):):):):):):):):)
Reshmi (#47)
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. It is good to be back where we had all shared a bonding and understanding for over a year on almost daily basis, using the platform so magnanimously provided by Mr. Bachchan to one and all.
It is all because of him.
Subhash Kaura
It’s 2AM and I’m leaving for LaGuardia Airport. First stop-Philadelphia, next stop SF. I had to do it that way for the cheapest flight. I’m all ready to escape the heat here in NY to shiver in the cold and fog in SF.
Enjoy the rehearsals.
Love,
Rochelle
Dear sir..
you are saying right the communication is second stage of our life i think our first stage is continuty . continuty is must for better result for future .its making transparency and confidance in all .ha
here you wrote very strong word ” Better be prepared than repaired.” its a key of life thanks..
here i have done some art work for my studio art image. i have painted a logo of lions club on out side wall of studio.because i am atteched with lions to last 3 year’s and its continue with lions.
it was a very techanical art work by me, i want to share with you that logo paint story i hope our fmxt will learn the tachanic of logo paint..ha
yes . first i told to lions about logo paint and then i were draw a 6X3 inches 50% part of logo on paper after draw a small 50% logo of lions i were scan that drawing and after scan the image of logo i were select a 24X24 inches file on photoshop . i were compose the full logo of lions in a file 24X24 inches.when i were created that logo i were made 4 part of that logo on same file and after i were got B&W print on A4 paper when i got all 4 print of logo part i were pested and after pesting i got 24X24 inches print. that print was full logo of lions and after i were tress that logo image on studio wall and i were paint that with white colour.i can say its a lession of art transformation with a good exercise of art mind. i have painted that logo and that image i were share with loins international. on facebook i have got some critical comment on my art exercise . here i want to share that image link for your visit. i hope you will like it.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1966121&l=4073631673&id=1475709812
yes.. today is 14-jul-2010–you know in 14-jul-1999 i were created a big painting on subject of kargil war.i were display that visual for commen man in my home town heart place KOTGETA BIKANER.after display that art work i were collected some fund for relief of army family that was not a big ammount but when i collect some then i were post that fund by draft to “MUKHYA MANTRI SAHAYATA KOSH” Rajasthan,INDIA.jai hind.
the victory of our INDIA on 14-jul-1999…
today is bithday of one artist that is very closs of myself so yesterday, at Wed, July 14, 2010 11:51:48 AM ,i wish happy birthday to them…by mail.that text was in hindi finaly i got a idea from myself and here i want to share with you that text gift of that artist birthday.ha
its in hindi.
(तुम्हे दिए गए इस धरती के सरे पीले फूलों से मधुमखियों द्वारा निकाले गए शहद के प्राकृतिक मिठास का मिठास तुम्हारे जन्म दिन पर तुम्हे जन्म दिन की मिठाई के रूप मै उपहार … इस मिठास से मीठा इस प्रकृति मै और कुछ है ही नहीं शुद्ध साकाहारी मिठास शब्दों का ..हा ( उपहार डिजाईन का समय ११:४५ पि ऍम ..)
yogendra kumar purohit
M.F.A.
BIKANER,INDIA)
here i missed your creative idea because i were asked to you.when i were on twitter then i got a small idea from your post the word is “error” but that word was techanical word so i cant think much more on that word and finaly i were designed a idea from myself at 11:45 by time design..ha
i have not posted any message by my mobile..ha
regards
yogendra kumar purohit
M.F.A.
BIKANER,INDIA
yogendrapurohit@yaho.com
Hello dear loved one,
I’m trying to figure out how to have the ability to write us something new every day on the blog, I understand since the end of something special you can do everything!
It’s also very difficult you need to love and treat all of us, it’s thousands of people,
While we should love and treat one person - you.
Have a nice day and fun,
Love you to no end,
Sima Fadida - Israel.
Dearest Amitabhji,
So much as you wait for us, we wait for you too, right here. Thanks.
SoMu- Interesting to note this short form.
Communication without computers and communications with the help of IT nodoubt is very much the need of the hour, of today. But visiting a friend, spending time with families, getting together for festivals, celebrations, ocassions, inagurations, launch has a meaningful and healthy unison. May we keep this tradition alive and active.
sincere applause to the Jawans for their sacrifices for us.
I am glad yesterday was BONJOUR & BONAPETIT. Cheers
Love
Mario
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
You have aptly provided difference between blog and micro blog. It is for the analyst to analyse the same.
Have a nice time.
Lots of love.
Naishadh Vyas
Dear Sir,
Reading the blog of ur’s has become part and parcel of my daily activity. The content the flow the things are very impressing and pleasing. Request to continue to write the blog in the same way.
Good Day…
Guru
Good afternoon sirji,
Whenever I look you as an anchor of KBC it’s a very awesome & happiest feel come from my heart. Thank u sir to give us a gift as KBC4.
“JAI SHRI KRISHNA/RAM”.
MY DEAREST ONE AMITTTTTTTTT
HOW R U?????????dear
its look like that i gona be bezy all this month preparing for RAMDAAN..
but iam trying my best to find a time to read your post…….
i dont know what makes me today sit and search in youtube for your old movies…
i dont know realy why i did this to my self…..some of your old movies and songs just simply makes me cry……every time i listened to it
i was watching (MAHAAN) song ..(jidhar dekhoom teri tasveer nazarati haay)
and i cant stop crying this song brings back to me a sad painful old memories
i always say that this song teach mens how to treat womens……
womens need to see the passions in mens eyes this what bring the happines in there lifes,,and made them give and give no mater what……
and i saw by coincidence ZAMMER songs……(tum bhi chalo hum bhi chale) and i said….. oh myyyyy GOOOOOD…………..
i remeber this song i was 15 years old …i still could sing all the song with no one word mistace ….. and to tell u dear something to strange (( i dont understand a word in these songs …and i dont want to .. i cray just when i hear your voice so how if i understand the meaning….ha ha
u looks so attracteive in this song specialy when u moved your hair every were wow….wow.. i think u know that ,,what abeautiful hair u have,
lucky JAYA.. she could touch it….ha..ha
suzyyyyy
jeddah
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Dear Sir,
You’ve very beautifully, poetically & philosophically cited the difference between TWIT & BLOG….
And I think the same can be said about the difference between SMS & Letter-writing….
