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Shah Rukh Khan's Outlook magazine column creates national uproar, international war of words
In a strange and bizarre turn of events, Shah Rukh Khan's special column written for the Outlook Turning Points Magazine (Special Agenda 2013) in association with The New York Times newspaper has created a sorts of national uproar in India and a cross border war of words between Indian and Pakistani politicians. For the special edition of the Outlook Magazine, SRK was invited to write an opinion column on what it means to be a Muslim in India and globally post 9/11. It is titled: "Being a Khan: What it means to be a Muslim in the post-9/11 world. And what India means for the world as a Muslim power." SRK writes: "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 neighbouring 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 to what they refer to as my original homeland. I gave my son and daughter names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones - Aryan and Suhana. The Khan has been bequeathed by me so they can't really escape it. I pronounce it with my epiglottis when asked by Muslims and throw the Aryan as evidence of their race when non-Muslims enquire. I imagine this will prevent my offspring from receiving unwarranted eviction orders or random fatwas in the future. I became so sick of being mistaken for some crazed terrorist who co-incidentally carries the same 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 promote the film in America for the first time." SRK further writes: "My first learning of Islam from my father was to respect women and children and to uphold the dignity of every human being. I learnt that the property and decency of others, their points of view, their beliefs, their philosophies and their religions were due as much respect as my own and ought to be accepted with an open mind. I learnt to believe in the power and benevolence of Allah, and to be gentle and kind to my fellow human beings, to give of myself to those less privileged than me and to live a life full of happiness, joy, laughter and fun without impinging on anybody else's freedom to live the same way. The living of my life has enabled me to be deeply touched by the love of millions of Indians. Beneath the guise of my superstardom, I am an ordinary man. My Islamic stock does not conflict with that of my Hindu wife's. The only disagreement I have with Gauri concerns the colour of the walls in our living room and not about the locations of the walls demarcating temples from mosques in India." Despite SRK firmly reaffirming his allegiance to and patriotism and love for his country India in his column, a Pakistani politician called Hafiz Saeed strangely commented that SRK "can move to Pakistan if he does not feel safe in India." Then came the odd comments of Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik, who said that "India should provide security to SRK." These two comments have created an uproar in India. Articles have been written in some Indian media outlets that strangely bash SRK for the words of Pakistani politicians. Social networking sites are abuzz with the matter, with some people even more strangely asking SRK to comment/apologize for his column and for what the Pakistani politicians have said. SRK's fans and friends have also come out in droves from India and around the world on social networking sites, supporting SRK and condemning the "defamatory" articles by some Indian media outlets and comments by those who hate SRK. SRK has been trending on Twitter nonstop for more than 24 hours now. A source close to SRK was quoted as saying that SRK is very upset at the comments of the Pakistani politicians. Indian politicians have also joined in, including India's home minister: "We are quite capable of looking after security of our own citizens...let him (Malik) worry about security of his own." -RK Singh, India's home minister "Rehman Malik's remark is condemnable and hilarious when you consider that everyday Pakistanis are killing each other. Muslims in India are totally secure. We don't need any compassion or support from Pakistan." -Maulana Khalid Rasheed "SRK is a nationalist and a national icon, he should give a befitting reply to Pakistan." -Rajiv Pratap Rudy, BJP "Its better if Malik does not meddle in our affairs. SRK should be given security or not is to be decided by us not Pakistan." -Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena "According to our constitution, all are equal. As for Malik, he should think about securing minorities in Pakistan first." -Manish Tiwari In another recent event, a journalist asked SRK about the killings of Indian soldiers by Pakistani forces during a press conference. SRK answered by strongly condemning the killings, but Aaj Tak news channel misrepresented his statement and gave the wrong impression that SRK was supporting Pakistan. That also caused an uproar in social media, with hundreds of thousands of SRK fans bombarding Aaj Tak with demands for a public apology. Aaj Tak finally gave in and issued an apology to SRK and his fans for misrepresenting his statement. It looks like what SRK wrote in the Outlook magazine was proved right by the strange turn of events! 
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why should SRK apoligize for what anyone else has said???really rajeev pratap rudy??
the politicians are only proving that SRK is right indeed.
