Lately, the
internet has been going viral with posts about the Amir Khan controversy. Amir
Khan, one of the most popular and adored actors of the B-Town has been
receiving enormous opposition from the people for comments he did not make!
People have literally resorted to calling him a traitor and bashing him online
for calling India intolerant and unsafe. My question here is, why is Amir Khan
being criticized for a statement that he did not make in the first place? And
why are people responding to a statement made by Kiran Rao?
Okay, so I
feel everyone has got the freedom of expression in our country that is
conferred upon every citizen alike by the Constitution. So, as far as it does
not cause loss to anybody, we, the citizens of India, can express ourselves
freely and convey our opinions and views in public, just like I am writing this
post to express my views on the controversy. Kiran Rao simply made a statement
that she feels unsafe in India due to the growing violence and religious
discrimination among people. She feels it will cause a bad impact on her
children’s mind if such an atmosphere prevails in the country. What’s wrong
with that?
As soon as
the media reported this issue, trolls and posts started making a buzz on social
media and Whatsapp. I have even received posts that suggest Amir Khan to leave
India and shift to Pakistan, Afghanistan or Syria if he thinks India is
intolerant. Personally, I feel India doesn’t need to be compared with these
nations in any way. Of course, the situation is much better in India than these
countries when it comes to violence and killing of innocents. Kiran Rao never
said that these nations are better than India. She only said she wishes to
shift in another country where she and her family could lead safe and sound lives,
where her children would be raised in a peaceful environment and grow up to be
non-violent, responsible citizens. Do you know there are so many such people in
India, or mothers, in particular, who think of this in order to give their
children a better life?
Every year,
so many people from India move abroad for studies and job and settle there.
Many of them, even after completing their education, do not return to India. In
fact, following the reservation system in India and many other evils, we have
lost so many genius brains to other countries who are now serving companies
such as Apple, Google, etc. But nobody blames them or calls them traitors! Why?
Even they had the same thoughts in their mind while they moved to these foreign
countries to serve huge companies abroad, isn’t it? They did not see enough
scope to grow and prosper in India which made them move out and serve other
nations. Then why is such as big fuss created when Amir Khan’s wife mentioned
about moving out of the country? Is it something new?
Other than
the funny ones, Whatsapp and Facebook also witnessed posts stating that Col.
Mahadik’s wife who recently had to bid farewell to her braveheart husband
forever when he lost his life fighting the terrorists, wants both her sons to
join the army and serve the nation. On the contrary, Kiran Rao wants to flee
the nation because of her insecurity. Now, this is a case of perspective
according to me. Not everyone is brave or has the guts to sacrifice their
lives. In fact, most people who criticised Amir Khan and Kiran Rao for their
statement themselves won’t be willing to lay their lives for the nation. Col.
Mahadik was indeed a brave soldier and has a brave family. But that doesn’t
mean someone who is not as brave must be criticised.
Another
irrelevant thing that people did was to sort of boycott Snapdeal, uninstall its
app from their phones, just because they have Amir Khan as their brand
ambassador. Dear people, Amir Khan and Snapdeal are different entities
altogether. None of them have any connection with each other’s personal views.
So please start thinking rationally before you act!
And, by the
way, those who declared Amir Khan a traitor by making an opinion based on posts
on Whatsapp and social media, let me tell you that Amir Khan clearly said that
the statement that his wife made was disastrous and big. He is clearly not
happy with the statement that his wife made, nor does he plan to leave the
nation. This is clearly a case on media hype because the media perhaps has no
other important issues to report currently.
Please think
rationally before you make any opinion!
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