Here, inspired from your beautifully worded blog of the Day, I’ve composed a small para citing the virtues of letter-writing:
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“SMS may be instant and rapid and greatly universal. But letter-writing has the serene gentleness of a rain-drenched flower; the peace & harmony of civilized neutrality; the reaching out capability of the morning sun & the calmness of its setting. It has the subtle touch of a wave that smoothes out as it touches the shores of a lonely beach. It has the vivacity & passion of youth and the wisdom of age. It allows for thought to exist, mature and develop. It has the objectivity & demand to be expressed & heard. And in a world that is so crowded & INSTANT, it gives you the solitude of your mind and the heart-beat of your soul…”
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Hope you will like it - more so because the thoughts, the feelings and even the words are your own!
With love & regards,
Rajesh Kejriwal
BigB Yahoo Groups
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abhey ssalla haiiin…….pranam sir …….how r u….m know u were fine ther…..nd m still wishing…….for yors…….my best wishses for u …..with u…..alwyes
# 1 - Pawan Pipalwa,
Loved your story regarding Tinnu Anand and AB.
I’ve have also grown to love wrist watches, all swiss made of course. Thank you for this hunbling story on how charitable AB actually is.
Love reading such comments.
Love Always,
Manish Parmar, UK.
hello boss man…
how r u doing now…heard ure not too well n went into depression coz abisheks movie ravan didnt do well…well its part n parcel of life…dont worry…all will be fine…btw…i love ure collage in this blog….u look dashing in all the pics….as always…take care…love u
ranjani
Dear AMITABH JI !
New photo .. Bohat ache lag rhe hain aap us tasveer mein,hamesha ki tarahn 
Waiting
Hello ! Thanks GOD,night time is for Fmxt.Sometimes it is very strange for me to get a post from such a busy man like you .. Unbelievable but very happy too
for Kbc .. And best of luck for it !
Love you very much .. Take care ,
Khuda hafz.
what i can say is that you are great boss
i salute u
WHILE MAKING HIS CREATURES , THE SUPERNATURAL SOME TIMES CREATES SOME NEW DESIGNS WHICH HE HIMSELF IS UNABLE TO CREATE AGAIN ,YOU ARE SUCH A “TAJMAHAL”
CREATED BY HIM
Jai Matadi, Dear Amitji
Good Morning
Rushi & Divy (my nephew) say “Jai Shri Krishna Amitji Uncle. Tame Kem Choo?
Aamne tamara javab ni raah joiye chee”
Amitji Please give 1 minute to write some comment for Rushi & Divy.
Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please,
Jai Matadi,
Mitul Soni, Rushi & Divy (Ahmedabad)
Dear Amitji,
Not a single person nor any RJ’s remembered this day……..salute to u for taking and remebering every minute things………
Rajasekhar Pillai
Dear Sir,
I love to enjoy KBC with you. Sharuk’s KBC, with proper respect, was disgusting!! KBC is made only for Amitabh.
All the best.
Shahorier
Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Dear Anat Magan
I am so relieved that you are out of hospital safely, and your immediate family must be so glad they have you back home with them. Now the only important thing is that you give yourself time to recover and get strong again, and that your family help to take care of you, just as all your FmXt send you their love and prayers each day and will always be there for you.
With love from Daisy
Hello Darling,
what a nice post. U praised our association in such a nice way. all the words sound musical, i was just emerged in the words, and they carried me to some other world, world of love, affection, friendship, togetherness, happiness, peace………….
Jayaji’s odd query……… ha ha ……….. does she read blog?? I am afraid….
I am too small to appreciate Ur effrot in the world of friendship, still I can’t stop doing that. A new beginning with France or I must say it is a renewal of old good relationship. Hope this will make the bonding more tight. my best wishes as always………
As we will never forget the sacrifice of our jawans in Kargil and always they are performing their duty. They are our real heroes, I salute them.
With love
Tumpa
MY DEAR…
i want to say something alse i am soooooooooooooooooo happy that u let us
part of yor life ,,and by spending your precious time with us here and giving us your attention u make every one so happy and thanksfull for u..
you look sharming in the pics like always…. dear
i wich that u r injoing the weather in MOMBAI,,specialy the rains…
we r here in JEDDAH suffering these days from the heat,,its rained yesterday for half an hour and stopped and that all what we get….so saaaaaaaaaaad
u dont know AMITTTTTTTTTT how much the people here in JEDDAH need the rain..it makes us feel calm and tranquility and in a good mood…
my daugter knows that she could ask me any thing she wants if it raining…ha ha…belive me its true….
mostly JEDDAH people like to travel outside the kindom this month escapeing
from the heat….and because its our school vacation too….
but they like to retain back befor RAMADAAN start….
RAMADAAN here is different then RAMADAAN in any place alse…..
i had to get some sleep now ….seeyaaa
suzy
Dear Amitji,
Today’s post was an ode to us and yourself. I really believe that the people here do deserve the metaphors so well laid out by you and feel an extreme sense of pride to be a part of it. Thank you Sirji
While the technology has made communication easy and inmmediate, the fact that one can talk / sms instantaneously takes the balanced thought out of the word. Probably the time it would take earlier for one to get a pen , paper and place to write his communique, gave the person to move away from impulse and substantiate the message with long term and impartial consideration. Today this does not happen. The heart which is already worn on the sleeve easily slips down to the thumb and key board and you hit the send button in a jiffy. Yes this gives the message a freshness, but the word is better digested when it is fully grown
You rehearsing for KBC is like the pacific ocean practising for moisture
Probably the rest of the crew need these sessions to remove the gaping awe from their faces that would not look good on camera when on shoot, they will have to act normal when they are going through the etheral experience of being in the presence of the big man himself. Tough for them 
End Line - A Death Foretold!
It’s another morning..
Again I have to go to office.
Oh, this is me… I shouted having a glance on my snap in today’s newspaper.
But what the hell it is doing in the death column??
Strange…One sec… Let me think, last night when I was going to bed I had a severe pain in my chest, but I don’t remember anything after that, I think I had a sound sleep.
Its morning now, oh….. It’s already 10:00 AM, where is my coffee? I will be late for office and my boss will get a chance to irritate me.
Where is everyone…? I screamed.
“I think there is a crowd outside my room, let me check.” I said to myself.
So many people….. Not all of them crying…But why some of them crying…
WHAT IS THIS??? I am lying on the floor…
“I AM HERE” … I shouted!!! No one listen.
“LOOK I AM NOT DEAD” … I screamed once again!!! No one is interested in me.
They all were looking me on the bed.
I went back to my bed room.
“Am I dead??” I asked myself.
Where is my wife, my children, my mom-DAD, my friends?
I found them in the next room, all of them were crying… still trying to console each other.