@Bollywood-Lover
@ Francoise
All i said was there is a little bit negativity in the article ,i am sure i am not the only one who feels it I'm just the only one who sticks my neck out & risks saying it.@ Francoise , clearly you don't think before writing ,I also mentioned ,he has 1 billion people besides him
So not matter what some petty people says ,His fans and well wishers will always stand for him
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My thinking is before my writing and reflect it. I've read what you had mentioned about the fans and support. My reply wasn't for that at all. Is for him "focusing on the negative mostly" and no you aren't the only one who stick your neck out and said it. Go to the Indian reporters and many ignorant people on twitter and elsewhere...even here in other topics who said the same. And that's not a courageous attitude for your information..It's the same attitude that people used to bash him. I read SRK's the soon it came out, and in another platform I even voiced my opinion that it was intelligent writing and very opinionated yet optimistic one in away...Using examples of mislead corrupted people whether politicians from India who accuse him of unfaithfulness ( and that happened to him personally...the MNIK saga were everywhere even in one of my french channels...showing footages of his house where people outside screaming for him to leave India), and also pointing out the humiliation the Muslims have during their traveling to US...Were tools to suggest how secular and strong minded he is and what he possess as individual Muslim. He mentioned varouues images of his identity as a Muslim. He address them in a very distinctive manner that it evokes the right kind of attire that anyone who has some misconceptions shouldn't make them as their identity. In every country thinkers and individuals pass their opinions about what is considered wrong and should be fixed in his or her country. He was going against the extremist, the over judgmental people...He wasn't drwaing a big picture of what India is...It's a picture what he has being defined. And sadly non of this came across to so called educated liberal media and people. It would be quite redicoules of him to avoids mean tiling some of the "negative" opinions people have about him in being Muslim in such personal writing while we all see it internationally in our channels, and people in India as well. Realism and seclurism are two things which came out from his article...Never being just "focusing on negative".
Even though I'm not Indian but I feel sad that SRK is now planning to regain from speaking his mind again. I't a big loss for India that her biggest icon at the moment is not in light them and us with some interesting very real and constructive opinions as everything seem fishy to them.
Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik must be a big fan of SRK and Indian films to use a Bollywood superstar's name to further his agenda. Because SRK is a popular International Icon it's only normal that people will discuss him, but it's really not SRK's fault if people inside or outside India drop his name to get attention.
@Bollywood-Lover
@ Francoise
All i said was there is a little bit negativity in the article ,i am sure i am not the only one who feels it I'm just the only one who sticks my neck out & risks saying it.@ Francoise , clearly you don't think before writing ,I also mentioned ,he has 1 billion people besides him
So not matter what some petty people says ,His fans and well wishers will always stand for him
Tue, 2013-01-29 10:47 — kohinoor
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I think SRK is focusing on the negative.
Hey SRK, did ya forget how the entire nation fought for you when the US government detained you at their airport ? They even had to apologize! Now that's the power of having 1 billion people beside you .
Ya,i agree
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You clearly don't think. Maybe the language that SRK wrote his intelligent writing is beyond the understanding of many no thinkers. It's a shame such a piece of honest secular writing of a strong individual is being treated as such and simplified as "negative".
all what i can say is that this man is so sexy and well educated and many ignorant guys are jealous of him. he is the star of educated portion of people, he has all the right to participate in politics and tell his opinions, and agree with comment which said that SRK haters now will come with claims like that he tries to create publicity, which he forsure does not need, and so on, he just made a war of comments and trending on twitter worldwide for defending about him just because of simple article which our news papers are filled with the likes of it against politicians, but it seems that this is all what his ignorant haters can come with, they will die if they did not pour hatred. he wrote article, very simple article, the media enlarged the matter and pakistan wanted to exploit it against india but he attacked that attitude, he did not mean to do it so public but his popularity and his fantastic way of writing are big problem, the same when he was detained before, he never asked for apology and when the apology came, he had no reaction but his popularity urged fans and the indian government to enlarge the matter and catch some attention.
@ kohinoor and others who say SRK is focusing on the negative only, have you read his Outlook article before saying such a thing? I doubt it. This is what the problem is, anyone and everyone will give a comment, but no one has actually read his article. Please first read it to find out all the positives he has written about India, then comment.
Here is a link to his full Outlook magazine article for anyone who is interested in reading it.
SRK's Outlook magazine article.
I think SRK is focusing on the negative.
Hey SRK, did ya forget how the entire nation fought for you when the US government detained you at their airport ? They even had to apologize! Now that's the power of having 1 billion people beside you .
