Not really propoganda...but latest entry on Amitabh Bachchan's blog:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->â Your religion is what you do after the sermon is over â
Getting down to a routine, bringing back the timings that will encompass me in a few days and rescheduling my dates for films, has been the major activity through out the day. Apart of course from the time spent in catching up with Abhiishek and Aishwarya.
Abhishek goes off to various interviews for the promotion of âDostanaâ, Aishwarya takes a flight back to Kerala and I get into a meeting which is enlightening.
A couple from Chennai have researched for years the glory of India its history and culture and its very roots. Have studied and analyzed our scriptures - Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and put up a most interesting presentation called âBharat Gyanâ. In an hour long computer and verbal infotainment, they seek participation from me in a project that I believe will be of immense value to all.
I shall give it serious consideration.
Of the hundreds of topics that they spoke about and gave me interpretations of, there was just one matter that I learnt - that BC and AD, now no longer exist. Its BCE and CE and BP.
Before Common Era, BCE
Common Era, CE
And BP is Before Present.
And all this came about through debate and discussion in various International Historical Congress, because there was uncertainty on the date for the Birth of Christ. So periods mentioned as Before Christ and After Christ, had to be reconsidered.
There are about 500 to 600 hours of material collected by this duo on every possible aspect, mentioned exhaustively in the Rig Veda and associated manuscripts and I am keen to get this across to the people of India and seek their questions and answers that this exercise shall raise.
It will be a fascinating experience, I promise.
But before that, I must rest and recuperate in order to devote quality time to it..
So, good night and my love..
Amitabh Bachchan
http://bigb.bigadda.com/2008/11/12/day-203/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->â Your religion is what you do after the sermon is over â
Getting down to a routine, bringing back the timings that will encompass me in a few days and rescheduling my dates for films, has been the major activity through out the day. Apart of course from the time spent in catching up with Abhiishek and Aishwarya.
Abhishek goes off to various interviews for the promotion of âDostanaâ, Aishwarya takes a flight back to Kerala and I get into a meeting which is enlightening.
A couple from Chennai have researched for years the glory of India its history and culture and its very roots. Have studied and analyzed our scriptures - Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and put up a most interesting presentation called âBharat Gyanâ. In an hour long computer and verbal infotainment, they seek participation from me in a project that I believe will be of immense value to all.
I shall give it serious consideration.
Of the hundreds of topics that they spoke about and gave me interpretations of, there was just one matter that I learnt - that BC and AD, now no longer exist. Its BCE and CE and BP.
Before Common Era, BCE
Common Era, CE
And BP is Before Present.
And all this came about through debate and discussion in various International Historical Congress, because there was uncertainty on the date for the Birth of Christ. So periods mentioned as Before Christ and After Christ, had to be reconsidered.
There are about 500 to 600 hours of material collected by this duo on every possible aspect, mentioned exhaustively in the Rig Veda and associated manuscripts and I am keen to get this across to the people of India and seek their questions and answers that this exercise shall raise.
It will be a fascinating experience, I promise.
But before that, I must rest and recuperate in order to devote quality time to it..
So, good night and my love..
Amitabh Bachchan
http://bigb.bigadda.com/2008/11/12/day-203/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->