‘Language used to be richer’

Actor Amitabh Bachchan feels the purity of written and spoken language is subsiding in these times of quick communication but hopes to restore the charm of literature by opening a museum to store his father and noted writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s works.

Actor Amitabh Bachchan feels the purity of written and spoken language is subsiding in these times of quick communication but hopes to restore the charm of literature by opening a museum to store his father and noted writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s works.

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“We used to spend a lot of thought behind what was written and spoken. Perhaps, it was a lot richer in earlier times,” he says, adding: “I don’t want to blame today’s generation. The time has changed, communication has become quick.”