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UglyDuckling.

@UglyDuckling.

Dazzler

Posted: 8 years ago

#681

Originally posted by: MrsKhan

Talking of TOI sanity at times comes from unexpected quarters. What can I say?😆

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/latest-hindi-movie-news-bollywood-movies-news-updates/bollywood/news/BJP-MP-Yogi-Adityanath-supports-Salman-Khan-says-fight-against-terrorism-not-art-and-culture/articleshow/54650174.cms

Even Yogi loves Fawad Khan😆

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divaz

@divaz

Voyager

Posted: 8 years ago

#682

Originally posted by: UglyDuckling.

Ban on Pakistani artists is not a national security measure
The duty to condemn your own country can never be a condition for your stay in India.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read | 03-10-2016
RAJEEV DHAVAN

On September 29, India claimed it had conducted a surgical strike. Some doubt if it was "surgical".
The Pakistani's deny the strike itself. The "isolate Pakistan" policy led to collapse of the SAARC. India threatens a covert water war through the Indus, which swims on "thin" legal ice. What now? Will Pakistan escalate conventionally or devastatingly? India waits.
Condition
Two questions remain. The first and most important is Kashmir. India has a skewed belief that Kashmiris are happy with India, but for Pakistani supported terrorism.
Perish that thought. The people of the Valley are not happy with "India", of which they are a special part.
Ultimately, military skirmishes, surgical or otherwise, are not going to bring Kashmir back to India. Start all over again.
Do not believe that our Army has behaved properly at all times. These strikes cannot eclipse the Kashmir problem or be its solution.
The second problem relates to the people of Pakistan, especially its artists, working or invited in India on valid visas.
Let us start with the simple proposition: Pakistanis are not enemy aliens. Both India and Pakistan have strict "entry visa" policies for relatives, exchanges, health tourism and artists.
I have been to Pakistan for meetings and conferences and would like to take some of my mother's ashes (as per her wish), to immerse them in the Indus at Dera Ismail Khan, where she was born.
What I do not expect is any Pakistani to tell me "condemn your country India's actions or you are not welcome".
An open letter written to Fawad Khan on September 22 by an Indian says that you are welcome to stay, but lays some conditions. "I don't support bans... But I certainly have a problem with your silence...your radio silence. Why are you silent today when India is both hurt and angry after the dastardly attacks in Uri... Have you forgotten how much love and respect was showered on you here?"
This argument is much flaunted, no less by the hopelessly biased Arnab Goswami on Times Now.
BJP MLA Sangeet Som says that Pakistani artists should be beaten with shoes, before returning them to Pakistan. Is this not utter nonsense?
When I have been to Pakistan, I, too, was given undiluted affection: by hosts, scooter folk and panwalas, who sometimes did not take money or reduced prices. No one expected me to condemn India or sing their national anthem.
We don't expect Americans in India to condemn American imperialism. Some do. When in England, Europe, America or elsewhere, I am not expected to condemn India (and, there is much to condemn).
The duty to condemn your own country can never be a condition for your stay in India.
Argument
The argument that Pakistanis come here to earn money which they cannot in their own country is equally nonsensical.
Did not our great performers like Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir and others and our filmy famous go abroad? Do our films not earn money in the Middle East, Pakistan and the Indian diaspora states?
Will Pakistan escalate conventionally or devastatingly? India waits. (Photo credit: Reuters)
The Indian musical is a commercial success abroad. India and Pakistan have a uniquely shared musical tradition across borders. I feel enriched by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; and other Pakistani artists and cricketers like Wasim Akram.
The ban by Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) declares to members: "henceforth, not to work with any artists, singers and technicians from Pakistan until the situation of hostilities... subsides and the government of India declares that all is well with Pakistan and India".
Surely, this is a permanent ban.
Assertion
Do you expect India to ever make the emphatic statement that "all is well" with Pakistan? Actor Varun Dhawan sported a cowardly neutral stand: if banning Pakistani artists can stop terror, he is fine with the ban.
Salman Khan is forthright in his assertion that Pakistani artists are not terrorists. They come to perform after getting visas.
Ghulam Ali is popular in India. Why cancel his performance?
Fawad Khan is forced to leave voluntarily! Shafqat Amanat Ali's concert in Bangalore was cancelled.
Nineteen Pakistani women finding Indians warm and hospitable carried home messages of peace. Should we have told them to condemn Pakistan and applaud India or return?
This "banning" agenda is the work of the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and forces of Hindutva. Their policy is to ban anything they don't like; Hussain, Wendy Doniger, Laine, Meera Nanda, films, art, anything, followed by threats of burning theatres, attacking research libraries, destroying art, burning books.
Now, they have added another dimension: Ban unless you compulsorily condemn your own country's policies and actions. This is Hindutva jingoism, not a war effort.
Hindutva is as dangerous as ultraorthodox Islam if they threat or use violence.
The BJP's government of India must declare "All Pakistanis or any artists from anywhere in the world who come in peace with valid visas are welcome to visit or perform".
PM Modi do you have the courage to say that?
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/surgical-strikes-pok-ban-pakistani-artists-fawad-khan-arnab-goswami-narendra-modi/story/1/13214.html

