Aamir Khan on cover of 'Time' magazine

He is one of those few Muslims I am proud to call my fellow-Indian! He is a patriot to his core!

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after the hugely successful TAARE ZAMIN PAR, in which he clearly showed his softer side, the thespian was destined to go “social”……………………………..Recommend

It is true if such talented persons can direct the potential to erredicate the social evils can change the whole nation. Pakistan also has lot of such talents but has gone on deep sleep. Probably due to fear of unknwon or lack of moral support from society or government.

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What if Aamir Khan was a Pakistani? Would have ascended the heights he has?

Would the Pakistanis allowed him to marry a Hindu?

I do not think he would have achieved an iota of what he has achieved in India. He is a very tolerant, liberal Indian, who doesn’t wear his religion on his shoulders. The name of his TV show is a Sanskrit phrase – Satyameva Jayate- which shows appreciation for his roots. He doesn’t claim he is an Arab.

He came out to support the downtrodden, he was appreciated. Would the Pakistanis have allowed him to stop the persecution of the Ahmadis? Would they have tolerated if he had called them Muslim? Would they have let him live if he had stood up for that poor Christian woman, whose defence killed Taseer?

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Aamir deserves it… Leads the most eligible people to take over Prime Minister-ship of India..

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@suraj:
If we were in a comic book now, my mouth would look like a sinusoidal wave.

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Aamir khan should become the next prime minister of India. He or arvind Kejriwal. Both have my vote and my undying faith. Time to kick out the looters and vagabond politicians out of new Delhi.

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@BruteForce:
To add on to what you say, there are many Hindu – Muslim mixed marriages in India, both Hindu boys marrying Muslim girls and Muslim Boys marrying Hindu girls. Many do not change their religion or name after marriage. These days no girl changes her name after a mixed marriage. Though we are Hindu Brahmins, even 30 years ago two of my 2nd cousins married Muslim girls and are still happily married. One of my cousins father told my cousin that he can marry the Muslim girl only after his death. His father died after 7 – 8 years later and then my cousin married his love. My Bangladeshi business associate has a Christian daughter in law from a Latin American country. His friends mocked him and said that his son has cut off his nose (shamed him). He also told me of a Bangladeshi Muslim family that has Muslim, Christian and Hindu son-in-laws. I think you find sprinkles of mixed marriages in Bangladesh also where change of religion or name is not a requirement. In Pakistan any non-muslim marrying a muslim should convert and also have a name change. All said, I also know individual employers and private companies (not government companies) denying job opportunities to Muslims in India. It could be more of some fear factor than a religious bias. India has come a long way but there is still a distance that has to be covered.

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Why is his being a muslim so important. Is it not enough to be patriot and a good man?

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@Z.Khan: “Probably due to fear of unknwon or lack of moral support from society or government.”

OR probably anyone who shows Pakistanis a mirror (As Aamir has done to Indians) will be called a traitor/RAW agent/CIA agent. By contrast, Aamir received a tremendous response from both civil society as well as decision makers at all levels of government. No-one was concerned about his religion or called him an agent for raising uncomfortable questions.Recommend

it is no doubt a great work to acknowledge concerned authorities about these types of critical problems prevailing in the society.
we should also contribute like Aamir to tackle with these type ov problems…

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@True Indian:
Exactly my thoughts. I kind of like this paper as it is generally non-biased.

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