My Father passed away today, after spending 96 years of his life since the year 1907.

My Father lives today within, with all his words and deeds and feelings and impressions.

My Father, who gave me life, but more than that a life within a life.

My Father who introduced himself as just another earth and mud creation, of living his mind with the exuberance and intoxication of life, for just a few moments.

Much have I spoken of him and about him throughout our discourses in these thousand days of our association. And much has been imbibed by you through me on his existence, his thoughts and his mind. I feel inadequate to put in words what more I could gift to you that belonged to him. A lifetime of genius takes several lifetimes to comprehend. And we have just one !

My prayers to the Almighty today and always, shall only ask, for his soul to be in peace and wellness. For him to know and feel how much he is missed and loved. And for him to understand that no matter how hard we may try, we shall never be able to match his legacy even by a millionth.

Amitabh Bachchan