At 6 in the morning at BR Dubbing a reliving of the history oftormented times in the Punjab before the Jalianwala Bagh massacre atthe hands of the British. Revealing, riveting and full of strongstories of valor and determination. Of revolt against suppression. Ofchallenge against those that oppressed and tried to sublimate us. Asyou go through the rituals of the reading, the visuals of the times,the emotions all creep inside you and overwhelm you. Those were thedays my friend. How one would have loved to have lived in those times.To have felt the passion of independence. To have been a part ofrevolution that changed the future of an entire nation. Those were thedays … yes … those were the days !!

By the middle of the afternoon Baz Luhrmann climbs up to the officethird floor for a meeting. Some exquisite paintings presented, sometalk on motor bike accidents and swollen hands of infection, endlessmusings on cinema and philosophy and intent, personal close photographsand then good bye. With the hope to meet again.

And after a short recess a mammoth enterprise … and again ! Themedia build up to COLORS as a channel coming to the UK and USA.Connecting to London and Birmingham and Leicester and New York. COLORSin the UK, APNA COLORS in the United States. Radio, print whatever …promoting projects and detail on the content and reasons for theassociation. Fun !! Not the promotions … just the variety of questionsand the manner in which they construct the interviews. Fascinating !!

And then after a long time … the family … all four of us togetherand by ourself .. just sitting and chatting and passing opinion andjudgement and argument on topics prevalent. It is a fascinating world.

I see that there is an impatience for the yellow. It is longoverdue, but so is time. Time has been itself overdue and extractingone out from there has always been difficult. But suddenly someday, oneday, it will occur. The responses … And then perhaps there shall behappiness and joy.

Google from San Francisco has come over for a meeting. They wish toput my Father’s works on it. Access it for all lovers of poetry.Connect it through limited exposure on the net, but giving links wherethey could be bought and hence enhance sales where they do not exist.What do you think ? Oh… ok … shall put it up as a question on thecolumn by the side. Property, copyrights, piracy, costs all go inmaking the right decision and I do hope that it shall prevail in amutually agreeable program.

They talk of putting up my own YouTube recordings and assure me thatthey can be done without going anywhere. Sitting here in front of thecomputer and after a short introduction to the mechanics we should beable to conduct the activity ourselves, without any further ado !!

In closing then .. a confession ..

My daughter writes beautifully … hang on for her introduction on the blog soon and her piece that she has written.

With my love to all .. in whatever state you are in .. in whatever …

Amitabh Bachchan