New Delhi:
Ever since proud grandfather-to-be Amitabh Bachchan broke the news of daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy on Twitter, tongues have been wagging. Many asked why the legendary actor shared a private family moment with strangers.
The Bachchans are generally known for their reticence, especially matriarch Jaya Bachchan.
Some even speculated that the Big B's apparent trigger-happy move would not have gone down well with the senior Mrs B. Add to that the deafening silence of the Jr Bachchans, especially Abhishek Bachchan who is very active on Twitter, and something seems amiss.
Amitabh Bachchan has now tried to justify his tweet on Aishwarya's pregnancy.
This time, he uses his blog:
"I burn with the desire of my love and affection of my EF. They are my little world that feeds and expresses and holds me, embraces me with the warmth and care as that of a mother with her new born. They that question me ask me often. Why do you do this. And how can you continue to do this every day without a break. When you had to you broke the news of Aishwarya on the Twitter and the Blog. Why would you want a private moment in your life to be put on a public platform, and that too by your own accord.
And I tell them ... my Blog and my Twitter are my extended family. I consider it my duty to first inform my family ! You have a problem with that ?? ..... Silence and embarrassed faces !"
The Big B also refers to the wedding of Abhishek and Aishwarya. The Bachchans were panned by fans and colleagues in the industry for keeping the wedding very private.
Amitabh Bachchan writes:
"Wen I get my son married in a private manner, a marriage in the family, often considered a private moment... you throw stones in my house at that auspicious hour to show your resentment on why we have not made ourselves public! And today you question my effort to get public???!!! This is my family."
Amitabh Bachchan believes his followers on social networking sites are his extended family and he does his bit to keep them informed on what's happening in his near family.
Offline reticence or online candidness - the Big B needs to find the right balance to make tongues stop wagging. Whoever said it's easy being a Bachchan?
The Bachchans are generally known for their reticence, especially matriarch Jaya Bachchan.
Some even speculated that the Big B's apparent trigger-happy move would not have gone down well with the senior Mrs B. Add to that the deafening silence of the Jr Bachchans, especially Abhishek Bachchan who is very active on Twitter, and something seems amiss.
Amitabh Bachchan has now tried to justify his tweet on Aishwarya's pregnancy.
This time, he uses his blog:
"I burn with the desire of my love and affection of my EF. They are my little world that feeds and expresses and holds me, embraces me with the warmth and care as that of a mother with her new born. They that question me ask me often. Why do you do this. And how can you continue to do this every day without a break. When you had to you broke the news of Aishwarya on the Twitter and the Blog. Why would you want a private moment in your life to be put on a public platform, and that too by your own accord.
And I tell them ... my Blog and my Twitter are my extended family. I consider it my duty to first inform my family ! You have a problem with that ?? ..... Silence and embarrassed faces !"
The Big B also refers to the wedding of Abhishek and Aishwarya. The Bachchans were panned by fans and colleagues in the industry for keeping the wedding very private.
Amitabh Bachchan writes:
"Wen I get my son married in a private manner, a marriage in the family, often considered a private moment... you throw stones in my house at that auspicious hour to show your resentment on why we have not made ourselves public! And today you question my effort to get public???!!! This is my family."
Amitabh Bachchan believes his followers on social networking sites are his extended family and he does his bit to keep them informed on what's happening in his near family.
Offline reticence or online candidness - the Big B needs to find the right balance to make tongues stop wagging. Whoever said it's easy being a Bachchan?
