Shahrukh Khan calls for solidarity against terrorism

November 29th was the final day when the siege in Mumbai ended last year. Shahrukh Khan represented 'Bollywood' during the 'A Nation In Solidarity Against Terror' event along with artists, sportspersons and representatives of civil society from across the country on Sunday at Delhi to express the nation's solidarity against terror.

Shahrukh Khan is very proud of his nationality. "I am very proud to be an India. My freedom fighter dad like every dad gave me the teaching of ‘Mazhab nahi sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna…’. But what is sad now is that these important teachings of childhood have now become dim, for, the devils of every religion have made their own religion called ‘terrorism’ and this religion only loves death. The choice in front of us is to either destroy or perish. We have to destroy this terror or else there will be only annihilation." said SRK.

"I don’t want to die, I want to live and I am sure you don’t want to die too. So, the only idea is to believe in God by whatever name we address him. I pray to Allah that we be happy, our lives be good and we stay together", he added.

The sole message conveyed by the event was: 'Terror has no religion. Our solidarity, courage and resoluteness are the answer to the threat of terror.' Rahul Gandhi, Javed Akhtar, Dr L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shilpa Rao, Shekhar Gupta, Abhinav Bindra, Sania Mirza and Feroz Abbas Khan were the other persons who participated in the event that was organised by Wizcraft International Entertainment.

Meanwhile SRK is set to open a cricket stadium on Dubai. His IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders may not be performing well, but it remains the side that generates the highest ROI. And SRK's interest in the sport has but heightened. SRK will own the stadium, and he has partnered with some UAE based developers to build it. The idea is to provide free coaching and assistance to needy and underprivileged players who cannot bear the expenses. And according to a source, "When operational, the ground will have all the facilities to host international cricket matches and even other global sporting events. SRK is a dearly loved Indian star in the country and this is his way of giving it back to them. He will frequent the place more often than what he used to. The place might also become a venue for his stage shows in that land."