For the final episode of Navya Naveli Nanda’s podcast What The Hell Navya, which was released on Saturday, Jaya Bachchan joined her granddaughter and daughter Shweta Bachchan. Jaya recalled leaving the film industry after her marriage to Amitabh Bachchan to focus on raising her children as they talked about the lives of women in India, particularly their lives after marriage. Jaya objected to Navya using the word “sacrifice” when she talked about the sacrifices women had to make for the benefit of their families.
“I do not believe the term sacrifice (for married women) is appropriate. I would say you are putting someone else’s needs, feelings, and thoughts ahead of your own. When you do something from within yourself, it is not a sacrifice, in my opinion. Why should you say sacrifice when you are an intelligent, educated girl? Jaya Bachchan asked Navya. Shweta and Abhishek Bachchan’s parents, Jaya and Amitabh got married on June 3, 1973.
Jaya continued, “I remember when I stopped working and everyone said, ‘Oh she sacrificed her career for her marriage and children,’ but that was not the case. I was genuinely delighted to be a wife and mother. Compared to what I was getting to do (in films), which was a repetition of the same thing, I preferred that role. It was not at all a sacrifice.
Women need to support each other more, Shweta Bachchan, an entrepreneur, and Navya’s mother said in the same episode. “What started in the pandemic as a routine catch-up because everyone was locked down under the same roof, is now a show,” Navya wrote on YouTube while posting the final episode of her podcast. Our hosts have been our friends, philosophers, and guides while baring their hearts and spilling the beans and the tea. They summarize this season in this episode and offer some lessons learned and fond memories. They might or might not return, but we wish for the love and knowledge to be widely appreciated and shared. Up until then!