My wife was crying… she was really looking sad.
My little kid was not sure what happened, but he was crying just because his mom was sad.
How can I go without saying my kid that I really love him, I really do care of him. ??
How can I go without saying my wife that she is really most beautiful and most caring wife in this world..??
How can I go without saying my parents that I am here… just because of you?
How can I go without telling my friends that without them perhaps I have done most of the wrong things in my life… thanks for being there always when I need them… and sorry for not being there when they really need me..
I can see a person standing in the corner and trying to hide his tears…Ohh… he was once my best friend, but a small misunderstanding made us part and we both have strong enough egos that has kept us disconnected!
I went there.. And offered him my hand, “Dear friend… I just want to say sorry for everything, we are still best friends. Please forgive me.”
No response from other side, what the hell?? He is still preserving his ego, I am saying sorry… even then!!! I really don’t care for such people.
But one sec…. it seems he is not able to see me!! He did not see my extended hand. My goodness… AM I REALLY DEAD???
I just sat down near ME; I also felt like crying…
“OHH ALMIGHTY!!!! PLEASE JUST GIVE ME FEW MORE DAYS…”
I just wasn’t to make my wife, my parents; my friends realize that how much I love them.
My wife entered in the room, she looks beautiful. “YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL” I shouted. She didn’t hear my words, in fact she never heard these words because I never said this to her.
“GOD!!!!” I screamed… a little more time plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..
I cried…
One more chance please… to hug my child, to make my mom smile just once, to feel my dad proud on me at least for a moment, to say sorry to my friends for everything I have not given to them, and thanks for still being in my life….
Then I looked up and cried!!!!
I shouted….
“GOD!!!! ONE MORE CHANCE PLEASE!!!!”
“You shouted in your sleep,” said my wife as she gently woke me up. “Did you have a nightmare?”
I was sleeping….Oh, that was just a dream….
My wife was there… she can hear me…
This is the happiest moment of my life…
I hugged her and whispered…. “YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CARING WIFE IN THIS UNIVERSE…. I REALLY LOVE YOU, DEAR”
I can’t understand the reason of the smile on her face with some tears in her eyes, still I m happy…. J
“THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS SECOND CHANCE.”
SO, Now it’s not late.. Forget your Egos, Your bitterness and hatred towards others, your vindictiveness, probably all the seven deadly sins… and get around to express your love to others… Be friendly… Keep smiling… for rest of your life always……You won’t get a second chance always.
Yours as always
Ramanathan
Dear Anat - Glad to see you back. Take good rest and smile for that angel who touched you in your life though briefly when you are going about acknowledging the love and ’stand by’ mode that all your near and dear ones exhibited during the last few days.
Lakshmi Jag - Feels great to be appreciated for non plagiarised stuff for a change. Thanks Tnagerian
Amit Babu:
How remote you seem from Bharat - from the quotidian life of
ordinary Indians especially those living in rural or tribal areas !
Your concerns and preoccupations are all urban and elitist and
hence devoid of any meaning or relevance for the common folks.
Yes, we have been stranded in floods and not a word of sympathy
will escape your lips or laptop. It is communication technology or
French National Day or KBC for middle class idlers…
Sarban
Flooded Patiala
TO LENA ELENA#
how r u doing dear ????
i send u an email with my pics few days ago ,
tell me if u see it please
thank u
suzyyyyyyy
What a stunning beginning to this post.
Yes, this place has quietude, and space for thought and at times debate.
You’ll be pitch and word perfect for KBC 4, and we the audience will never know…
Good day Amit ji!
Oh how many EF members “have left me behind” today, having already told you’re so attractive at the photo… There are people who became better with years like old wine (excuse me old comparison)…
And your neologism SoMu is so well-turned that I think it will soon be caught up even by foreigners.
Thank you for your “mode of communication”.
Regards,
Irina, Siberia.
# 37 Dear Shalini (Allahabad), the day is so rich with holidays! And your birthday is in this glorious line. Many happy returns of the day, darling!
Amitabhji ,the poetic imagery in your opening paragraph is marvelous.Undoubtedly one of your best efforts.
It is interesting to observe that now a days everyone wants you to preside over every function–political,social,educational,cultural,film etc etc.
It appears you have acquired some sort of universal acceptance as most attractive celebrity.
‘’somu” should get into the latest edition of Oxford Dictionary.You have coined a perfect word for South Mumbai in this electronic age.
The entire country is looking forward to your Television extravaganza K B C . .
Sooner the better even if you have to celebrate your birthday earlier to coincide with the telecast of K B C .
With best wishes,
Devkishin Vyas
# 179 Ramanathan ji,
you know, I usually dislike stories with “dying” but that one of you today is refreshing indeed. I mean it refreshes the scale of real values, and even being in a sad mood one stops paying attention to unpleasant trifles and appreciates what one has. A mournful story with possitive effect…. Very original. Thanks.
Hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez to my most favourite n loved actor AB
ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR KBC!
muaaaaaaaaah;)
amitji–reue of ash?Hubby. Mrs Rai-Bachchan would carry husband Abhishek into jail. In a recent interview, she said he calls her 40-50 times a day.
Namaste dearest Amitabhji.
Thank you for a wonderful photo! You look very beautiful against a such fine background - behind you a beautiful flags, and sideways from you a high green plant!… Amazingly!… Yesterday was the national Day of France - 14th July… Bastille Day… With the victory day for the Kargil War!… In remembrance of this day…
Yes, you are right… Our life is a constant communication, interaction with a lot of people. And today’s modern technologies do communication more convenient… Besides direct, living communication with the person, exist still and other means of interaction… Mobile phones, the Internet… They became an integral part of a life of the modern person… It cannot be inconvenient for us in our life…Expansion of possibilities of communication… It is really wonderful…
I hope, that you spent a wonderful hours in your tour of the South Mumbai…
I congratulate you on a new season of KBC and wish successes!
Take care and all the best in all, dear Amitabhji…
With sincere love to you and more…
Olya of Moscow…
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I’m sure that chlorine leak in Mumbai was faraway from your house. It is right ?
I hope everything is under control by now.
Have a wonderful day and a good rehearsal !
Love,
e.t.
Hello Sir.
Now that you’ve joined the Twitter world and are successfully tweeting, do you feel the difference of the pace on Twitter and your Blog? Possibly in the same manner like the T20 against the Test cricket formats.
Please don’t loose your Test format - i.e. Blog
Kind regards,
Hiten Patel
SAINA NEHWAL…….WORLD # 2…….WOOOOOOOOOOW.
