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MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the quiet hours of the night shared a deeply introspective note on life, struggle and silence, drawing a moving parallel between the thoughts of his father, the late poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and eminent Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri.

Recalling a conversation with his “pujya babuji, ” the actor wrote that he once spoke about how life is filled with struggle.

“One day I was saying to Pujya Babuji that there is a big struggle in life. He replied, ‘Beta, as long as there is life, there is struggle’ (As long as there is life, there is struggle). Now I was looking at a book written by Firaq Gorakhpuri, in which he found a couplet (sic).”

The reflection led the cine icon to a sher by Firaq Gorakhpuri, a contemporary and close friend of his father, noting how strikingly similar their emotions and philosophies were. He also mentioned that both poets belonged to the Kayastha community, while emphasising that the late poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan never believed in casteism.