This country of mine is a country where people wait for days in a long line just to get a glimpse of their favorite stars. Reel life heros are bigger than real life heroes and this makes the lives of those stars as close to "luxurios" as it can get. I mean luxurios, not comfortable or happy. Well, that is a conversation for another day.
While I was reading the news today, I was stunned by a statement by Mumbai 26/11 mastermind Hafeez Saeed which said "Sharukh Khan can move to Pakistan if he does not feel safe in India". Are you serious? I thought it was part of Cyrus' parody show. It is a disgrace that one of India's most wanted who is mocking us in our face by roaming free in Pakistan is now inviting one of India's biggest stars to come "home". That is alright. I have long accepted the our foreign ministry and the government is impotent to deal with any of this. But I cannot for the love of God accept the fact that a person who has made $600 million from his work in Mumbai is numb after starting this whole mess. Mr Sharukh Khan, the superstar, is a recipient of Indians' generosity. It has not only raised him to the pinnacle of Bollywood success, but also enabled him to be at a position where he can be an influence on the new generation. Well, he is a movie star. This is just another role for him I guess.
He writes a letter saying he does not feel safe in India and as a muslim, he is threatened. Such statements feel like a dagger going through my heart. There are hundreds of young men out there who are looking into the mirror with glassy eyes and wild dreams. Many of them dream to be like Sharukh; and here he is making these ridiculous statements. This has drawn a comment from Pakistan's foreign minister who has asked India to provide security to Sharukh. Well, that just made it to the list of ultimate-jokes of the decade. A brazenly-lying neighbor and an impotent government has made me insulated to all this pain. I don't feel like before when my country is insulted like this, and that fact hurts me more.
Once in a while, it makes you think if the chosen role-models of mordern India are supposed the ones we need. A man who has ordinary people guarding him with their lives has the audacity to come out and tell that he does not feel safe. He keeps silent when due to him, the nation is insulted by the neighbor. I was never a big fan of his. Thank God for that. Well if he does decide to go to Pakistan based on Saeed's advise, we won't be losing much apart from a few crores in income tax. I guess we can live with that.
While I was reading the news today, I was stunned by a statement by Mumbai 26/11 mastermind Hafeez Saeed which said "Sharukh Khan can move to Pakistan if he does not feel safe in India". Are you serious? I thought it was part of Cyrus' parody show. It is a disgrace that one of India's most wanted who is mocking us in our face by roaming free in Pakistan is now inviting one of India's biggest stars to come "home". That is alright. I have long accepted the our foreign ministry and the government is impotent to deal with any of this. But I cannot for the love of God accept the fact that a person who has made $600 million from his work in Mumbai is numb after starting this whole mess. Mr Sharukh Khan, the superstar, is a recipient of Indians' generosity. It has not only raised him to the pinnacle of Bollywood success, but also enabled him to be at a position where he can be an influence on the new generation. Well, he is a movie star. This is just another role for him I guess.
He writes a letter saying he does not feel safe in India and as a muslim, he is threatened. Such statements feel like a dagger going through my heart. There are hundreds of young men out there who are looking into the mirror with glassy eyes and wild dreams. Many of them dream to be like Sharukh; and here he is making these ridiculous statements. This has drawn a comment from Pakistan's foreign minister who has asked India to provide security to Sharukh. Well, that just made it to the list of ultimate-jokes of the decade. A brazenly-lying neighbor and an impotent government has made me insulated to all this pain. I don't feel like before when my country is insulted like this, and that fact hurts me more.
Once in a while, it makes you think if the chosen role-models of mordern India are supposed the ones we need. A man who has ordinary people guarding him with their lives has the audacity to come out and tell that he does not feel safe. He keeps silent when due to him, the nation is insulted by the neighbor. I was never a big fan of his. Thank God for that. Well if he does decide to go to Pakistan based on Saeed's advise, we won't be losing much apart from a few crores in income tax. I guess we can live with that.
Nice article. Its only in india that we recognise mediocrity. SRK is a mediocre as an actor. The paid media has made him a super star.The misguided Indian youth treat him as an Icon. As a country with teeming millions if we have to prosper we need to ban two things cricket & movies.
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