Dearest Amitji,
Please please write something on Saina Nehwal in our sacred place……this girl deserves a loooooooot. I mean in our cricket crazy nation…..acknowledgement from someone like you will be really appreciated and am sure Saina would be more than happy when she comes to know you have mentioned about her in FMXT blog.
AMitji, i myself have been a international TT player as you know and have seen many from other sports getting sidelined coz for us cricket is religion…..ofcourse not many of us have performed well at the international level so its fine……but look here…..SAINA IS WORLD # 2. Thats an amazing feat…….psl congratulate her.
Love Always,
Rajesh.
Sir,
Just wanted to know the process of entering KBC. When the phone lines will be open. All the previous three times I have been unlucky. Want to be 4th time lucky
Sanman
Sir,
I have a hitherto untried movie idea, that will create “Cinematic History”. All I request is five minutes of your uninterrupted, patient listening time.
Can meet you in Mumbai at a day’s notice.
Kindly advise.
Anup G.S.
anupcitiserve@hotmail.com
Dear Amitji, very beautiful post.so nice pic……….All the best for KBC rehearsals.Its a very good show ,but moreover i am happy that we could see you 4 or 5 times in a week!!!!!!!!!yipeeeeeeeee…..iss baar main bhi jaarur try karunga, shayad no. lag jaye………
love
sumit
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jackie, thanks…
i wish some day , u may get opportunity to come to India, and see how things go here.its so true, love , health and family are the most important things in lifes
god bless you
Dear Amitji
You look very dashing in suit and for sure one of your best ones! Glad that you attended the function and for sure you deserve applause…kudos…
Regards
shankar
Dearest Amitji,
U r looking great in this picture….perfect.
With lots of love, respects and waiting..
Hemant Binnani
Love the photo u uploaded.
Thankyou.
Rajesh
Dear BigB,
All the best for KBC.
I loved reading Shobhaa De’s mention about you in her today’s blog…… “I don’t know how Amitabh Bachchan does it - and does it so well, at that! Met him last night at the Bastille Day celebrations hosted by Francois Pujolas, the French Consul General. Amitabh had just delivered a great speech. His fans were mobbing him even as he gamely signed autographs and posed for pictures. He travels around the world at a manic pace, is never ever late by even 5 minutes, makes thoughtful speeches without teleprompters, disarms hosts with his presence and panache, and does all this while demonstrating an enviable level of professionalism that is worth emulating in every field. His wife Jaya shared a domestic secret - “Our cue to leave is for me to get up and walk briskly towards the exit once the formalities are over - that’s when he looks worried and says to those crowding him, “Oh… I’d better rush…. or else my wife will get really, really angry!” Ha ha! I like, I like ! Must steal!” …..
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lots of love and regards
Saratchandra
namashkar amitji,
i m very happy abt. KBC4
NOW I LIKE TO PARTICEPATE IN THIS TIME WITH U
“HUM MILENGE JARUR MILENGE”
DIPAK
#180 — Malhans, you truly are a malcontent. All that psuedo-intellectualism and throwing big names around to impress everyone really masks a nastiness that peeks through time and again. Amit babu will write what Amit babu wants to write about, not what you want him to write about. If you wish to see a particular topic addressed by him, there is a way of making a polite request — people do it all the time. See #192 today. Amit babu has not taken a theka of the entire world. Of course he is concerned with tragic events and natural calamities in India and all over the globe and has written about those countless times. Just because he did not mention this at the time of writing his post last night, does not mean he is some callous person that you paint him out to be. Don’t spread your bad vibes here. And KWITCHERWHINING!
Rain is just a bunch of humidity that’s tired of living a lie
Dear Sir,
I think Sir it would be fair to say us Fmxt beckon all the time! Day night morning afternoon we are forever beckoning! Like I had said the other day, the doors to this medium remain open all hours. Everyday here is Christmas Day…Santa ji comes here and leaves us his musings to comment upon whatever they may be, however well we can express…
The Blog…Here we have the Son of a great Poet following his passion and exhibiting his literary skills! You have put it so well. Like Father like Son.. Transported me into not so distant world with its own serenity, security and solitude…could be there forever except the real world beckons.. If it weren’t for your endeavours, we wouldn’t be here. That is the truth.
The Taj Hotel…sadly with its glory remains memories of the terror attack. One can understand the need for security measures in order to protect its occupants… no doubt it will always remain under review. But life must go on and so must our deeds and duties to ourselves and others. I am pleased that you and Jaya ji were able to contribute to the occasion with your humble presence.
God bless you Sir.
Love,
Daksha
Respected Sir,
How are you? Thanks for your Awesome photograph.Best Wishes for KBC4.
Nice to saw Anat Magen comment.
Please take care.
Love & Best Regards
Rupam from Assam
Dear Sir,
The photo…His Majesty! You look regal. And the ones up there on the blog page, I have two REALLY favourite ones. Nop, not telling you which ones.
Anat Magen@29
How are you? Saw your comment.Please take care.
Best Regards
Rupam from Assam
Zainab
Hi how are you? I am well here.Take care.
Love & Regards
Rupam from Assam
Just a small note on Kargil
A group of nomads, driven by a motive, make an encroachment in the land interior to India, and cause themselves to be associated with a terrorist outfit organization. This leads to their evacuation from these areas in a way that is a clear reply to the challenge they pose.
Early detection of formation of such outfits as cancer could be very helpful in their surgical removal, while about 60 known outfits are heard to be operating in these areas, needing some vigilence. They speak a language partly Indian.
Countries in the neighborhood are exploiting our predicament, and have also chosen their favorite endeavor to settle their economic disputes. The land does not go anywhere! People walk over the land instead. Much of this looked in the past to be feudal disputes. What is next with movies?
Prius
Dear Amitji,
The love and affection and the respect and reverence for you that has been created for you is immense and beyond any description.Thank You for making us feel that we are all an important part of your life. The feeling is exhilarating!
