Mumbai53 minutes agoAuthor: Ashish Tiwari
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Big B's granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda has no interest in films. Navya said that she is more interested in her father's business. Navya said that she likes to work for women empowerment.
Navya said that she roams around in rural areas and meets farmers and talks about their needs. Navya also talked about her grandmother Jaya Bachchan. Navya said that Nani Jaya speaks from the heart, there is no deceit in her.
Question- You are from such a strong film background. Despite this, why has she not appeared in films yet?
answer- I am from a business family of Delhi. Four generations, including my father, have been handling the family business. I have always grown up in a business environment. Whenever father came home, he used to talk about stocks and business. I was very interested in it. My company manufactures Escort and tractors.
I had a lot of interest in tractors since childhood. Today I am working for women empowerment through social media and will continue to do so. I have never been interested in films or their making.
Navya was born on 6 December 1997. His mother Shweta is the daughter of Amitabh Bachchan.
Question- Your brother has debuted in films, you never even got an offer?
answer- Brother wanted to become an actor since childhood. We are very happy that he has got a chance in films. May God help him go further. I have been looking after the business for the last four years. I have my own NGO Project Naveli. I am working every day for his growth. Everyone knows that I am not interested in films, perhaps that is why offers do not come.
Question- Tell us about your NGO Project Naveli?
answer- I started Project Naveli 4 years ago during the time of Covid. Under this, first of all we worked on the problems faced by women during menstruation. At that time, there was a discussion about what their hygiene should be. Right now we are also talking about education, legal awareness and entrepreneurship. We provide free legal counseling to women. If they want to do business sitting at home, then we provide them resources.
Navya has started an NGO for the upliftment of women.
Question- What is 'Nimaya', part of Project Naveli?
Answer- Nimaya Project is based on education. Nowadays, AI is taking our jobs. How can we defeat this? Through Nimaya, we learn how to utilize the skills we have in the workplace.
Question- Amidst so much work, you are also doing a podcast, how do you manage?
answer- I am still young, I enjoy working. As far as podcasts are concerned, I do them only with my mother and grandmother. That doesn't seem like any work to me. I enjoy doing this, so I don't feel tired.
Question- How did the idea of starting a podcast come about?
answer- During Covid, I, mother and grandmother used to sit together and talk about the country and the world. The topic of conversation was mostly social. We thought why not make it public. We wanted the society to know and understand something from our conversation. Keeping this in mind, we started a podcast.
Question- People like the style of your grandmother Jaya Bachchan very much, do you intend to invite maternal grandfather Amitabh Bachchan in the podcast?
answer- Nani is the superstar of this podcast. There is no artificiality in them. They are absolutely unfiltered, so whatever is in the heart remains on the tongue also. Rest of the discussion in our podcast is only about women empowerment. Only women centric things happen here. We don't follow any scripts in this podcast. All things come from within.
Navya calls grandmother Jaya Bachchan and mother Shweta Bachchan Nanda in her podcast.
Question- Your Hindi is very good, generally people of today's generation do not have such pure Hindi.
answer– A lot of people tell me this. I like speaking Hindi very much. Even though I have studied from abroad, the Indianness within me is no less than anyone. People of my generation mostly speak in English. I think we should speak in Hindi so that we can convey our views to more people.
Question- Your parents run the country's largest tractor manufacturing company, how are you involved in it?
answer- Every month we go to different parts of the country and meet dealers. Our tractors are sold through these dealers only. By going there we try to know what our farmers need. Prepare products according to their needs. Last month our team went to Ahmedabad. Next month we are also going to Bhopal and Indore.
Navya has become a successful entrepreneur at the age of 26.
Question- What kind of demands do farmers make from you?
answer- Different demands keep coming from different states. Farmers of Punjab cultivate potatoes more and they need big tractors for its cultivation. We keep trying to make our tractors more strong and effective as per the need.
Question- What do you do in your free time?
answer- I like travelling, reading books, cooking and playing the piano. I have a lot of interest in food from different places. It feels great to explore it.
