What better way to present myself in your midst, but with folded hands .. a symbol a gesture, a greeting of reverence, a condition of acceptance, in humility and in prayer …

There is complete submission in the ‘namaste’ ! The oft repeated joke on the Western greeting of the hand shake is - acknowledging with one hand, the other hand on the sword ! Ha ! One never knows where these theories come about from, but come they do and remain eternal somehow.

The day off from work was a respite more for those laboring unit hands, than for the artists. We get treated like special guests on set, but it is the hard working and never rewarded workers on production that put in the most hours. They are there hours before us, and leave hours after we have left. But you never hear of them. They work silently and most laboriously than any other. No one pays attention to their credits in the titles at the end of a film - the font is so small and the speed at which they roll, nobody is ever able to catch anything. No matter what the circumstance and condition, they are there bearing the consequences. Glory be to them ! Cinema would not be cinema without them !

I recovered from the scare of a switched off and unconnected internet last night. Recovered from the loss of content. And have literally slept through the day apart from some work meetings and a slight dubbing stint early in the day. It is remarkable to know how much rest your body needs. It is only when we indulge it to reveal, does it tell us in no uncertain terms, how much misuse there is. I dozed off watching the World Cup match, West Indies vs Australia at around 2:30 in the afternoon and woke up by 8 PM .. !! That a lot of sleep ! In the day !! And to think of it, shall be getting back there again in a while !!

Last night on the disaster of the erased and lost post I pondered again of trying to recollect it tonight. But somehow it just does not seem the same. Its the spontaneity of the moment. Its like living and breathing those special thoughts and then losing them to the atmosphere. Its like the breathe you lost .. unrecoverable, unreplaceable !!

The ambience of the moment was directed towards the silence from the music, and all that came after, was connected in a sense to just that. How radio and DJ’s had overtaken music outputs, how dance moments at special evenings had been replaced by the lounge club, how the connect with ballroom dancing had now been devised to keep partners away from each other … and so many other observations … lost and gone forever ! No sweat ! Will do better next time - careful and better !

SKYPED with Abhishek and Aishwarya in LA and with my grandchildren Agastya and Navya in Delhi and revelled in the facilities of rapid and consumate communication. Such a convenience and such joy to play around with the contraptions. Abhishek informs of his meeting with Warren Beatty at a store in LA, his knowledge and respect for me and my films and his wonder at me still working. Warren Beatty ?? Indian Films ?? Knows about Amitabh Bachchan and is in ‘awe’ ???!!! Hmmm … somethings not right here !! And he actually asked for Abhishek from the store owner because he knew he was my son !! This is getting weird !! I mean … how would .. you know .. how does he .. its not possible …you mean he actually …

Oh ! And incidentally they were getting fitted at a clothes store, for the Oscars Award ceremony for Sunday - Warren and Abhishek ! Ya , Abhishek and Aishwarya have been invited by the Academy to attend the Oscars on Sunday … so ….

And they spent about an hour and a half chatting with each other ..? Its getting .. you know …?!!! Not real !!

Puri Jaggannath director for my next - ‘Buddah’ - as in old man, was over to discuss script and other aspects. Spent a huge amount of time together getting the hang of everything and emerging excited about it all. The look, the music, the ambience, the dialogues … all in place now and ready to go next month !

And then Balki … He has come out with a unique idea for his film with me and it is … well … best to save it for when its ready to go on floor .. could be a while .. but .. what does this guy consume to get all this thinking ..

Creativity lingers till there is creative will ! Creative will will stretch your limits if you have any ! Snatch will away from the artist creating and you shall surely kill him ! The last piece of work that my Father did was to write his biography. After spending a lifetime writing poetry, prose. And he announced to family. After I finish this I shall fall ill. And he did and never recovered ! His writing kept him alive. Once that was gone, he had lost desire to exist.

I would assume this would apply to all of us too. When I read concern on my work schedules and my work ethics from my EF, I have only one explanation. Take me away from the cameras and I shall surely not be able to exist. And so I imagine would be the case with all that are in similar circumstance. On asking whether I was still working and being told that I was, Warren Beatty expressed surprise to Abhishek in that meeting they had and advised I should take it easy. But I am, dear Warren ! I am easy .. in front of the camera ! And the people that come and watch and spend time and money to be with me, and to communicate with me on this glorious platform .. they are my ease, my support, my incentive, my drive, my desire … please do not take them away from me !! Or even suggest that I should …

Time now to select all, to copy and then to paste ..

Good night and shubh ratri .. shabba khair … and namaste !!

Amitabh Bachchan