The versatile Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has made remarkable achievements in the Hindi film industry and even at the age of 75, he’s quite active, both on the professional front and on social media, especially the micro-blogging site Twitter where he often shares his thoughts and views over something.
Although Big B enjoys a massive fan following, there’s no shortage of people who seek opportunity to troll the megastar and the same happened once again.
Recently, Amitabh took to Twitter and expressed his views over celebrating birthday with cake-cutting ceremony that also includes blowing candles. He seemed to up upset with this western tradition of birthday celebration.
As per him, the English people left this practice and we are still following it blindly as if we are their slaves till date. He further added that in Indian culture, a diya is lit and not blown off as it’s not considered good. He also questioned the custom of singing ‘Happy Birthday’ and suggested that people should instead sing in Hindi.
Here’s what Amitabh Bachchan tweeted,
“अंग्रेज़ Happy Birthday की प्रथा छोड़ गए और हम अभी भी उसके ग़ुलाम हैं ! ये cake क्यूँ ? ये candle क्यूँ ? ये फूँक कर बुझाना क्यूँ ? हमारी सभ्यता में दीप प्रज्वलित करते हैं ; ये उसे फूँक कर बुझाने को कहते हैं ! और ये गाना क्यूँ ! ये गाइए : वर्ष नव, हर्ष नव”
Below is its loose English translation:
“Britishers gave the tradition of ‘Happy Birthday’ to us and we are still their slaves. Why this cake? Why this candle? Why do we blow the candle off? In our culture, we lit diya and they ask us to blow it off? And why this song (Happy Birthday)? Instead sing: new year, new joy”
Check out his tweet:
T 2816 – अंग्रेज़ Happy Birthday की प्रथा छोड़ गए और हम अभी भी उसके ग़ुलाम हैं ! ये cake क्यूँ ? ये candle क्यूँ ? ये फूँक कर बुझाना क्यूँ ? हमारी सभ्यता में दीप प्रज्वलित करते हैं ; ये उसे फूँक कर बुझाने को कहते हैं ! और ये गाना क्यूँ ! ये गाइए : वर्ष नव, हर्ष नव …
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 24, 2018
Even though Big B is right in his perception, Twitter trolled him brutally by calling him double-standard as pics of Amitabh and his family’s birthday celebration have circulated over web and social media.
Check out some selected reactions:
Start it from your home:
पहले अपने घर यह सब करवाइये फिर ज्ञान दीजिये।
अभिषेक, आपके और आपके नातिन के जन्मदिवस पर भी यही अंग्रेज़ो वाली सभ्यता चलती है।— Ankita (@ankitadewarii) May 24, 2018
Don’t show double-standard:
https://twitter.com/Venkat5411/status/999506537839181825
This is epic:
इस आदमी को भी समझाईये ना पनामा चाचा..
ये भी हर जन्मदिन केक काटता है..फॉलोवरों को पाने के लिए गिड़गिड़ाता है..सरकारी एड मिल जाये और जांच में बच जाये इसिलिए पेट्रोल-डीजल पर अब जोक नहीं बनाता.
कौन है ये?? pic.twitter.com/9dugwoAECn— Prashu🐇 (@PrashuSpeaks) May 24, 2018
Any comments?
@AbhinavAgarwal ये शर्ट,पैंट, सूट, टाइ,क्यूं? धोती, कुर्ता ,पजामा जो भारतीय शरीर व मौसम के अनुसार हैं, क्यों नहीं?
— पं. सत्यजित ‘वेदांती’ (@Satyajittiwari) May 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/ankitarai902/status/999504180032233472
so your grand children learning in Hindi medium school…
— Aniket Nemad (@aniket_nemad) May 24, 2018
Who is this man?
हाथी के दांत खाने को और , दिखाने के और!
यह भारत के नहीं है, यह वाले बिग बी, कोई इनके जुड़वा हैं 👇👇https://t.co/IA6w3cVMyY— Neeru (@Neeru_Bahl) May 24, 2018
The effect of extreme heat:
https://twitter.com/Maniking0179/status/999510880441307136
LOL 😀
https://twitter.com/SarcasticRofl/status/999509573773021184
Cake isliye kyonki zehar wali kheer se thakur saab ko ulti ho jati hai pic.twitter.com/l4gBx4g9MO
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 (@RoflGandhi_) May 24, 2018
A jibe at Panama:
अंग्रेज चले गए बुढ़ऊ @SrBachchan का पनामा में एकाउंट खुलवा गए !! ~ @KhileriBaba
— Mahaveer Prasad Khileri (@KhileriBaba) May 24, 2018
What do you have to say about Amitabh’s tweet and the trolling reactions that followed? Do you also think that Big B is double-standard? Let us know your views.