Ya,i agree
God I'm sorry but this man is so annoying! He is always annoying from his airport incidence to his brawls to this. Only in India do they treat a dirtbag scum like him a movie star and true gems of Indian cinema like imran khan or nasueerrdan shah like nothing ! Disgusting !! I'm not fan of salman either but at least salman has turned his image around - he does charity work and seems to keep his opinions to himself . Where as srk and his drama is so annoying.
Indian media sucks big time.
Love you SRK! You're intelligent and a true gentleman. With you always!
I think SRK is focusing on the negative.
Hey SRK, did ya forget how the entire nation fought for you when the US government detained you at their airport ? They even had to apologize! Now that's the power of having 1 billion people beside you .
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is his article about the government, is it about the entire nation? it is about the fight between him as muslim and the POLITICIANS, when were the politicians nice towards him?, why do not you try to understand?
why do the idiots here comment before reading his article? how do you speak that he must concentrate on the positive things and the love he gets too?
can not you get it that his article is about politicians not about the nation itself, what type of positive sayings he must tell about politicians, what type of love they gave to him?
he filled his mouth with praising india in all the interviews he does overseas and how much he loves his country and so on but here it is not the topic of his article to speak about how much india is beautiful and its people are fantastic and so on, he shows another point of view here and I agree with him about that, like we all do on sites. if you hate him and will tell shit for no reason then shut up and try to be fair for once.
I respect him now more.
At 47 Srk is desparate to get some publicity. Nowadays people are only talks about Salman, Ranbir, Hritwik and even Amitabh Bachchan. Nobody is interested in Srk anymore, So he is seeking cheap ways to remain in the public eyes.
My husband's grandmother was brahmin hindu, his father was born in India after partition, my own ancestors 300 years ago were Hindu, all these traditions are not in conflict with our Muslim faith - knowing all this why do right wing politicians on both sides breed so much hatred between people who share a common history, culture and also language? I have more in common with my Hindu brothers and sisters than I do with Arabs even though with the latter I share the same faith...I know who I am and am proud of my cultural, religious and linguistic heritage. This is all SRK was trying to say.
while i dont question his patriotism for india wat i dont get it y he needs to talk abt all dis to foreign media.he can do dat in his own country n ppl will stand by him.
the political leaders he talks abt target every1.they even discriminate against north indians.n gud for him if he wants to raise his voice but next tym he shud talk abt it in india.wud respect n love him more for dat.
I am astounded to say the least! He is not only continuously trending on Twitter, but all Indian news channels are now running continuous reports and debates on SRK. All this for such an honest opinion piece that has nothing inflammatory or bad in it? I am amazed! At least first read what he has written before commenting. I guess when people say "love him or hate him, but you can't ignore him" and "SRK sells", they are right. Everyone is now getting their 2 minutes of fame by mentioning SRK, including politicians. I am glad that #WeStandBySRK is also trending now worldwide on Twitter.
By the way, SRK didn't decide one day to go to Outlook and The New York Times and ask them to allow him to write a column. They came to SRK and asked him to write a column.
@ Miah-freak, DorianGray
I agree, the Firstpost article on SRK is one of the worst pieces of journalism I have ever seen.
Not that this is a surprise but the ego on this guy - "choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India". Talk about Megalomania! And the simple-minded rival fans here will bicker about he is wrong/he is right!
I do not believe for once that India ever discriminated against SRK for being a Muslim. There were cunning politicians who saw the communal angle and capitalized on that to push forward their own religious agenda and took advantage of a few opportunities - this is what cunning, communal politicians do! You cannot maximize that and apply it to the whole of India. Really, this reminds me of when a few criticized Aishwarya Rai's weight gain and suddenly all I could hear/read was INDIA criticizes Ash's weight gain! Same megalomania at work from Ash's PR team. And we continue to give these people our public space and time.
This very same "much-maligned" SRK is the RICHEST celeb in India per the latest issue of Forbes. And I also saw another Khan or two in that list. So this "poor, harassed" man, who is so persecuted that he had to give his children "names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones" and who enunciates his name differently to Muslims and non-Muslims, this poor man lives in a country which allowed him to become the richest, dabbling in money that mere public can only dream of. And yet here he is , crying a river and showing how backward India is. And yet the fans have quickly taken sides and as expected continue to praise him and call his self-absorbed and self-furthering piece a "honest", "informed" and "patriotic" piece. And so it goes...
You said "international" and the NYT and I thought sitting here in the heart of NYC I have heard not one murmur or buzz about this! As far as Indian and Pakistani politicians go, those who try to make this a big deal should simply be ignored and not given any importance and they will fade away.
