Aamir Khan and Secularism

I think I grew as a human being, as I grew from being a child to an adult. I realised that there is a lot of poison that can be spread in peoples’ minds. For example, what happened in Gujarat is really appalling. According to me, somebody like Modi is there, I mean there were Indians killed over there, innocent Indians killed over there. It is completely irrelevant whether they were Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Parsis or Sikhs. They were Indians being killed by a leader who was supposedly a leader, and he is responsible. He and his party, he and his people are responsible for the killings and trauma of thousands of Indians. And, in my opinion the person and the people who do this, indulge in this kind of things, are most unpatriotic. It’s a completely anti-Indian thing that has been done.

- Aamir Khan in his recent interview in Indian Express

Mr. Khan, there is nothing new about riots. There were plenty of riots before Gujrat riots. So you had plenty of chances to grow. Do you want list of it? How about 1992 riots of Mumbai, unlike Gujrat riots you were actually present in Mumbai during the riots. How about Bhiwandi riots of 1984? How about Hindu genocide in Kashmir in 1988? How about first Kar-Seva in 1989 when thousands of Hindus were killed for no reason by Mulayam Singh government? The Bhiwandi riots of 1970, Moradabad riots of 1984, Malegaon Jalgaon and Karhad riots the list goes on and on. I am not mentioning any riots before 1970 because Mr. Aamir Khan was born in 1965. Mr. Modi or his BJP were not in power in any of the above mentioned riots.

My point here is that people like Mr. Khan actually lays foundation for next riots. I am not supporting riots but when general populace sees that media, politicians and other major personalities always behave biased then the ‘healing’ never takes place. Mr. Khan has full freedom to express his opinion. But then it would be appreciative, only if he knows the history and express himself without any bias.