Sunday, November 30, 2008

'I wish to fill my eyes with anger'

"I wish to fill my eyes today with flaming anger of the redness of the blood of the innocents of my countrymen," writes Amitabh Bachchan in his latest blog posted on late Saturday.
Reacting to the way, the media responded to his comment on keeping a gun under his pillow, Big B asserted, "It is a pity that the intellectual media portrays the incident of the gun under my pillow as one of ridicule and mirth. Of one that reflects a fear on my part. That makes an absurd simile with my characters on screen and that of the real."
"The act of pulling out my revolver is a symbolic metaphor, a figure of speech, to demonstrate my complete loss in faith in the system and in the governance, in providing me, a citizen of India, with my rightful sense of security. It is to demonstrate that now I shall have to personally look after my family and myself and not depend on the state. A state that is just so miserably incapable of protecting its citizens," added Big B further in his blog.
Lamenting the way people across the country are urging others to show solidarity for the blast victims by lighting candles in windows Amitabh Bachchan vehemently added, "NO !! Excuse me ! I will not do that!"
"This is no time to demonstrate gesture. This is the time for me to listen to a leader that shall strongly assure me of what needs to be done and will do it ! This is the time for each citizen of this country to act and behave in a dictated disciplined profile. This is the time for those that lead, to educate us all in a common curriculum bearing a common code of conduct, " commented Big B further.
Remembering Lata Mangeshkar's immortal song Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon which someone referred in a condolence message, Amitabh Bachchan concluded, "I have the highest regard and respect for those brave jawans that gave up their lives in the last few days, so that we could be secure and I do respect the emotions in the song, which coerce me to fill my eyes with tears for those who sacrificed their lives for the nation.."

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