I really liked this article. Kudos to the writer and I am pretty sure he will get trolled for writing this.

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BornHyper

@BornHyper

Trailblazer

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Posted: 8 years ago

#683

Originally posted by: MrsKhan

In labor or already in hospital. From her post it seems it will be a baby girl this time.

Happy tidings for Khan family... So glad that they have this blessed news at the time when they seem to be at a receiving end.

Wishing them a healthy baby

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BornHyper

@BornHyper

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Posted: 8 years ago

#684

Originally posted by: MrsKhan

Talking of TOI sanity at times comes from unexpected quarters. What can I say?😆

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/latest-hindi-movie-news-bollywood-movies-news-updates/bollywood/news/BJP-MP-Yogi-Adityanath-supports-Salman-Khan-says-fight-against-terrorism-not-art-and-culture/articleshow/54650174.cms

I may die of shock...

Expect the unexpected 😆

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UglyDuckling.

@UglyDuckling.

Dazzler

Posted: 8 years ago

#685

This article...👏

So Fawad's alleged quote had taken a life of its own and become something else altogether by the time time it reached the first website I encountered, BUT...

But finally, here was a person in flesh and blood (TP Aggarwal) who I could call and confirm that Fawad had indeed said whatever we Indians were condemning him for saying. So I called up Aggarwal and ask him where he got Fawad's statement from and the man politely dismisses it saying, "Maine meeting mein suna tha, koi bata raha tha...". Why am I not surprised? However, I persist and ask, "Do you remember who told you this?" and Aggarwal shrugs me off saying "Nahi mujhe yaad nahi hai." BOOM!

Many of you would have already guessed how this story was going to end.

https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2016/10/03/fawad-khan-pakistani-actor-india-ban-bollywood-comments-statement-ae-dil-hai-mushkil-truth

Edited by UglyDuckling. - 8 years ago

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serendipity_10

@serendipity_10

Voyager

Posted: 8 years ago

#686

Originally posted by: UglyDuckling.
This article...👏
So Fawad's alleged quote had taken a life of its own and become something else altogether by the time time it reached the first website I encountered, BUT...
But finally, here was a person in flesh and blood (TP Aggarwal) who I could call and confirm that Fawad had indeed said whatever we Indians were condemning him for saying. So I called up Aggarwal and ask him where he got Fawad's statement from and the man politely dismisses it saying, "Maine meeting mein suna tha, koi bata raha tha...". Why am I not surprised? However, I persist and ask, "Do you remember who told you this?" and Aggarwal shrugs me off saying "Nahi mujhe yaad nahi hai." BOOM!
Many of you would have already guessed how this story was going to end.

https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2016/10/03/fawad-khan-pakistani-actor-india-ban-bollywood-comments-statement-ae-dil-hai-mushkil-truth

The Quint is killing it! My favorite media outlet during this whole ordeal. They write with a lot of sense and logic. Loved their Fawad videos as well.👏

ETA - Peeps on twitter are saying that FK's baby has been born! It's a girl, born on Oct 1.😃🥳

Edited by serendipity_10 - 8 years ago

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TheRager

@TheRager

Achiever

+ 4

Posted: 8 years ago

#687

Unexpected people coming to the rescue...this time SK Jha.

