Wanted! Indian Celebrities with a Social conscience.
George Clooney famously co-founded 'Not on our Watch' organisation which brings attention to violation of human rights across the world.
Mohammed Ali lost four boxing years in his prime refusing to join the army in Vietnam citing moral reasons.
Eric Cantona is lining up a token bid for the French presidency to bring attention to low cost housing problems in France.
Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey,...the list is endless.
and then you have the Indian Sportsperson and Celebrities.
Very rarely we come across a Indian Celebrity or a Sportsperson protesting for a cause.
And to make it worse, often they are the problem.
Amitabh Bachchan called himself a farmer and swindled land meant for poor farmers.
He 'graciously' :-( returned the land to farmers after this was exposed in the media decades later.
After the death of an Indian Right wing Politician ('He who shall not be named' here for safety reasons) whose legacy was full of violence against linguistic and religious minorities,
Sachin Tendulkar tweeted that he wished he was available in the city to pay respect.
Now a huge list of Bollywood Billionaires (Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Mallika Sherawat,...) accepted taxpayers' money and participated in a massive celebration in Saifai in UP; displaying a shocking lack of apathy for victims of religious riots in relief camps just hundreds of kilometers away.
Dreaming about a day when we in India will have our own Mohammed Ali, George Clooney and Angelina Jolie.
At present all we have is a big list of Bollywood stars whose real life characters are as shallow as their movie scripts.
George Clooney famously co-founded 'Not on our Watch' organisation which brings attention to violation of human rights across the world.
Mohammed Ali lost four boxing years in his prime refusing to join the army in Vietnam citing moral reasons.
Eric Cantona is lining up a token bid for the French presidency to bring attention to low cost housing problems in France.
Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey,...the list is endless.
and then you have the Indian Sportsperson and Celebrities.
Very rarely we come across a Indian Celebrity or a Sportsperson protesting for a cause.
And to make it worse, often they are the problem.
Amitabh Bachchan called himself a farmer and swindled land meant for poor farmers.
He 'graciously' :-( returned the land to farmers after this was exposed in the media decades later.
After the death of an Indian Right wing Politician ('He who shall not be named' here for safety reasons) whose legacy was full of violence against linguistic and religious minorities,
Sachin Tendulkar tweeted that he wished he was available in the city to pay respect.
Now a huge list of Bollywood Billionaires (Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Mallika Sherawat,...) accepted taxpayers' money and participated in a massive celebration in Saifai in UP; displaying a shocking lack of apathy for victims of religious riots in relief camps just hundreds of kilometers away.
Dreaming about a day when we in India will have our own Mohammed Ali, George Clooney and Angelina Jolie.
At present all we have is a big list of Bollywood stars whose real life characters are as shallow as their movie scripts.