Love and Regards,
Shubha
dear bachan sir, a very sweet evening to u ur snaps r mind blowing u r just the super super rockstar u r the the idle 4 every human being sir ek baar apse milne ki bahut iccha h sir apka kbi koi alternate or substitute ho hi nhi sakta mere paas shabad nhi h sir so sorry …. i love u sooooooooooooo ……. much sadar charan sparsh peri pena
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sir,
sadar pranam
meine aapke pitaji swargiya sri hariwanshrai bachan ji ki kavitaon se prerit hoker ek rechnaa likhee hai …….prastut kerna chhungaa……………..
tedhi-medhi galiyon per
dhul udata weh insaan
bachpan ke alhadpan mein
khushi manata weh insaan
asimit phele maidan per
daud lagata weh insaan
kehan gya……..kehan gaya……………….
jyeth ki tapish mein
aam churata weh insaan
ganga ki chanchal lehron mein
challaang lagataa weh insaan
chhal ke har ek rang se dur
nit ek swarg banataa weh insaan
kehan gya…………kehan gaya………..
man ke fhele amber mein
patang udataa weh insaan
uzle kapde pehne baabuuji ko
aawaz lagataa weh insaan
apni her ek khwahish ko
poorna kerata weh insaan
kehan gya………………kehan gaya…………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(is kavita ke dwara mein us anokhe aadmi ko apne shraddha suman arpit kerta hun jinke haaton se madhushala jaisee abhootpurv krati itihas ke sunehre panno mein amar ho gyi………………)
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Dear Ramanathan # 179….you never plagiarize, you just share the bounty
and you are always welcome, what is a fellow Tnagerian for?
Lakshmi
# 207 Rupam !
I am fine too .. How are your dayzz ?
Thanks rupam
Take care .. Bye.
Hello Sir,
Proud to be an Indian…SALUTE to our Jawaans who fought bravely to protect our country…
Your picture looks good…you look Kool
Waiting for the KBC to start, cant wait to hear those magical words…Computer Ji…Lock Kiya Jaaye
With lots of love and more…
Tejas Mankodi
Dubai
#211 Rupam>>> Dear Rupam, once again amazing pics. Thanks, bye.
You are looking good as usual. Have a nice time.
Dear Sir,
You mention that you start rehearsals for KBC on Friday. I know how and where they are being conducted because my mom-in-law is going to be present with you as one of those that you will rehearse with.
She was extended that invitation from a member of the KBC team. I live in Chicago and I was extended the offer as well (by my mom-in-law). I found out on Wednesday. I gave a serious thought to fly down from Chicago to be there on Friday and to return back on Saturday.
Work and lack of time to travel prevents me from doing so on such short notice. But hopefully I will 1 day realize my dream of meeting you (and Sachin Tendulkar) in person.
All the best for KBC4 - all the best for the rehearsals.
Regards,
Mihir
Chicago.
Dear Amitabhji,
Nice reflections on communication and on certain means of communication.
All said and done, I still like to write letters that I once used to do to my relatives and friends. Even e-mail writing does not provide the satisfaction I used to derive from writing on paper and receiving letters. I have kept all the letters my sons had sent by post when they were kids and go through them sometimes when I am alone. Now even they don’t write, nor do I. The Waterman fountain pen gifted by son lying idle in my drawer at which I pathetically look at times.
Best wishes for the next KBC shoot.
Regards
RGN
@27 Satyam
After reading your last entry I am curious about your take on not only Hindi cinema but global cinema in general. Given the vast web of networking & behind the scenes events ,do you see a larger picture whereas celebs attending events not only because of the common interest but rather it becomes a ‘who’s who’ soire just to see what will happen. Not that I think that everybody knows everybody but the worlds of film allows high & low alike to peek into any world they choose.
It by the medium of film that one might approach another and say ‘ yes i have seen your latest’ and then the conversation goes from there or on a very superficial level of acknowledgement just passing through. Maybe I am a suspicious person by nature but more times than not surprises have happened from well planned passages of time. I suppose it depends on how ambitious one might be to make a foray into such territory but I am inclined to believe it exists. How else would some movies get made or relationships begin? Maybe there is a longstanding unspoken understanding (long way around I know) that you dont know who your friends are until you’ve made a movie with them. Globally I think cinema has a long ways to go with all things considered.
Whether or not it be Hindi or not I believe the film fraternity can expand its borders. It seems to me a small group ( and maybe I have said this before) carries the bulk of work with a new generation quickly filling in the gap.
The PR machines are in full operation moulding new & fresh face for the world to see causing those in the forefront to step behind the scenes and be the guides. Maybe that falls in the category of your defintion of ‘entertainment’ whatever we will see next the subject matter along with a face connects with the target audience. I am not quite sure how it will all pan out but I defintely see it coming.
To Anat Magen, feeling extremely sorry about this sad news.
I am sure that He will give you enough strength to withstand this shock. The fact that you are here on this blog in such a tragic situation,shows your courage and willingness to accept God’s verdict.
It was just an act of intution that I wrote my words yesterday about your trauma..when you might have been in the hospital. Probably it might have been all over by that time…but the words had to come out.
My best wishes for your life ahead.
To Subhash Kaura: Welcome friend.. for this revisit. But where were you gentleman..all these days? We all, along with Mr Bachchan I suppose, were missing your rejuvenating quotes. Keep it up.
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Dearest and respected Super Superman
Your consistency, your love, your persistence on the blog shows the importance that you give to this platform. And of course, Twitter or any other social networking place can not replace the joy and calmness of the blog.
This blog is the place where we are the members of one family, the extended family. And every night reading your post is like meeting you everyday,like sitting around a table and talking to you.
Great to know that you enjoyed at the Bastille Day function, we would like to know more about it.
And indeed the victory of the Kargil war is a big day for us. The sacrifice made by every individual makes our head bow down to pay the due respect , which can never be enough.
I am sure the KBC rehearsals will go very well, you were the one who gave the show it’s identity, you are the real inventor of it, you don’t need any rehearsal. But for a refresher , yes you can have a look.
And, you will rOcK..again !
Love and more love
Raman
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Sir, Twitter is like fast food, but blog is a complete food, with all the nutrients. That’s why I am here..to make myself healthy. Regards.
Ah Mr B..your yellow lines have begun…very nice pics..you are a great subject
Dear Amitji, Good Evening. Lovely post and lovely occasion to be a guest of honour. Every Country has its proud day when they remember their heroes who laid down life for the Country’s flag. The highest sacrifices are remembered and the martyrs honoured by reliving their glorious moments. You aptly did that for our Kargil heroes. May their souls rest in peace and their names echoe all our celebrations in future. May the sacrifices never go in vain.
Twitter and Blog may not have much comparison with each other. Twitter is like a short yawn and blog a good night sleep. Hope you are enjoying both. Many years back I used to make my own sms of 160 characters spending hours to derive the best meaning from the limited words. It was my word game and rich time pass which generated more than 3000+ good thoughts. Later my initials RPM which followed each sms were removed and I used to get back my own creations as a forward. I still rejoiced that my thoughts are floating in thin air and are having some value and roaming around.
