My very dearest Navya & Aaradhya
You both carry a very valuable legacy on your tender shoulders โ Aaradhya, the legacy of your เคชเคฐ เคฆเคพเคฆเคพเคเฅ, Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchanโฆand Navya, the legacy of your เคชเคฐ เคฆเคพเคฆเคพเคเฅ, Shri H P Nandaโฆ.
Both your เคชเคฐ เคฆเคพเคฆเคพเคเฅโs gave your present surnames celebrated fame, dignity and recognition !
Both of you maybe a Nanda or a Bachchan, but you are also girlsโฆwomen !
And because you are women people will force their thinking, their boundaries on you.
They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go.
Donโt live in the shadows of peopleโs judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Donโt let anyone make you believe that the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.
Donโt let anyoneโs opinion of who you should be friends with, dictate who you will be friends with.
Donโt get married for any other reason other than you want to get married.
People will talk. They shall say some terrible things. But that doesnโt mean you have to listen to everyone. Never ever worry about – เคฒเฅเค เคเฅเคฏเคพ เคเคนเฅเคเคเฅ !
At the end of the day, you are the only one who will face the consequences of your actions, so donโt let other people make your decisions for you.
Navya โ the privilege your name, your surname offers you, will not protect you from the difficulties you will face because youโre a woman.
Aaradhya โ by the time you see and understand this, I may well not be around. But I think what I am saying today shall still be relevant.
This may be a difficult, difficult world to be a woman. But I believe that it is women like you that will change that.
It may not be easy, setting your own boundaries, making your own choices, rising above peopleโs judgement. But YOU !…you can set an example for women everywhere.
Do this and you would have done more than I have ever done, and it will be my honor to be known not as Amitabh Bachchan, but as your grandfather !!
With all my love
Your โฆ.Dadaji โฆ.your Nana
