And I wonder, if there is calibration to being private and if being private has the qualities of having no limits then is it not a subject to be fearful of. To be in possession of a limitless quality. This quality could be for good or for worse. One often hears the oft repeated quote of the fury of a patient man. Is this fury then a manifestation of ‘no limit, infinity’ of the private man.

Is being private then a disqualification. And if there are various strengths, albeit hidden, attributed to a man because of this, does this make the person a symbol of envy and perhaps hate.

If I remain private and do not share, not because I do not wish to, but simply because of my disposition, do I become a person that will be envied and hated. And then, those that share, do they become a symbol of love and goodness, by similar logic. Would this analysis be not fair then. I should think it would. And I do firmly think that the syndrome exists and is vehemently practiced. Not just generally, but deliberately in all professions and walks of life.

So what of those that do not practice this. Do they not become wrong even though they are right. I would tend to buy that. And I would not like to give examples. I would attribute a great sense of intelligence to all my FmXt. You would know and know well.

The summer heat beats down with great ferocity and the golden flowered ‘amaltaas’ with its bright yellow buds, lines the avenues where I drive through every morning and evening. And the other yellow flower blossoming tree, with the buds bell like, adorning the branches in their multitudes like so many miniature bells hanging down from the tops of the trees. And only for this just one month - May. Then they disappear, leaving the green branches desolate and free. They are a multitude bunched up outside our gates on the pavement. Large trees, spaced out evenly down the lanes. I decorate them with chinese lanterns during Diwali - inviting the Goddess Laxmi into our homes ! But thats some while still. Right now in this sultry heat, Jaya has very considerately placed huge earthen jars of water, for the man on the street to quench his thirst. On the road and pavement outside Jalsa and Janak, cool drinking water for those oppressed by the heat. And we keep topping it up every now and then to keep the flow going. Cute ! Na ..

I must take this opportunity to thank the numerous responses that have come in offering help for my medical condition. Doctors of repute, relatives of doctors of repute, friends of doctors of repute, all volunteering help and direction. I am expressing my gratitude to all and assuring them that were I to need some assistance I would most certainly refer to them. Thank you.

Tiny Bangladesh is playing merry hell into the mighty Australians in the T20 World Cup at Barbados and I am too enamored by it to continue here. Is that justifiable reason to disappear ? Please say yes !!

Thank you .. ha ha ..

Notice I did not wait too long for a response ..

Amitabh Bachchan