An evening with the Bachchans
Again and again, through half a dozen anecdotes, Amitabh, who was dressed in a white jacket and used reading glasses, remembered his father's resourcefulness, discipline and industriousness.
The senior Bachchan, who after teaching English at Allahabad University, worked as a producer for All India Radio, and in 1955 joined the External Affairs Ministry as Hindi advisor, wrote more than 50 books of poetry and prose.
He also translated a handful of classics including Macbeth and the Bhagvad-Gita into Hindi.
The senior Rai who a earned doctorate from Cambridge University centred his research on the Noble laureate W B Yeats and his mysticism.
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