Megastar Amitabh Bachchan loves to share his thoughts on his blog. And recently, he did again, as he posted a deeply introspective note on life, struggle, and silence. The veteran Hindi film icon drew a parallel between the thoughts of his father, the late Harivansh Rai Bachchan , and Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri.



Amitabh Bachchan recalls his father's words about life's strugglesIn his blog post, Amitabh Bachchan recalled his conversation with his "pujya Babuji" and shared how his father once talked about life and its struggles.



He wrote, "Pujya Babuji se ek din aise hi main keh raha tha ki jeevan mein bada sangharsh hai. Unka uttar aaya, ‘Beta, jab tak jeevan hai, tab tak sangharsh hai’ (I was casually telling Pujya Babuji one day that life is full of struggles. He replied, ‘Son, as long as there is life, there will be struggle')."



He further wrote, "Abhi ek pustak dekh raha tha Firaq Gorakhpuri ji ki, jismein unka ek sher mila (I was just looking at a book by Firaq Gorakhpuri, in which I came across one of his couplets)."



The megastar of the Indian cinema expressed how his father's and Firaq Gorakhpuri's emotions and philosophies were quite similar. Big B added that both poets belonged to the Kayastha community while emphasizing that the late poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan never believed in casteism.



“Firaq Gorakhpuri ji was the eminent poet from Allahabad, now Prayagraj, and a contemporary of Babuji… they were close friends too… his poetry was embellished in Urdu… he was a Kayast… a caste, a social order prevalent, a stratum, an echelon—Hinduism… the same as Babuji, who, as I have mentioned often, never believed in casteism…!!! Look how similar their words and emotions are."







The actor concluded, writing, "Oh! What a wonderful world we live in... where the side and alternate profession of the 8.2 billion humans is... journalism, communicator, opinion maker, informer, collaborator, fifth columnist... et al…"