Truth is bitter thats why media n our politician react...srk is very rite
Muslims are facing such dual standards here.
srk u r great we love u always
I think SRK is focusing on the negative.
Hey SRK, did ya forget how the entire nation fought for you when the US government detained you at their airport ? They even had to apologize! Now that's the power of having 1 billion people beside you .
"neighbouring nation rather than my own country - this even though I am an Indian, whose father fought for the freedom of India. "
-Certain pinkvilla pak posters need to read this, they were recently insisting over and over again that SRK was born and raised in Pakistan. LOL. They will make any excuses to enjoy Indian cinema. It pains SRK to be accused of such lies.
Also, Pakistan USED to have a huge Hindu population of about 12% of the population. It has all but disappeared over the years( what happened to them), whereas the Muslim population of India is flourishing. That says it all!
SRK is SRK because of Indians. And we <3 him :)
If he is discriminated then how is he the top actor in India ?
Funny how the Pakistanis are speaking.Never heard of a Single Sikh,Hindu,Christian,Buddhist celebrity over there. Wonder if Shah Rukh is a Shia ? :P :D
why is SRK playing the muslim card again for sympathy? Salman goes to U.S.A for treatment, no problem for him. Irfaan regularly visits U.S for his Hollywood work, still no complaints, same with Aamir,Saif and tons of others... Don't try to paint yourself as a victim always. Everybody faces discrimination at one point or the other.
I had worked in Qatar for 6 months and was tired of the bigotry. During the checking, the officials took my Bible and never gave it back. I even complained to the head authorities but they don't even value a non-muslim Arab equal to them let alone listen to any woes of their woes...
Then they come to our countries and complain of racism and play racist card, always say"Only a small percentage are involved in these activities, most are peaceful....blah blah", but when we visit their countries Secularism has no place in the society. And you already know which 'cult' I am talking about.
I just hate the double standards. Its like we bend our rules and go "backwards"to accommodate them but they won't even lift their finger for wellbeing of others, even though their cult is with the red hands. Save me the Horror
PV please publish this,I hope liberalism works both ways, not just listening of complaints by the 'victim' but also explanation given to them by the so called culprits
P.S He looks like a monkey in the magazine cover pic.
proud about him
DorianGray
The Venky Vembu article on Firstpost was irresponsible journalism of the most disgusting kind - unresearched, bigoted, and completely lacking in integrity. Entertainment-related journalism in India is a joke. Anybody can say anything without checking the facts (or even their grammar.) SRK wrote an interesting, often humorous piece, with nothing inflammatory in it. One may agree or disagree with his point of view, but there's a sane way of discussing these things. This whole "outrage politics" thing is inhibiting healthy, open discourse.
And why shouldn't he or anyone talk in an informed, reasoned way about the challenges minorities face in society? It is undeniable that prejudices exist against people of various groups (be they women, LGBTQ individuals, or folks for the Northeast.) Calling these issues sensitive and sweeping them under the rug isn't going to achieve anything. Not talking about the problems in one's country isn't a sign of patriotism; it's a sign of denial.
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well yeah gud dat he is talking abt the problem.but nxt tym he shud choose d right platform to voice his opinions and not a foreign publication.
Oh please no one "hates" Shahrukh Khan only. Indians hate each others based on caste, skin color, etc so of course Shahrukh Khan is no exception. And, when Indians move out to the West, they become wuss and can't defend themselves against Hispanic/black people when they make fun fun of or discriminate Indians as a whole. They don't judge you just based on your caste system etc, they treat you just Indians, so shut up and get your act together.
I STAND BY SRK!
i think sharukh should not talk like this........how much FAME he wants:(
The Venky Vembu article on Firstpost was irresponsible journalism of the most disgusting kind - unresearched, bigoted, and completely lacking in integrity. Entertainment-related journalism in India is a joke. Anybody can say anything without checking the facts (or even their grammar.) SRK wrote an interesting, often humorous piece, with nothing inflammatory in it. One may agree or disagree with his point of view, but there's a sane way of discussing these things. This whole "outrage politics" thing is inhibiting healthy, open discourse.
And why shouldn't he or anyone talk in an informed, reasoned way about the challenges minorities face in society? It is undeniable that prejudices exist against people of various groups (be they women, LGBTQ individuals, or folks for the Northeast.) Calling these issues sensitive and sweeping them under the rug isn't going to achieve anything. Not talking about the problems in one's country isn't a sign of patriotism; it's a sign of denial.