/> Rekha who just turned a year older finally feels the need to connect with her fans through means more practical than emotional.

In fact she's ready to finally do television after years of saying no to lucrative offers.

"I know I have said I won't do television many times in the past, " says Rekha. "But there's a demand for me to be on television. So yes, I'm finally taking the plunge."

But she isn't divulging her precise plans for the home medium. "I've already formulated what I want to do. It's nothing that has been seen on television before. No talk show or game show for me, thanks. It's something entirely unique. But until I decide on the channel and other details I'd like to keep it under wraps. As you know this world is filled with clones, copycats and wannabes."

What about blogging as a means of communicating with fans? "I'm a computer illiterate. I believe the internet has got every photograph and every detail of my life. But no blogging for me, thank you.

I feel, why go through four hours of agonizing notes, six hours of censoring and deleting, and then to go through the heartbreak of having it appear and have people pounce on you. I don't have the time for that."

She rues the era of instant communication. " The irony is we've become accessible to everyone except to ourselves. That connect with self is being lost in today's world. The internet doesn't connect you to yourself. Why is everyone looking for answers outside the world?"

She admires Mr Bachchan's blogging skills. "He pours his soul into his roles, and now into his blog. He deserves so much more. So far he has got back not even one atom of what he puts into his craft. We should stop questioning his professional decisions. Yeh kyon who kyon kiya. If we stop questioning him mera jeevan safal ho jayega."

Just turned 55, Rekha feels young as ever. "Do you know I was born on Dussehra day? I turn 55 by the calendar this birthday. But my soul's age goes back to when I was 27. I remember what I felt at 27. That's when I became my own person a woman of the world. I knew what I wanted in life.I fell in love...with life."

Tell she must come out more often and Rekha corrects you. " I was out the whole week this week. I got a very big honour from IMPPA just weeks ago. I felt such warm joy and peace. I enjoy every moment of my life.

Batayiye aur kya chahte hain aap? I recently attended Bharat Shah's son engagement. Then on my birthday I went to the temple. That's again was a public appearance. If you still think I'm a recluse what can I do.

There's nothing that I don't enjoy, including the so-called negativity. One has to observe and apply every experience of my life. If you don't absorb the experiences of life you haven't lived."

She refuses to comment on the recent films. "I don't have an opinion about those films because finally it's someone else's craft. Speaking for myself and my films, whatever I could do, I've done.

The shooting of every film is a learning experience. Going to a film set is like cuddling up in a mother's godee (lap). Familiar smells sounds and comfort zone. But it spoils you. You take it for granted."