It is Sunday and it rains and pours, but the crowds keep coming for that evening greeting. I am so deeply touched and am so grateful to the Almighty for these little mercies that are showered on me.

The dress is Indian formal because my Chachi turned 75. And a celebration lunch made us all dress up. It was such a joy to be with family ~ family that I had not met for ages. The occasion apart from its birthday sanctity also becomes a platform of catching up on all the news from days gone by. Children have got married, their children are up and about in University and College, some married with little kids ~ just a beautiful feel to all that went by. The fraternity of family is such a strong bond, such a great strength that in their midst there is no feeling of insecurity, of being alone, of sharing the laughter and the pains of life, of being one concentrated whole, looking working thinking, all in one single direction.

It is much like our own little fraternity that we have built here. One that shares joys and sorrows and pain and exuberance all in one well protected mass. One that jumps without any prompting at each others help and that absorbs the pain and the joys of the FmXt.

Much like the present issue of abuse towards me. The media picked up our blog of yesterday and spread it out into the world of information and now for the entire day there has been a barrage of messages of support, of wanting to catch the culprits and take them to task, of grave indignation and of being incensed by this show of absolute garbage that has been directed towards me. In particular the media has been most sympathetic and has been calling various Police Stations to verify the complaint that is being investigated. In the region of the source too, the Police has been informed on this grave and insidious act and many of the level of Commissioner and equal rank who are personal friends have been wanting to seek more information, have been incensed and are on action. Soon there shall be a sharing of details, not just in India but in the country of its origin. There is a limit to which this can be tolerated. I can be a gentleman up to a point. But beyond that I shall stop being one. You go to the level of so much as touching my family and little innocent grand children and you shall have to pay extremely dearly !!

Two pictures of Abhishek during one of his promotional activities caught him in front of huge banners of Reid &Tailor and most of the expressions and actions that turned out to be similar were without design or intent. They just happened and coincidentally too.

Post the lunch some meetings took place and then back to the rained soaked city, harsh winds and pouring shafts of the rain. Ideal conditions for cozy environs and a movie. ‘Scarface !!’ Delightful. Though I would never have minded the ‘Godfather 3′. It is a classic that I can watch any number of times.

But Scarface too is a classic. It just envelops one into that period of time, into the characters of the place. You almost start living within those confines as part of the story. Almost as though it were happening to you. Which really is the strength of any movie and this one has often done it to me. This and ‘Gone with the Wind’. So great is the impact that you continue to live within that drama much after the film has got over. Did you ever feel that way ?

What a great boon Tv and DvD and Cd have been to our time, spared and available. So much is now being made available in the shape and garb of entertainment within the palm of your own hands ~ that one wonders where this revolution shall eventually take us.

For me it is troubling to see all of us getting immensely individual, in immensely public arena. I think electronics have contributed in making us all less vocal and more digital. Our fingers do most of the talking. Impersonal I shall admit, but one, that has become an instrument of great personal value !!

The capacity to get and remain connected even while we move in different directions has contributed largely in keeping us the way we are now ~ less conversational, but at the expense of technology.

We are gradually getting isolated. Or is it nature’s will of keeping us thus ~ content in what we want to do, so long as it is in our own space.

Who, where or what that space shall be is the million dollar question !!

However there is no question instead, of how I shall conclude today’s session ~

With love and understanding and even greater conviction …

Amitabh Bachchan