Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Obviously I had to write this

January is nearly over and how can we be without any blood boiling incident? Hey, we are fans of a man who is most of the time misunderstood after all! Anyway, they say relatives are equal to bugs, Shah Rukh seems to be facing the exact problem from Pakistan where his late father's and his proud relatives live. While it is not his relatives making his life blurry at the moment but two people in the country are doing so. Two people you ask? Just two? Yeah well two people who perhaps Shah Rukh does not even hear the names of on a daily or weekly basis. 

But as usual, the Indian media doing it again, their colors don't seem to lie just like Shakira's hips don't lie. They covered neighbors' Hafeez's and Malik's irrelevant comments on Shah Rukh's essay and used ONE line from the essay on which, thousands have pitted their hatred for SRK on.


I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India.  There have been occasions when I have been accused of bearing allegiance to our neighboring nation rather than my own country - this even though I am an Indian, whose father fought for the freedom of India. Rallies have been held where leaders have exhorted me to leave and return what they refer to my "original homeland".
Okay he said that. But is this enough to make you question his loyalty to India? If he was an ordinary man and not a superstar and he wrote this, perhaps it would either get overshadowed or few people would read and agree/disagree and that's it. I agree with him although I am not an Indian. How irritated would a HUMAN BEING be if he is occasionally questioned "Are you Indian for real?" or are you this and that? I ask to all Indians, if someone questioned your loyalty to India, won't you feel angered? I don't even care if you're a Hindu or Muslim! Ask yourself this question. Why do you seem to forget that PUBLIC FIGURES like Shah Rukh are ALSO HUMAN BEINGS? 

If I were an aggressive American and I read his essay, I would tell him not to ever put his foot in the soil of USA. Because he cleverly bashed America and his whole message was pointed to Americans who thinks Muslims are terrorists. But I have been brought up better fortunately. You might wanna read the following lines from his essay.


I became so sick of being mistaken for some crazed terrorist who coincidentally carries the same last name as mine that I made a film, subtly titled My name is Khan (and I am not a terrorist) to prove a point. Ironically, I was interrogated at the airport for hours about my last name when I was going to present the film in America for the first time.
I wonder, at times, whether the same treatment is given to everyone whose last name just happens to be McVeigh (as in Timothy)??
I don’t intend to hurt any sentiments, but truth be told, the aggressor and taker of life follows his or her own mind. It has to nothing to do with a name, a place or his/her religion. It is a mind that has its discipline, its own distinction of right from wrong and its own set of ideologies. In fact, one might say, it has its own “religion”. This religions has nothing to do with the ones that have existed for centuries and been taught in mosques or churches. The call of the azaan or the words of the pope have no bearing on this person’s soul. His soul is driven by the devil. I, for one, refuse to be contextualized by the ignorance of his ilk.
Why are YOU reacting when WE, Americans should be reacting and bashing him? Grow up India and Pakistan! And perhaps read EVERYTHING before forming your opinion based on one piece of INCOMPLETE news.But if you just decide to hate on him, then I feel sorry for you that you are not able to love a man like him.

And India has the biggest democracy in the world right? Why isn't the most prominent face of India not allowed to speak his mind? Why can't you respect his point of view and move on with your life? Why make a big deal about it? Why should he be shushed when he receives ill treatment from any part of the world? Why are you being such hypocrites? Just because he's a movie star?

How is he a bad Indian citizen? I don't hear him ducking his yearly taxes. I never heard him outsourcing his hard earned funds to Pakistan or any other country. The whole world knows he's an Indian actor, not a Pakistani actor. He received honor from UNESCO for his charitable work IN India, not abroad. He adopted villages of India, not Pakistan. Be sure to consider his deeds (which happens to be much bigger than an ordinary Indian citizen's...the same citizen who forms an opinion about him) before dismissing him as non-loyal to his country India.

If you have problems with him earning money the way he does then it's his choice and people like you pay him for the job he does. He gives back as much as he earns. He is saving money for his kids who are Indian citizens. Do you still feel he's not a loyal Indian? Even after I have stated so many points? Then you are most welcome to go shove your so called patriotic ass somewhere else. But do not make the mistake of judging Shah Rukh. You are no one to judge him and hurt him with your silly comments and opinions. 

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