An open letter to Padma Bhushan Anupam Kher
Dear
Anupam Kher!
First
time I am going to write an open letter to a celebrity like you. I am writing
this letter keeping in mind that it will give you some food for thought and
enable you to think rationally as well.
Yesterday I watched you on YouTube delivering an energetic speech. Your
speech was all about defending BJP government and eulogizing the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. When I was watching you it seemed to me that the actor Anupam Kher
looks like a BJP spokesperson who by mere shouting on others tries to win the
debate. Let me say that your whole argument was pointless and your all
statements were senseless. Accept this as a feedback of a common man about whom
you talked very often in your speech.
For
me either defending BJP or being a spokesperson of any political party is not a
subject of critique today. Everyone has freedom to choose any political party
and its ideologue, so if BJP appeals you the most, nobody should bother about
your choice.
Sir!
In your speech, the way you have projected the whole nation was quite
astonishing for me. You spoke about JNU and you condemn the whole matter which
took place on 9th February, you also criticized Kanhaiya by saying
that we are making hero out of a guy who raised anti national slogans, you also
burst out on Justice Ganguly for his remarks on JNU and his critical views about
the judgment of Afzal Guru. But before criticizing others you have totally
forgotten that the party on which you have full faith and which you are
defending in each and every matter has made an alliance with PDP in Kashmir
which is totally against your party’s view on Afzal’s execution.
It
sounds very illogical that your idea of nationalism is different from place to
place and person to person. If raising slogans in favour of Afzal Guru is
heinous in JNU then why it is not in Kashmir? If being critical about the
Judgment of Supreme Court makes students in JNU anti national then why it does
not make the Chief Minister anti national in Kashmir? You defend BJP so I want
a clarification from you in this regard. You often meet Modi ji, so when you
meet Modi ji next time please do ask him these questions of a common man.
You
also talked about the tolerance. I followed you on twitter when you were
posting each and every details of the “Tolerant India March”. I was thinking at
that time that whether it is possible in 21stcentury that people of
India are unaware about the surroundings and socio- political condition of
their country? If not then why you are trying to make people believe that India
is a tolerant nation? What was the necessity of this march or rally? Let the
people decide whether this nation is tolerant or not. Accept this fact that in
your tolerant India March nothing was tolerant at all because Indian citizens
have seen that how intolerant the people were who marched for tolerant India. Your
people misbehaved with the lady journalist and abused her. Your people were
also shouting over media person by saying Maaro Saalon ko. So Sir I want
you to tell the people of this country
that what kind of tolerance you want in this nation? If your idea of tolerant
India is like your tolerant India march then as an Indian citizen this is unacceptable
to me. Sir! You said that people who dine in five star hotels and walk with the
security guards are talking about intolerance in this country but Sir! Let me
remind you that neither the relatives of Akhlaq nor Rohit’s family have checked
in any five star hotels ever. You urge us to ask the common people about the
intolerance, Sir! Please do come and ask the minorities and dalits and then you
will realize that mere talking in air will not make this country tolerant.
In
your speech you have also criticized Manmohan Singh for being silent during his
tenure as a Prime Minister, but how can you forget that your so called vocal
and charismatic leader and our current Prime Minister is also silent over
national issues. Whether it is farmers’ suicide or Dadri lynching which grabbed
the headlines more than a month or even JNU controversy, our Prime Minister was
only a mute spectator. I can say that Narendra Modi is more silent over
national issues than Manmohan Singh. So if you criticize Manmohan Singh do
criticise Narendra Modi too.
When
you were eulogizing the Prime Minister, you said that our PM has not taken a
single holiday. By saying this you were either considering the common man fool
or you were trying to hide the facts.
People know that he has not taken any single holiday but people also
know that he has enough time to attend the marriage ceremony of Mulayam’s
grandson, he has enough time to campaign in Bihar assembly election and he has
enough time to attend the family functions of cabinet ministers and MPs. Sir! Please
tell me that do these functions, marriage ceremonies and election campaigns fall
under the official tasks of the Prime Minister? Once you become a Prime
Minister, your political identity becomes secondary but in Bihar Assembly Election
Narendra Modi has shown that his political identity which his party has given
to him is much more important than the identity which the Indian people has
chosen for him. I am saying this to you because you have mentioned in your
speech that our PM often says Party comes and goes but for me my country is
important. Sir! It seems to me that our PM has a character which is mixture of
opposites.
I
watched your whole speech, so please let me allow to correct your historical
fact. As a student of history I caught you when you uttered in your speech
about the emergency. You said that emergency was imposed in 1984 but as all
know it was imposed in 1975. I can understand that when you turn angry, these
mistakes may happen. You furiously talked about the Sikh riot but I was
expecting that you will also talk about the Gujarat genocide along with the
Sikh riot, which was state sponsored and pre planned and took place in the
regime of your so called Vikas Purush.
You
also said that people like Sadhvi and Yogi should be behind the bar, but Sir!
Why are you telling this to us? Why don’t you convince the PM? I think since
you are close to the Prime Minister and his party he should consider your words
but the way Sadhvi and Yogi has responded to you by naming a real life villain
is also a matter of thought for the party.
I
have also watched Burkha Dutt after your speech and what she termed the act of
people like you is worth mentioning at the end of this letter and that is hypocrisy,
hypocrisy and hypocrisy.
I
don’t know whether you will respond to my letter or not but if your conscience
allow you to do so please do. Sir I will wait for your response. As you have
mentioned in your speech that you think in Hindi therefore I want your response
in Hindi Sir.
Regards
Shahid
Jamal
M.A.
History
Jamia
Millia Islamia
shahidjamaljmi@gmail.com
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