Mumbai:
With the society grappling withdeclining child sex ratio and the male child still beingpreferred, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has spoken in favour ofequal rights and treatment of both genders.
The Bollywood icon says he had never differentiatedbetween his daughter and son.
"I had made up my mind that they will be equal ineverything I do. Jaya and I had decided long back thatwhatever little I had achieved will be equally divided betweenShweta and Abhishek," he said while interacting withmediapersons here.
"Shweta is the first born of the present generation of myfamily and she has been brought up in that manner," the dotingfather said.
"Being a lady, I felt she should be given the space whicha woman deserves in the house. Even though she is now marriedand lives in a different city, her opinion is sought onimportant issues and if we cannot take a decision on urgentmatters, she advices us with maturity," Bachchan said.
The actor said even though it is widely believed thatdaughters are "paraya dhan", in his view, daughters have equalrights and share, along with their brothers, on their parents.
With the society grappling withdeclining child sex ratio and the male child still beingpreferred, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has spoken in favour ofequal rights and treatment of both genders.
The Bollywood icon says he had never differentiatedbetween his daughter and son.
"I had made up my mind that they will be equal ineverything I do. Jaya and I had decided long back thatwhatever little I had achieved will be equally divided betweenShweta and Abhishek," he said while interacting withmediapersons here.
"Shweta is the first born of the present generation of myfamily and she has been brought up in that manner," the dotingfather said.
"Being a lady, I felt she should be given the space whicha woman deserves in the house. Even though she is now marriedand lives in a different city, her opinion is sought onimportant issues and if we cannot take a decision on urgentmatters, she advices us with maturity," Bachchan said.
The actor said even though it is widely believed thatdaughters are "paraya dhan", in his view, daughters have equalrights and share, along with their brothers, on their parents.
