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| Kushboo
stands with Aamir Khan!! |
May
30, 2006 |
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Kushboo has the capacity to come up
with her foot in the mouth. In an
apparent attempt to support her colleague,
Aamir Khan, who is under fire from
the Gujarat government, for his reported
comments on the Sardar Sarover Dam
and the government’s haphazard
rehabilitation measures, she surely
overdid her act. Stating that Aamir
was being targeted just because he
was a celebrity and that bashing him
made for good publicity she questioned
why the thousands of Narmada Bachao
Andolan (NBA) activists were not being
hauled up.
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Madam,
it is alright to join cause with one
of your own fraternity. But, please
do not belittle the sacrifices and
the immense work that the NBA volunteers
have been doing against insurmountable
odds. It is proof of their conviction
and integrity that the world’s
attention has been turned on this
controversial dam project. Without
the NBA, would Aamir even know that
such a dam was being built and that
the tribals were facing basic survival
issues? Granted in a democracy, everyone
has a right to voice his opinion,
but please make it an informed one
and do not pass flippant comments. |
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Ban
or no ban, Aamir’s latest film Fanaa,
has been growing in popularity in Gujarat.
We do not approve of stifling creative freedom
in the name of bureaucratic authority or
for furthering a hidden agenda, but the
other side should also act responsibly. |
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