Mumbai, Nov 01: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who had disclosed in his blog that he slept with a gun under his pillow after Mumbai terror attacks, has said it was to show his "complete loss of faith in the system and governance" and criticised gestures like lighting candles.
"The act of pulling out my revolver is a symbolic metaphor, a figure of speech, to demonstrate my complete loss of faith in the system and in the governance, in providing me, a citizen of India, with my rightful sense of security," Bachchan, 66, wrote in the blog.
Bachchan, who has millions of fans across the world, said that respondents on his blog had taunted and subjected him to mockery and derision on the issue. He said his critics in the cyberworld had written about what they would have done had they been in his place.
"It is a pity that the `intellectual media` portrays the incident of the gun under my pillow as one of ridicule and mirth," Bachchan wrote.
Hitting out at his critics, the actor said "I keep my security according to my own assessment of my vulnerability. When you will wear my shoes, and I do hope that you do one day, you shall also be subjected to the kind of vulnerability that I and many others like me face each day.
"Perhaps then you would be better placed to appreciate the hollowness of your accusation," he said.
After terrorist struck in Mumbai on Wednesday night, Bachchan wrote in his blog the next day "Last night, as the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me I did something for the first time and one that I hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for night,I pulled out my licensed .32 revolver, loaded it and put it under my pillow. For a very disturbed sleep."
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, December 1, 2008, 15:26
