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My Name is Khan - the movie for our times

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Shah rukh khan outdoes himself in every movie.  I am a perennial fan who loves and lives by his word. Perhaps the movie 'The Fan' was for idiots like me.  And My Name is Khan is a perfect example of the prowess of each of the actors. Read about the movie plot here. But the movie 'The Fan' also has a powerful message: Fan Banna hai toh kuch banke dikhao  <if you want to be a fan, "be something" first> That hit me very hard. Once upon a time, a recruiter asked me: What are you, without your 'books' 'your family' 'your technology'  I replied: nothing.  Yes, i am a 'nothing'  I will be a 'nothing'  I am a 'voice' and that will recur everytime,  a kalki koelchin or an Indira Gandhi or a Menaka Gandhi needs it. Every time my mentors from different faiths: Mujeeb Bhai.  Paresh Masade Sanjeev Abhiram  Raj Kumar Kasi Cousins. Parents.  Jaishree Israni Suchi  Preeti  Shruti  Sonal ...

Sorry, Kisna!

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Why the f**k should we decorate Mathura? Your women spilled their menstrual blood over the pages of my recycled notebook. The notebook was stitched by a beggar stung by a venomous snake from the Himalayas. It forgot to wear its underwear and thought that the sole of my beggar man was something it could 'take' the women in your life have taken - you have taken the innocence of the naive pandavas and quenched the thirst of draupadi; you took the naivety and fooled around Subhadra and made her a pawn in the historical downfall of the kauravas who were so many in number that their own parents forgot what the eff did they do to deserve them? your rules were set - you misused Karna - felony. crime. betrayal. you called it feminism and painted the battlefield with blood and built buildings and then left it to rot. The riots in your city were quenched by the samadhi of my brotherhood and the undying love of your people. Why the f**k should we celebrate your 'ashtami'? ...

For Bhagat

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/bhagat/ the ink of your pen is now smeared onto the pages of my city kisna, radha are now trekking, taking a hike, relaxing and are performing yoga.. Come Bhagat, Let us Make Men and Lions Leaders