I am late. It was only last week that I finally came upon the blog of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Inspite of being a huge fan, this site somehow eluded me thus far. I am impressed. How does a guy in his late sixties, shuttling between multiple cities in one day keep this going? He is probably making big bucks in the process but that got me thinking about what he is really achieving in this process. I call it the "secret perk".
What the Gaylord of Indian cinema is doing is what each and every one of us have ingrained within us. How people leave trails of their life for others who care to find out. How we humans, have the inherent need to be known, however insignificant our lives may be. Each one of us has the desire that someone somewhere knows what we did, thought about, desired, feared, admired, hated when we walked the earth. Some of us will express impeccably while some of us will leave no traces behind.
There are days when I am really sad or ecstatic. Those are the days when my creative juices are to the brim and a blog is usually one of the outcomes. Today is not one of those days. What's special about today is that its one of those "revelation" kind of days where things suddenly seem clearer.
One thing that is definitely clear to me after reading Mr. Bachchan's blogs is that he is SO normal. He has the same set of insecurities, the same need to "justify" himself, the same craving to correct a wrong statement, a incorrect judgment, a false accusation. Luckily for him, there are millions of people willing to listen to and see his side of the story. How many of us are given that chance? One chance to justify our stand, to not have people judge us without hearing our side of the story, to just let us be? I shudder to think that one day, I will fade away and so many, that knew nothing about me, have built an image that is not remotely close to the real me.
Mr. Bachchan has it easier in that sense. Today he has another person listening to his side of the story, another person giving him the benefit of the doubt, another person being inspired by the demigod that is Amitabh Bachchan.
