Before I get into SRK & Sena controversy, I Just want to highlight that western countries will always put their country's image first, look at Australians even when whole of one billion India making noise against racial attacks on Indians in Australia, they are least bothered and till date not willing to accept as it can tarnish their image. Now come back to India when SRK & other franchisee owners decided not to bid for Pakistanis there was uproar in Pakistan & India chose to respond to that in the form of SRK. He went on to quote that "They are the best in the world and feel sad that they were insulted". He immediately acknowledged that there was a mistake on the part of India though he could have chose to ignore the question by rubbishing as non issue but he wanted to empathise with the cause of Pakistanis since he is a pure businessman as he has huge Pakistani fan base living in UK, UAE, USA and Australia. He wanted to safeguard his business interest before thinking about brand India. It is because of people like SRK & a party like Shiv Sena we have a bad image abroad that we are not secular, we indulge in violence, this country is not fit to travel, and people of this country are not united. In a democracy people are free to air their views but it’s sad that people of this country are so blind that they can’t see the hidden agenda of SRK behind this controversy. He is only concerned about his business interest even at the expense of Brand India. It is the misery of this country that people are willing to demolish brand India for their personal gains. This country is in such an awe of his persona that big Media houses such as NDTV & CNN IBN convinently showed SRK as a victim in this controversy. OF course if Shiv Sena go for Hooliganism that is unacceptable but if they choose to do silent protest than there is nothing wrong. Look at Pakistan when late Feroz Khan said in Pakistan that Indian Muslims have more freedom in India. He was sent back the very next day. Pakistan cannot take from anybody which tarnishes their Muslim brand image, which in a way is correct on their part.
SRK believes that "it is his right to do what he thinks is correct", then why he cried foul and played his Muslim minority card when US security officials did what they thought was right by interrogating him? You cannot take a stance which is convenient to you. At that point salman Khan came out and said that it’s not a big deal to go under security checks in US".
Brand India is never united we are willing to pull it down on petty issues. It is time that we all take pledge that Brand image of India will always be put above all and will not be compromised on any issue.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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