Hope on the Twitter effort to create well meaning sentences is not done. Instead it is what comes to mind and sometimes closer to even badwords and bad-mouthing. It is used more as a vent valve of pressurised minds. Many firms are banning their employees from using Twitter to vent their anger against colleagues or top management. Infact the biggest employer Government of India sorry the ruling party had tough time putting a lid on Tweets by some of their new luddite politicos. Hope the lid is still tight and Tweets suppressed quite succesfully.
Have a nice rehearsal of KBC and let everyone rejoice your new show.
Have a wonderful time and do tweet and blog as you deem fit. We are always waiting for the blog each day like a morning news paper.
I write what a friend has written on facebook to conclude:
आंधियां लाख तोड़े चाहे नीड़
पांखी फिर भी बसेरा ढूंढ लेता है
कितनी ही लम्बी क्यों न हो रात
सूरज फिर सव…ेरा ढूंढ लेता है
शुभ प्रभात
By:Asha Pandeyojha
I really rejoiced her lines and would request our friends on twitter to tweet after reviewing their thoughts. May be twitter will become a challenging meaningful game of creating new thoughts for the day instead of fresh mudslinging at times.
Regards to those who give immortal thoughts and Quotes which guide new generations on a future path.
Ravi P Malhotra
Congratulations!
, my dear and favourite Amit !
How you, live? At us in Russia such heat costs simply horror!
29-34 degrees! Here now I write to you, the letter though the rain has gone!
Today badly it was visible to the nephew from a heat.
How at you, business?
I always read with the great pleasure yours, the Blog, but it is visible you. More on Twitter.
And there it is not convenient to me to write, and here in the Blog in a fantastic way!
Thanks for interesting article and photo!
You, look very tempting and attractive, but why that thoughtful?
About what that is told by your fine, deep, mysterious eyes…
Which look to me in heart!
With Day of the state holiday of France
Bastille Day!!!
Let the sea of champagne will spill and in a shower there will be a pleasure and infinite happiness!
France a mirror of dream, a beautiful and delightful fashion, fine unique, magic aromas, as breath of love and passionate tasty sweets with kisses!
Glory and honour that who protected us our lives
And the future generation
Good luck and the big success on KBC!
Fine and unearthly love, as air, to breathe and hope!
Words, as a life!
Love and champagne!
t426745@yandex.ru
Thank you for what you wrote about us and what we mean to you, Mr. Bachchan.
You almost made me cry when I read it just now…please know that the feelings are sincerely mutual…we come back here, day after day, because you are here.
Love and so much more,
Valorie
hello Sir
good day
Kashmira (#155)
Thank you so much for the kind words of welcome.
It feels good to be back in the enlightened and delightful company of dear Mr. Bachchan and the EF.
Subhash Kaura
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Dear Mr.Amitabh Bachchan,
The following is an outline of the late 20th-century events
prophesied by the 16th-century French psychic known as Michel
Nostradamus. Nostradamus has predicted in great detail such events
as the French Revevolution, World War I, Hitler’s Rise and Fall, and
even the Kennedy Assassinations. Nearly two-thirds of all his
predictions have come true. If two-thirds of this comes true, we’re
in for some trouble! HBO produced a movie called “The Man Who Saw
Tomorrow,” which documents the life and predictions of Nostradamus.
These prophecies are based on and adapted from the book, NOSTRADAMUS
PREDICTS THE END OF THE WORLD by Rene Noorbergen, who wrote several
books on psychics.
I have drawn on a world map with colored markers all of the
invasions, nuke strikes, etc., with the number of each event placed
with the respective arrows and circles on the map. Print this up
and save it, then compare Nostradamus’s predictions to actual world
events. You may be surprised!
Permission is granted to distribute this file among friends and
bulletin boards, so long as the text below this sentence is
unchanged. (Sure, you can edit any spelling errors and/or ARChive
it).
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THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS,
summarized by Dr.Zensunking
“Nostradamus Predicts the End of the World,”
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(1) Communism in Russia will decline, beginning in the
Ukraine as a result of trade differences with the West.
This will occur around Easter.
(2) The United States and Russia will become better friends.
(3) A great power will unify the Far East with negotiation
and pressure.
(4) This power will disrupt peace attempts, and the Middle
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and Far Easterners will attempt to settle their
differences with force.
(5) A meteor will strike the center of the Indian Ocean,
causing tidal waves that will heavily damage the
surrounding lands.
(6) A powerful dictator will dominate the Middle East. He
will tyrranize Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. [Maybe
Khomeini?]
(7) On August 2nd, 1987 he will attack Iran, Turkey, and
Egypt with an army of nearly a million men. [This date
was reached by astronomy; the astronomical event only
occurs on that day.]
(8) Arab forces in Tunisia and Algeria and north-Moroccan
guerillas will invade Morocco’s pro-Western monarchy and
overthrow its king.
(9) Israel will be defeated by the Arabs, with her airforce
destroyed.
(10) A Libyan leader will create much tension in Europe.
[Definitely Khadaffi.]
(11) A “red one” [a Cardinal of the Roman Church or maybe a
TWA jet] will be taken by Arab terrorists at sea.
(12) The Arabs will try to unify more of Africa by
overthrowing pro-Western governments. The Oriental
leader will do the same.
(13) Arab armies will threaten central & southern Africa into
alliances favorable to the Middle-East.
(14) The Arab attacks in Turkey will be followed by attacks on
the Greek navy. The U.S. will attempt to resupply the
navy, but Cyprus will be lost to the Arabs.
(15) A series of tremendous earthquakes originating in Central
Asia will cause destruction throughout the warring Greece
and Turkey.
(16) Romania and Bulgaria will threaten war with the Arabs
when the Bosphorus Straits are cut off, thus interfering
with commercial and military ship movements.
(17) The U.S. and U.S.S.R. will form a military alliance
against the both the Far Eastern power and the Arabs.
The U.S. will grow in fame, praise, rule, and power, and
will even threaten the East with war.
(18) Geneva talks will fall apart, with the feeling that peace
is unattainable. [Uh-oh here it comes.]
** WORLD WAR ]I[ **
(19) China will launch a surprise nuclear biological-warfare
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attack over the Arctic, affecting Scandinavia, Northern
Russia, Alaska, and Canada. Another attack will
originate from a space vehicle 270 miles up.
(20) The Chinese will invade France by way of southern Russia,
conquering all in their path.
(21) The Turks will sign a treaty with the Chinese, but it
will be broken when Arab naval forces from Tripoli
(Libya) attack the west coast of Turkey.
