Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is currently enjoying his self
quarantine time at his Mumbai residence, Prateeksha. However, the megastar took to his blog to share the idea behind the name and also a story of  a “43-year-old” Gulmohar tree that
broke away  from its roots and fell
because of heavy rains.

“It had served its time
.. and voluntarily dropped ..  broke away from its roots and fell .. and
with it fell 43 years of its history .. its life and all that it represented,”
the actor wrote in his blog.

 Sharing the idea
behind naming the house as “Prateeksha”, Big B said, “… the day in 1976 we
moved into the first house that this generation had ever bought and built, and
called its own .. it was planted as a sapling , a mere few inches in its height
.. in the middle of the lawn that surrounded the property ..”

“… Babuji saw the house
as we invited him and Maa ji to now live with us and named it .. Prateeksha ..
it came from a line of one of his works .. “स्वागत सबके लिए यहाँ पर , नहीं किसी के लिए प्रतीक्षा” .. welcome there is for all in this abode, but we are not waiting
for anyone  ..,” he wrote.

The actor, who is receiving accolades for playing a role of a short-
tempered landlord in “Gulabo Sitabo” premiered on Amazon Prime Video last month,
says that this was the tree where the family created some good memories.

“.. the children grew
up around it .. as did the grandchildren .. their birthdays and the festivities
of festivals all decorated this GulMohar beautiful tree , with its bright
orange flowers that bloomed during the summer .. the children did get married
just a few feet away from it .. and it stood guardian above them .. its
branches bowed down with the weight of grief and sorrow when the elders passed
away .. Babuji, Maa ji .. their prayer meet on the 13th and the 12th day after
the passing all within its shadow of grief …..” he said.