Indira Gandhi often related how Jawaharlal Nehru would introduce his friend Harivanshrai Bachchan and his wife Teji to friends. He would say, pointing to Harivanshrai, 'this is a poet' and ...

He noted that his father was depressed until he eventually met Teji Bachchan, Amitabh's mother, whom he married later. "My father's first wife passed away. Uske baad wo gambhir sitti mein chale ...

The bond began at Anand Bhawan, the Nehru-Gandhi family home, in Allahabad. Sarojini Naidu introduced poet and Amitabh's father Harivansh Rai and Teji Bachchan to Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira.