Is it really important to stress that SRK's father was a freedom fighter? Should that be cited as a reason to support SRK's right to live in a city where he has been living and working for decades?
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:12 AM, farida m <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: face build <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:20 PM > Subject: [IndianJustice] SRK, a freedom fighter's son'! > To: csd sweta <[email protected]>, Mumbai For < > [email protected]>, krishna kant < > [email protected]>, bharat pak dosti < > [email protected]>, mihre groups <[email protected]>, > MIHRE MIHRE <[email protected]>, Saumya Uma < > [email protected]>, media initiative < > [email protected]>, Mukto Mona <[email protected]>, > Syed Ali <[email protected]>, Indian Justice < > [email protected]>, rohini hensman < > [email protected]>, karamat ali <[email protected]>, > Shabnam Hashmi <[email protected]>, PUKAR Joshi <[email protected]>, > sanjay shindey <[email protected]> > > > > > Shiv Sena question SRK, a freedom fighter's son?' > > - Buzz Up > - > <http://delicious.com/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url=http%3A%2F%2Fin.news.yahoo.com%2F43%2F20100206%2F914%2Ften-how-can-shiv-sena-question-srk-a-fre.html&title=%26%2339%3BHow+can+Shiv+Sena+question+SRK%2C+a+freedom+fighter%26%2339%3Bs+son%3F%26%2339%3B> > > Sat, Feb 6 09:09 AM > > New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Shiv Sena has no right to ask Shah Rukh Khan to > go to Pakistan, says 83-year-old freedom fighter Trilochan Singh, pointing > out that the Bollywood superstar's father was a prominent Quit India > movement activist who chose to migrate to Delhi from Peshawar during > partition. > > 'It is so ironical and tragic that the Shiv Sena which didn't do anything > during the freedom struggle is asking Shah Rukh to leave,' said Singh, who > had joined the Quit India movement along with the actor's father, Taj > Mohammad Mir, in Peshawar, which now lies in Pakistan. > > 'What is important here is that we were Hindus and we quit Pakistan, but > here was a Muslim who chose to come to India. How can the Shiv Sena tell > Shah Rukh, whose whole family was involved in the freedom fight, to go to > Pakistan?' agonised Singh while talking exclusively to IANS. > > Shiv Sena activists are seeking an apology from Shah Rukh over his remarks > against the exclusion of Pakistani players from the Indian Premier League > and have threatened to ban his upcoming release, 'My Name Is Khan' in Mumbai > theatres if he doesn't retract his statement. > > They demonstrated in front of his house, carrying what they called was a > ticket to Pakistan. > > 'Both I and Shah Rukh's father Taj Mohammad are from Peshawar (Pakistan). > We were involved in the Quit India movement. Taj Mohammad's elder brother > Ghulam Mohammad Gama was an illustrious freedom fighter in Peshawar. And > that's how Taj Mohammad got involved. > > 'Both Taj and I were around the same age. We used to be popular teenage > public speakers. Both of us got arrested,' said Singh, a Congress member who > once worked closely with former prime minister Indira Gandhi and accompanied > her during elections. > > 'After matriculation I moved to Lahore and there I revived the Quit India > movement among the students. I was arrested in Lahore and finally I was > exiled from Punjab. So I came back to Peshawar.' > > 'Taj was born and brought up in Peshawar. They had a business in Qissa > Khwani Bazaar. It is still the main maret in Peshawar. We carried on the > Quit India movement. Taj Mohammad and Ghulam Mohammad were prominent > participants in the movement.' > > Singh said that after independence, Shah Rukh's father was one of the few > Muslims who decided to leave Pakistan and settle in India. > > 'After independence, I came to Delhi. Incidentally Taj also came to Delhi. > He was one of the few Muslims who migrated to India from Pakistan. > > 'The Shiv Sena and Bal Thackeray had nothing to do with the freedom > struggle and they are asking Shah Rukh to go back to Pakistan. It's very > shameful for Shiv Sena leaders. They are saying it because he is a Muslim. I > think we all Indians owe it to our freedom that the Shiv Sena should not get > away with such statements,' Trilochan Singh told IANS. > > Singh is not too active in politics any more and is more involved in > cultural activities. He is the secretary of Heritage Society of India and > also chairman of the Dr.Shroff Charity Eye Hospital in Darya Ganj. > > (Arpana can be contacted at [email protected]) > Arpana > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! 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