Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s daughter Shweta Bachchan recently admitted to not being “even handed” while raising her children - Navya Naveli Nanda and son Agastya Nanda. She asserted that she had to be tougher with her daughter as the world isn’t easy for women, but added that Navya had her choice to live life in her own way.
She said, “I’ve been tougher on Navya, because I feel the world isn’t easy on women, and you have to be that much stronger, and that much more vigilant and careful. Not about deadlines or stuff like that. Also, their personalities are very different. I would like to think that Agastya’s an old soul. Navya is a little naive, and I’m a little more non-trusting of certain friends and relationships. I would be a little careful about (things), and talk to her about. Of course, she has the liberty to live her life the way she wants.”
Shweta added, “The only time we had a really big disagreement about something she wanted to do, and I really vetoed it in a really strong way was the belly piercing… She had it done, and I just removed it,” Shweta recalled while Navya burst out laughing. She added, “I think Navya has a lot of my mother in her. She has a lot of conviction, and it’s not easy to shake that. She’s passionate about a lot of causes, and is vocal about them. She’s comfortable about coming on stage and talking about things she believes in than someone like me; I’m very shy, and not good at all this.”