Fawad Khan never said anything anti-India: Here's the truth behind the entire fiasco

Fawad Khan

SUBHASH K JHA | Tue, 4 Oct 2016-03:38pm , dna

Before jumping the run, people should know what the truth is...

More shocking and disheartening than the current mood of aggravated animosity between the two countries is the lies, white blatant lies, that are being spread, on the

internet and in supposedly responsible sections of the film industry and politicians. While the internet is filled with malicious anti-India quotes from Pakistan,

Fawad Khan who has curiously became the face of the Pakistani film industry in Bollywood, is attributed with the most outrageous remarks on Bollywood and India.

The President Of IMPPA , T P Aggarwal says he has HEARD that Fawad said , "Bollywood kisike baap ka hai kya?"(is Bollywood the property of anyone's father). This,

Fawad is supposed to have said , "to a certain section of the media".

Which section, which media? No answers. We also had MNS Chitrapat Sena Ameya Khopkar being quoted as saying that he had HEARD that Fawad had commented in Pakistan ,

"Hindustani logon ka dil bahot chota hai."

It now turns out that Fawad never said any of these things being thrown around on the internet as proof of the actor's ingratitude to India .

A close friend of the actor says, "Fawad is quiet, not responding to all the allegations insults and insinuations. I think that's the best way to deal with slander and

infamy. But it seems the more he keeps mum the less respect some rumour-mongers have for his silence. They claimed he had said Bollywood kisike baap ka nahin' and

Hindustani logon ka dil bahot chota hi.' Whom did he say this to, and where? No one knows the origin of these quotes.

Fawad himself is dazed by the rapid developments in the Indo-Pak issue. But more shocking is the manufactured quotes about Bollywood and India attributed to him. Fawad

never said these things."

So why doesn't he issue a denial? "Is there any point in denying such outrageous comments? Most people don't believe he said these things. Those who believe he did say

such things wouldn't change their minds just because he denied saying them," says the source.

Angry at the malicious lies being spread Pahlaj Nihalani the President of the Movie Image Makers producers' association says, "The producers' associations that are

spreading lies about Fawad are the ones who can never have access to him. He is beyond their reach. So they are trying to get him out. But Fawad comes to India with a

legitimate visa to work.He comes here because he is invited to work. The same goes for the other Pakistani actors who come with proper work permits. No one except the

government of India has the right to tell them to leave."

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fawad-khan-never-said-anything-anti-india-here-s-the-truth-behind-the-entire-fiasco-2261254

http://thereel.scroll.in/818196/if-actors-should-stay-out-of-politics-so-should-the-rest-of-the-film-industry

http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/no-fawad-khan-did-not-say-bollywood-kisike-baap-ka-hai-how-false-stories-spread-3033562.html

http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/fawad-khan-never-said-bollywood-kisika-baap-nahi-hai-and-we-have-solid-proof/

Edited by MrsKhan - 8 years ago

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-GayabCat-

@-GayabCat-

Stunner

+ 5

Posted: 8 years ago

#688

So the family is complete

It a girl this time

🥳

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UglyDuckling.

@UglyDuckling.

Dazzler

Posted: 8 years ago

#689

Someone recorded Fawad- Anushka speaking at a radio show for ADHM promotions

Listen to Clip - Fawad-Anushka unedited short audio clip of Anushka & Fawad on Picture Pandey radio show #SoundCloud

https://twitter.com/architypes12/status/783268787369881600

Edited by UglyDuckling. - 8 years ago

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BornHyper

@BornHyper

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Posted: 8 years ago

#690

Originally posted by: UglyDuckling.
Someone recorded Fawad- Anushka speaking at a radio show for ADHM promotions
Listen to Clip - Fawad-Anushka unedited short audio clip of Anushka & Fawad on Picture Pandey radio show #SoundCloud

https://twitter.com/architypes12/status/783268787369881600

Is it ? When was this recorded? I could not open and hear it because I had to login. Anyone heard ?