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The babying of Salman Khan

August 28, 2007 posted by indiatime |

Salman Khan, Bollywood’s famous leading man, has now spent about 2 days inside the Jodhpur prison. There is a tremendous outpouring of support from Salman’s family, friends and his fans. All pretty much expected. What is surprising is the way Salman’s family seems to be treating this 40-plus year old man. Starting the first day of his imprisonment, his girlfriend, brother, sister, mother, father, lawyers all flew to Jodhpur, trying to seek a visitation with him.

That seems rather unnecessary. Salman Khan has gone in for the crime of animal cruelty, and though his sentence has seemed rather harsh to many (I myself have written against it, advocating using him as a resource against poaching), his family’s and friends’ attitude reveals something behnid the making of Salman Khan, the human being.

Aesop, in one his fables (many of which originally come from India) , wrote about a boy who stole a book from a friend and brought it home to his mother. The mother didn’t discipline or castigate him, instead, her behavior seemed to encourage him further. The boy grew up to be a thief and was sentenced to be hanged. As his last request, he asked to say speak privately with his beloved mother. And as he pretended to say something in her ears, he bit the ear off, and said, “Mother, if you had beaten me when I first stole, I should not have come to this, nor have been thus led to a disgraceful path…”.

Nothing wrong with being supportive, but isn’t Salman’s family doing him a disservice by their unconditional continued affection in spite of his history of felonies and misdemeanors ? And can a 40-plus middle aged adult not be a man and live alone for a few days? Why do Salman’s family and friends and the public treat him like a baby?


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  1. Viresh on September 27, 2007 11:48 pm

    hmm..to this point i may not agree with you friend.

    salman khan when we say although a public figure, he and his family deserve there private moments.

    regarding the story you told about the boy….salman is a big star…those people were around him because he has done more good than bad….when you say about killing an animal..the first thing that comes to my mind is…the tax which he is paying towards our nation….he is contributing a lot and we should respect it…..the only people who dont deserve a chance is a politician…..

    regards
    Veer

  2. rahul jain on October 5, 2007 9:41 am

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  3. Sparkle Water on October 6, 2007 2:52 am

    Frankly, I think that story in your article is the most asinine analogy I could have ever imagined from a person of your calibre. Quiet decadent though. While I am no fan of Salman Khan, however, its quite natural for families to support one in times of trouble. It would be better if you wrote on topics that are more relevant to public in todays environment than wasting yours and our time on hopeless analysis.

  4. huda on February 3, 2008 5:18 am

    halla

  5. ruby on February 17, 2009 2:10 pm

    hi slman i am only 14 i like u very much u r my super man realy i like u so much i want to be an actress but i need some help 4 this will u plz help me?plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    from u r fan
    RUBY.

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