Famous Shweta Bachchan Nanda, the daughter of Amitabh
Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, is most certainly low-key in contrast to her
family. But on the occasion of Mother's Day, Shweta got frank about her two
children Navya Naveli and Agastya with a famous tabloid.
On whether she is the type of mother who is also a friend to
them, Shweta responded, "No, I am not their friend. I am their mother! I
have a communicative and realistic equation with my children. When they were
little, they came to me with bruised knees. Today, they come to me with bruised
hearts. They ask my opinion, but they don’t have to obey it. I’m not strict
about the teenage rites of passage stuff. I am strict about behaviour, that is
very important to me."
She further added, "I actually oscillate between
traditional and modern. I like some of our Indian traditions. I like, for
example, the respect we give our parents and elders here. It feels good, so I
follow these traditions."
When questioned if being a mother who has her own life meant
distancing yourself from your kids and Shweta told, "I do not expect that
I will know everything that is going on in my children’s lives, but I am always
in on the important stuff. For me, that is enough. I do not want to live
through them. I do not want them to live the life I plan for them. I want them
to chart their own path; if they fail, there is no shame, and I will be there
to pick them up."
