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Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi, who rules millions of hearts with his serious acting and simplicity, is in the news these days on social media for his recent interview. Pankaj Tripathi, who joined the podcast of a famous YouTube channel, candidly shared his views on the old and new experiences of his life, days of struggle and modern lifestyle. During the conversation, the actor even said that he wants to be a ‘tree’ and not a human being, because there is no artificial perfection in nature; Its crooked branches also look very beautiful.

There was a strong ‘cultural shock’ as soon as I came to Delhi.

Recalling his old days, Pankaj Tripathi told that when he came to the country’s capital Delhi from Bihar in 2001 and took admission in the National School of Drama (NSD), he initially faced a big cultural shock.

The actor laughingly said, “When I came to Delhi, for the first time I saw girls smoking cigarettes openly. At that time the first thought that came to my mind was, ‘What kind of girls are these?’ After this, I deeply introspected on this matter for about 10-15 days. Then I realized that even when I see boys smoking, my brain does not react. The harm caused by smoking cigarettes will be equal for both of them, it is not that the girl will suffer more.” Pankaj admitted that his understanding had definitely developed due to reading literature, but initially he was not able to digest it.

People thought he was ‘poor’ because he didn’t speak English.

Pankaj Tripathi told that in Delhi, people had judged him very quickly because of his Hindi background and not being able to speak English. He said, “People in our society have this mindset that if a person is not able to speak English quickly, then he must be from a very poor or backward background. People start assessing your intelligence and ability on the basis of your language, whereas the reality is that language and ability have nothing to do with each other.”

Pankaj Tripathi’s befitting reply on inferiority complex

Pankaj Tripathi gave a very useful advice to the youth to deal with this linguistic discrimination and judgmental environment. He said, “There are only two ways to come out of such situations – either you become a victim of inferiority complex by listening to others, or you raise yourself above all these things. Thankfully, I never had any feeling of inferiority within me. I always felt that my personality is wonderful in itself and the one who does not understand this, it is his problem, not mine.”

‘I hate mobile phones…’

Pankaj Tripathi expressed deep concern over today’s digital era and social media addiction. Taking a jibe at the English of Gen-Z i.e. today’s young generation, he said that now the conversational sentences have become so short that they are on the verge of extinction.

Expressing his irritation towards mobile phones, the actor said, “I hate mobile phones very much. In today’s time, this technology is not being used properly. If I had my way, I would declare the entire world mobile free.” He appealed to the people that to get real happiness in life, instead of looking at the mobile screen, read 10 pages of books, walk barefoot on the green grass for 15-20 minutes every day and look at the trees and plants. He clearly said that the blind race for money is momentary, real peace lies in living close to nature.