Amitabh apologises to a woman for using her poem without credit

Wednesday 06th January 2021 04:45 EST
 
 

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan's love for social media is no secret. The actor keeps in touch with his fans regularly through pictures of himself or words of wisdom. Amitabh also shares poems and snippets including those of his father, late Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

He recently shared a poem about preparing a special 'tea' called Life on micro-blogging website Twitter. The tweet garnered 16,000 likes and a thousand comments, one of which was by a woman who claimed the poem to be hers. Tisha Agarwal tweeted to AB Sr, and said, “Sir, seeing my poem on your wall is a matter of great fortune for me. My happiness and pride would have been double had you given me the credit for it. Looking forward to your response.”

Amitabh was quick to apologise for the mistake, and wrote, “Tisha Ji, I just came to know that one of the tweets that I shared was your poem. I apologize, I did not know it. Someone sent me this on my Twitter or WhatsApp, I liked it, and I published it. I apologize.” Touched by the response, Tisha wrote back, “Thank you sir for your greatness. I did not want your apology but your love. This is your blessing, which is my pride now.”

Amitabh shared the tweet again, adding the correction. “This tweet credit should go to @TishaAgarwal, I was not aware of its origin .. someone sent it to me, I thought it to be good and posted ..apologies.”

On the work front, Amitabh is currently seen on the latest season of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'. He will be next seen in 'Brahmastra', 'Chehre', 'Mayday', and 'Jhund'.


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