SRK feels that women should be respected and it’s time to celebrate their achievements. PHOTO: FILE
The evening also celebrated the power of women by felicitating four Indian women achievers, who have excelled and contributed tremendously to their respective fields. Among those commemorated were Sara Pilot, for her contribution to charitable causes through her organisation Cequin; Pia Singh, for her work in the country’s luxury retail sector; Ritu Beri for being the pioneer of Indian fashion; and Olympic Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal for excellence in the field of sports.
SRK kept to his late-coming tradition and turned up two hours later than the scheduled time, looking dapper in a black suit. He said it’s time to celebrate the women “who are the leaders of India”.
“It has been a few months now since we are witnessing all the news against women in India. Now everyone wants to come out and vehemently oppose the atrocity that happens with women in our country and around the globe,” said the superstar. He also feels that with all the negativity that is around, it becomes more important to have a few sparks of brightness, beauty and goodness.
The evening started with aerial and ground ballet performances, followed by the unveiling of the watch collection by Khan and TAG Heuer president and CEO, Jean-Christophe Babin.
Those who attended the event included Omar Abdullah, Farooq Abdullah, Shashi and Sunanda Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, Manav Gangwani, Anupama Dayal, Varun Bahl, Rohit Gandhi and Sanjay Kapoor.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2013.
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Shahrukh always treats his ladies with a lot of respect. I also respect women a lot, watch a wonderful video on Glamourous Business Women of Bollywood. Hope you like it. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFBz2G7Mhk&list=UUGHTJY3M9FpgOwaiqwaFaw&index=1
@Indian catholic - Hindutva is cultural nationalism. Religion has nothing to do with that, just like Zionism was a cultural nationalism concept and ultra-orthodox Jews oppose it. Savarkar, one of the pioneers of Hindutva was an atheist Being an atheist does not mean you develop contempt for your heritage and civilization..
"Woman without her man is nothing" read two times this quotation and first time while reading take pause after the word HER and second time take pause after the word MAN and feel the difference. Actually both are nothing without one n other.
@1984: I have been trying very hard not to slang it out here, but if you want it, I will give it to you. . Aha, You say that I have contempt for RSS which I have never mentioned about the RSS in these forums. I never even thought of the RSS until now because it is a dinosaur that will soon be extinct. A bunch of grown-up men walking around in shorts meant to be treated as they should be -- as boys. . All it says is that though you claim to be an atheist, you actually carry the Hindutva card. Good luck getting anywhere with that in today's India.
@1984: You will see whether God exists or not once you see your death..
SRK must have spent a lot of time with his intellectual friend Karan Johar in order to arrive at this magnificent conclusion!
@1984: even if God existed in accordance to the Abrahamic scripts..I wouldnt worship him because he tried to keep us away from Knowledge,got angry when humans got them,flooded the earth,destroyed cities,gave wrong scientific facts in his books,and most important allowed humans to war in his name.. Do you think God cares? Nobody is forcing you to worship and you shouldn't force anybody not to. You might not have found any evidence of God, but many people do. It depends on how one sees the world.
@Indian Catholic: Chill dude,I've many Catholic friends and my resentment is against that establishment,not on that religion...Even my Catholic friends agree that the convent schools go overboard in their religious drivel.. I know you have contempt over RSS,but that never stopped you from being with Hindus
@Cacha: Same story,different versions...Let me get this straight,even if God existed in accordance to the Abrahamic scripts..I wouldnt worship him because he tried to keep us away from Knowledge,got angry when humans got them,flooded the earth,destroyed cities,gave wrong scientific facts in his books,and most important allowed humans to war in his name..
@Ghaznavi: The joke is on you,mister...I clearly stated that I'm an atheist,I taunt Hinduism more than you muslims... Every atheist reserves his highest contempt to the religion he was born in because he was made to believe in those things at a young age without he could reason why Thats why you see Christopher Hitchens talk mostly about christianity,Ayaan Hirsi Ali talk about islam and Periyar about Hinduism
BTW,February 12 is Darwin Day...Happy Evolution,folks
@1984, I got it there is no wisdom of questioning in any reliegen period.
@1984: Most religions are a form of Orwellianism. “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984
@1984: I replied to you yesterday but the moderators in their wisdom decided not to post it. . What I wanted to say is that the condensation you have done to one sentence is wrong. No doubt the personality of God changes through the Bible and there is a book on it "God: A Biography" by Jack Miles. . Yes, there are contradictions in the Bible and the Book of Genesis is dated compared to what we now know about the Big Bang or Evolution. That is the reason why in today's day and age, it is hard to interpret any holy text literally. . Regarding your experience in Catholic school, what they did is wrong. But I am no representative for the clergy or the community here on ET. I would urge you to not be bitter about the past and let things go. At my age if I were bitter about my past experiences, I would be a very prejudiced man.
@Ali Tanoli: With due respect to women,I'm a man....
I studied in a Catholic school,where the principal and teachers never lost an opportunity to ridicule Hindu faith.....I'd been punished many times for rebuking teachers.....They always use the "minority oppression" card whenever someone gives a reply..
Though,I became an atheist as young as 15 is a different thing altogether....In fact,I started asking questions only when I became an atheist.....
The strange thing in the world is that for every religious person,the other religion looks totally absurd and funny,while they'll defend their practices till death
@1984, oops my bad what a logic man/woman hahhhaha
@1984 what a logic man hahaha
Seriously why does he always make meaningless remarks these days. Concentrate on your films man (if you have any)
@Indian Catholic: Ok,let me get this straight...
God created the universe out of nothing in 6 days,but required Adam's rib to create Eve...
Then God got angry with his ultimate creation just for eating a fruit and punished them for eternity
And 2000 years ago,God sent his son through a virgin woman and then sacrificed him to save the humans from his own anger....
Do you have any idea,how this sounds???
I am agreee with mr khan.
@G. Din: If God created Woman after He/She created Man to help him, how did He create Man? . According to Genesis in the Bible, God fashioned man in his own image out of clay and gave him life. Thus the saying "dust to dust, ashes to ashes". He then thought it is not good for man to be alone and created woman. . This is followed by the Garden of Eden, the apple, etc. which results in God punishing the snake, the woman and the man (in that order). The punishment for the woman is particularly harsh as God believes that the woman misled the man and he punishes womankind and says that from then on womankind will forever be subjugate to their husbands. This particular passage was used to justify misogyny 50-60 years ago. . Most believers in the modern world gloss over all of this and do not interpret the Bible literally. In the context of SRK, this particular book from the Bible or even introducing theology is a poor choice.
The point is not to make a man or a woman seem better than the other, but necessary to each other for our existence. We could all get along better if we stop labeilng...
" NO WOMEN WITHOUT MEN "
@cindyd: If God created Woman after He/She created Man to help him, how did He create Man?
Celebrating north Indian women he means!
I agree with Mr Khan...Women are necessary to the very existence of the human race. It is not good for man to be alone. God said it and created a woman for him to be an help meet to him. Hurrah for any forum that honors women.