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Not many people would shy away from an opportunity for 15 seconds of fame. I am not going to discuss whether what has happened was right or not. But, I would like to share my thoughts on why I think this is not a publicity stunt.

Does Shah Rukh Khan need publicity? Hell Yeah! He does. But let’s get the matters straight. SRK is a big enough star to be in the news withot having to be the ‘Drama King‘. SRK has been in the news always, be it for the battle of the Khans or for his IPL team Knight Riders. SRK is someone who cannot stay away from the headlines even if he wants to. So why does he want publicity in a matter like this dealing with discrimination based on religion?

The first answer that would come to your mind would be his forthcoming movie ‘My Name Is Khan’. The movie is said to have a theme revolving around religious discrimination post 9/11. But ‘My Name Is Khan’ is set to release some good 6 months later. That is not all. If people didn’t notice, ‘My Name Is Khan’ is in the news for its 100 crore deal with Fox Star. If SRK needed publicity, he could well have used this, rather than go all the way to US to stir up this controversy.

After the ordeal, SRK could have easily called up a press conference and he could have give all the spicy details directly to the media. But that was not what happened. And one more thing, we are talking about the US Immigration and not Indian. Shah Rukh being who he is, wouldn’t be able to buy off US officials even he wanted to. No disregards.

It is not a secret that SRK has been close to the Congress camp and we also know that Big B is Amar Singh’s bade bhaiyya. Congress and the Samajwadi party don’t share the best of relations at present. So was Amar Singh’s publicity stunt allegation on SRK made on a political platform or is it something in Bollywood beyond politics. Was this an opportunity used to attach the word ‘controversy‘ to Shah Rukh’s name?

After all these events one wonders whether Bollywood is being used as a political playground???

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66 posts , 57 comments , 233 Spam Comments. It has been an awesom journey. For the past 12 months, I have been blogging. There has been dormant periods, mostly because I was lazy and sometimes because I was busy. When I started blogging, I was confused on what topic to choose. Once that was resolved, my blog posts have been consistent. But then arose the problem of immaturity. Even after 60+ posts, I still think, I have tackled many topics especially politics ametuerishly. Hopefully, I am improving.

The journey began from an inspirational talk on blogging by Kenney. Kenney chettan is someone who I consider to be my mentor in more ways than one. Though I started this blog independantly, he has helped me all the way to make this blog what it is. There have also been other friends who had given me pointers. Even when I was feeling lazy, Sujithettan was there to motivate me to post more. A BIG ‘ Thank You ‘ to everyone.

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This post by Kenney Jacob is what made me write this post. Last month, some activists from the lesser known Hindu group Sri Ram Sena attacked women in pubs in Mangalore. It was ridiculous to see these bunch of cowards beating up helpless women in pubs. To say the least, that video made me feel sick, disgusted, helpless and mad. Even after being released on bail, the leader of the Ram Sena, Pramod Muthalik has said that he and his gang of buffoons will make sure the valentine’s day party in the city is messed up.

Having given this incident a fair thought, I can’t come to a conclusion on the reason behind this attack. Is it for the media space? Is it an job preview to the various political parties of the nation like ‘Who wants to hire us as goons?’. I am not well educated in Vedas and other Hindu literature, but I don’t think that it is specified anywhere that it is a sin for women to enter pubs. Even it is a mentioned somewhere, isn’t hurting women a greater sin? The attack was a shame on the entire male community.

One thing is sure that come Feb 14, all pub owners will be ready with their own brand of ‘bouncers’ to fight the Ram Sena and like. But it is the common couples on the street, who go for a small trip, have dinner out and return, that will be on the line of attack. Shouldn’t we form a counter body to kick the ass of these fools?

This Valentine’s Day these bunch of ball-less cowards are trying to spoil parties. One thing I can’t stand is to justify one’s blatant stupid unjustifiable actions under the banner of God’s name. Sri Ram is considered as the ideal man by most Hindus. He never touched another lady other than his wife Sita. He respected women. But these gutless idiots are doing the exact opposite and don’t even regret their actions.

It is time the Indian government stood up and banned such extremist groups. Aren’t their actions on the same track as the terrorist organisations?