(22) The Chinese army will devastate northeastern Turkey with
the aid of nukes.
(23) The Arabs and Chinese will attack Greece with germ
warfare, which will affect the environment for 9 months.
(24) Albania, China's ally, will invade Greece in a surprise
attack using light armored vehicles.
(25) A Western coordinated counter-offensive launched from
Portugal will delay an amphibious assault on Yugoslavia
by [guess who].
(26) The Easterners will advance into Yugoslavia and unleash
bacteriological weapons in central Italy to hinder
Western counter-attack efforts.
(27) Greece and Italy will be attacked simultaneously by the
Eastern forces.
(28) When Yugoslavia is overrun, a devastating drought will
hit Italy.
(29) Italy will dissolve into dissenting factions and go into
its own civil war. The Albanians will further promote
the civil war by paying off corrupt government officials.
(30) Eastern forces will attack Rome from Albania using aerial
bombardment and germ weapons. They will attack Venice.
Central Mediterranean islands will be evacuated, even as
far as Malta. Venice will fall.
(31) The French fleet will be destroyed in the Adriatic Sea as
it tries to cut off the Easterners in Italy from their
Albanian suppliers. The French and Italian naval defeats
will keep food from reaching the starving Italians.
(32) The Easterners will develop a new land/sea weapon to
attack coastal areas.
(33) The Easterners control of the Po Valley from Venice will
give them total rule. A French/Italian attempt to
forstall Italy’s fall will be crushed.
(34) In order to avoid being wiped out, the French commander
will withdraw and regroup his soldiers along the Po in
the upper valley.
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(35) England will partially sink as a result of geological
alterations and cause the deaths of 250,000 people.
[This event has been foreseen by at least 4 other famous
psychics, also.]
(36) An Easter earthquake will rip open an English temple.
(37) Around New-Year’s, the Easterners will begin a massive
invasion of the western Italian coast, southern France,
Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia by the use of nuclear and
germ weapons. The French fleet will be obliterated.
(38) The Papacy will leave Rome and a new Pope will be
elected.
(39) The French armies will be cut off in Northern Italy.
(40) Prince Albert will be kidnapped in North-Central Italy
after the French unsuccessfully try to cut Eastern supply
lines from Venice.
(41) The French will again regroup their forces, and will
capture a beachhead. This will be a turning point in the
Franco-Chinese war.
(42) Ill-timed French-Italian attacks will cause the loss of
Florence and Siena by Eastern nukes, and Pavia will be
lost by the use of germ weapons.
(43) Monaco and Genoa will be annhilated by the Easterners.
(44) Ten assassins will be sent to murder the commander of the
French fleet, but they will fail and a sea battle will
take place. The French will again lose their forces on
land and sea.
(45) A battle will be fought at the major French port of
Marseilles, creating an opening through which the
attackers can enter. The resulting massacre of nearly
half a million Frenchmen will make people flee far
northward.
(46) Toulouse, Foix, and Narbonne will be taken.
(47) Bacteria will spread northward.
(48) Easterners will release deadly bacteria from specialized
ships at France’s port, Agde. Airforces will bomb
Switzerland and Germany.
(49) Extensive use of nuclear and germ weapons will compose
the first phase of the Eastern offensive against all of
Europe, striking in France, Italy, and Spain.
(50) The Chinese will attack France via air, sea, and
mountain.
(51) The Easterners will invade the Balkans to cut off the
U.S.S.R. from its Eastern European allies.
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(52) A North-African fleet will enter the Black Sea and attack
Romania, Bulgaria, and southwestern Russia.
(53) A Chinese/Arab assault from Morocco will attack southern
Spain with nukes. This will be followed by an invasion
along the River Guadalquivir. The invasion will procede
northward, with the destruction of Seville, Barcelona,
and Leon. The Spanish will halt the advance for 7 months
at the River Ebro, but they will eventually be crushed.
(54) An Allied fleet will destroy supply bases in the
Cyclades, but will be defeated near Malta, when the
French lose Italy.
(55) Eastern bombers will attack deep into Europe with
bacteriological weapons.
(56) Switzerland will fall by the hand of the Easterners, who
will confiscate the gold reserves and impoverish the
Swiss people.
(57) The Easterners will start extensive bombing of central &
northern French cities in preparation for a land attack.
The French will fly in defenses beforehand, though.
Central France will be overrun regardless.
(58) Paris will be surrounded, and attempts to get Allied air
support will be in vain. Paris will surrender after
Eastern forces find a weak spot in the defense, enter the
city, and engage in hand-to-hand combat. The surrender
will only be a cover to organize a counter attack a week
later. That will surprise the Easterners, but they’ll
drive the Parisians back into the city. Over 300,000
will be killed or imprisoned. Paris will be completely
defeated.
(59) A British taskforce will land in southwest France and
attempt to reach Paris, but will be stopped at Poitiers.
(60) The British will reorganize in Canada and send an
invasion force to establish a beachhead on France’s
southwest coast. With the aid of nukes, they march on to
Bordeax and Toulouse. The British plan will be to cut
off occupied Spain from France and also to gain an
opening into the Mediterranean.
(61) A sudden attack from the Easterners will slaughter
British and American forces and will allow the Chinese
leader a new command center, Carcassone.
(62) He will detontate a series of high-altitude, high-yield
atomic devices which will ignite the atmosphere and cause
a firestorme over southwest France, but this will also
cause his own base to be destroyed.
(63) The Scots, left on their island, deny Britain permission
to use their land for a military base, and seek Eastern
aid when British forces invade out of desperation. The
resulting battle will defeat the British.
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(64) All life in London will die out during winter as disease
sweeps what is now the city-island.
(65) Poland and East Germany will ally with the Easterners and
strike against the smaller countries, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Austria, and West Germany.
(66) West Germany and Austria will be invaded. West Germany’s
border will be split down the middle again. Netherlands,
Belgium, and northern France will also be raided.
(67) At the same time of the German/Austrian invasions,
Western forces will attack the Persian Gulf to weaken the
heart of the Middle East.
(68) German leaders will cause the downfall of Central
European defenses, along with Eastern attacks from East
Germany and Yugoslavia.
(69) The Allies will make their last stand at Bruges in
northwest Belgium. The Eastern Forces will dominate
nearly all of Europe.
** The Allies take the Offensive **
(70) Nuclear strikes will be made against America and Russia,
and food will become in short supply. The U.S. will be
forced into economic chaos, with looters and rioters
raiding banks and shops for food, money, and supplies.
(71) A CONFLAG (Cluster Orbital Nuclear Fire-weapon for Light
Atmospere iGnition) system will be launched from China
and detonated above New England, burning as far south as
New York City.
(72) New York will be partially destroyed by a great
earthquake that will partially sink Manhattan island.
(73) The Orientals will attempt to invade the U.S. near New
York, but the U.S. navy will easily repel their attack.
American Orientals will be placed in “protective
custody.”
(74) The Easterners will infiltrate Latin America and murder
the president of Brazil. Their navy will attempt to take
the Panama Canal, but it will be unsuccessful and the
attacking force will be obliterated.
(75) The U.S. and Russia will resort to germ warfare to
retalliate.
(76) The U.S.S.R. will be invaded from three directions, but
careful preparation will allow them to use chemical
weapons against the Chinese.
(77) To prepare to attack Asia, Eastern forces will set up
Pacific defenses. They will entrap a U.S. fleet, but
Russia will aid the encircled Americans and help to
defeat the Chinese navy.
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(78) The American Air Force will make bombing runs deep into
Europe. Seven months later the U.S. and Russia will make
a joint attack on China that will last a full week
without stopping. The Eastern forces will be defeated in
their homeland, thus severely weakening their power.
(79) Scotland and London will be recaptured by the Allies. A
new Middle-Eastern commander will make his headquarters
in Rome.
(80) Scandinavia, the Baltic states, and the Balkans will all
be attacked by the Allies.
(81) The British will liberate southwest France, which will be
reinforced by other Western armies. The allies will
penetrate from La Rochelle into central France, to
Roanne. Another invasion force will land near Calais and
slowly make its way to northeastern France.
(82) Central and Southern France will be liberated as the
Allies continue to push onward.
(83) The Arabs and Far Easterners no longer will be able to
work together after the defeats in the Pacific, and this
weakens their still-resisting armies.
(84) Many battles will be fought as Allied forces make their
way to Marseilles, the Easterners’ stronghold and supply
port. This will be coordinated with a submarine assault
on southern France.
(85) French and British forces will seize the Spanish city of
Barcelona, and move on to aid in the successful Allied
attack on Marseilles.
(86) Nice will be retaken, but the Arabs will attack from
Spain and Italy, recapturing parts of southern and
southeastern France. At the same time, the Arabs will
launch a missile attack against the Allies in Northern
France. This attack will be unsuccessful, and the Arabs
will be driven back.
(87) The Allies will use bacteriological weapons against
Lausanne, Switzerland, forcing the Arabs to retreat.
(88) Spain will be reconquered after a large naval battle on
March 3rd, 1996.
(89) The Allies will make a massive onslaught into Italy,
liberating it. The Church will be returned to Rome.
(90) The Arabs will be forced all the way back into northern
Africa, but a French force will be annihilated as it
tries to cross the Adriatic Sea.
(91) The Allies will attack the Mediterranean islands.
(92) A secret and very successful raid will be made by the
Allies to free POW’s in Turkey.
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(93) Southern Arabia will be nuked by the Allies, but the
Arabs will recapture Sicily. This will have little
effect, though, and soon all of central Europe will be
liberated.
(94) 5000 Far Easterners will die when losing Crete and Greece
to the Allies.
(95) The French, under a new leader named Ogmios, will lead an
Allied assault on Turkey between May 25th and June 21st,
1996. The Arabs there will be defeated. Northern Turkey
will be liberated on October 3rd.
(96) Western amphibious attacks will fail, and Arab saboteurs
will destroy an Allied military base after a defeat in
one battle.
(97) In a surprise attack, the Western forces will attack and
defeat the Eastern navy.
(98) Allies will infiltrate the Middle East, stabbing into
occupied Israel, Syria, and Jordan. Arab resistance will
disintegrate, and within a month the last Eastern forces,
in Central and South America, will surrender. Israel
will be liberated.
(99) The Westerners will attack Middle Eastern positions in
India, defeating all.
(100) The desparate Arabs will fight 3 last-ditch battles in
eastern Iran and Northeastern Turkey. The last battle
will bring about the collapse of the Arab empire. The
Arab commander-in-chief will be killed in his own
headquarters.
(101) The battles will eventually cease in Iran, and World War
]I[ will finally be over. The Allies win again!
(102) The one world of 7 billions of world population will Decide the fate of planet earth.
With love and compassion
Dr.Zensunking……………………………..email:zensunking@gmail.com t
Hi Mr Bachchan
I apologise for writing late as the internet connection was not working yesterday and day before.
July,14th.The day of our victory in Kargil war and I salute all our bravo soldiers who fought for the protection of our country so that we can live a secure and peaceful life.
Happy to know that the evening at Taj with french consulates during the ceremony of French National Day went fine.A proud day for both the nations in their own way.
Take care
Love & warm regards
Priyanka.
pranam Amitji
love u always
Adarniya Shri Amitabh Bachchanji,
Great description of this forum and our medium of communication Sir. You have that ability to describe things poetically, its in your blood. And the punch line “It has You” said it all. From what we know of you as a person, its not surprising that every now and then you try to give importance to your FmXT members and my heart felt thanks for the same. You are here b’coz of US and we are here b’coz of YOU….
Hope you had a wonderful time, meetings with just speeches is never entertaining. You are almost ready to clap as soon as the speaker has started addressing the forum. And thank you Sir for reminding us of the ‘Vijay Divas’, our victory in the Kargil war over our arch rivals. I am not sure how many politicians, media personnel, etc. acknowledged our “Veer Shahids” on this day and to what length was the coverage, but good to hear it from you.
Good health to you…
Jai Jawan!!! Jai Kissan!!!
Jai Hind!!!
—Aavjo
Hello, Mr. bachchanji, I’m big fan of you. love your writing sirji…keep it up..
Cheers
Sir,
I’m a die hard fan of yours.The world of communication has made it possible for me to actually respond to your tweet.I consider myself fortunate.I really admire you.I grew up watching your movies.You were the first hero I watched.My first hero….When I came to Mumbai last year the first place I visited was your house,Jalsa.(Ofcourse never got anywhere near the gate!!)
Your words are deep…and just reminds me that you are the son of a poet after all….God bless…Love your work, sir.
Dear Mr. Bachchan
Best wishes on your KBC asignment. Also great to know you will finally start shooting soon. Like to see U on screen anytime.
South Indian movies are always over the top. I did not like the “Budha” directors earlier work. I hope he tones down the pitch and makes a realistic film.
Best wishes and regards
Manoj Ghantasala