Dilip Kumar: The pride of
Pakistan
Nikhil Patwardhan
Dilip Kumar: The pride of Pakistan
Last week's newspapers seemed to have forgotten the Kargil crisis
altogether and instead devoted reams of paper to columns about
"Thespian" Dilip Kumar's anguish over the questioning of
his patriotism.
Mr. Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar ensured that the media was flooded
with reports such as "Dilip makes tearful plea to see Prime
Minister Vajpayee" and "Dilip is thinking of leaving
Mumbai as it has lost its cosmopolitan air", "Dilip
traumatized by the Shiv Sena questioning his patriotism",
etc. etc. A barrage of ridiculous and unwanted information about
Dilip Kumar was thrust on Indian readers. Magazines like Rediff
online even went so far as to feature Amitabh Bachchan's thoughts
on the issue. Why on earth would anyone care about unrelated
opinions such as Bachchan's on this issue???
The propensity of useless information that has been churned out
about this thoroughly worthless man, makes me question what is
truly important to the journalists of India. National newspapers
which cannot find space for even a mention of the soldiers and
heroes dying on the Kargil battlefront found oodles of space
available to discuss to death the (non) actions of a virulently
anti national, pan-Islamic, has-been of an "actor".
Quite frankly the issue of whether Mr. Yusuf Khan wants to return
his Nishan-E-Pakistan (some newspapers say Nishan-E-imtiaz) award
is entirely up to him. But the judgement of whether his refusal to
return the award means a lack of patriotism, is entirely upto the
Indian public to decide.
Let's examine the overrated controversy to unearth the real
factors underlying it.
First let's be honest, the fact that Yusuf Khan is a Muslim has
absolutely nothing to do with the issue. Protests from pseudo
seculars and Congressmen always harp on this point. What is in
question here is the fact that an Indian citizen was pleased to
accept an award from a country which has publicly declared Jihad
on India. This country is not only overtly hostile, but over the
decades it's sole reason for existence has been to antagonize and
destroy India. Even if we were to keep Pakistan's list of crimes
restricted to the Kargil intrusion, it would be one long list.
Pakistan has beaten up India's foreign representatives, it has
tortured our soldiers in unimaginably inhuman ways, it has
murdered hundreds of civilians, it has displaced thousands of
Indians, it has violated our territorial integrity and flung
wildly false accusations with the intent to malign and vilify
India. To any normal nationalistic Indian citizen, such a record
would certainly inspire him/her to spit at the mention of Pakistan
leave alone treat a civilian award conferred by them with any
amount of respect. But that is exactly what Mr. Yusuf Khan insists
on doing. Instead of doing what any red blooded Indian who loves
his country would have done in an instant, Mr. Yusuf Khan whines
and drones on endlessly about "Fascist forces" and
"blots on his patriotism". He ensures that the press is
flooded with repugnant stories about his opinions on Bal Thackeray
and Mumbai's lack of cosmopolitan atmosphere.
Second, the controversy began when Shiv Sena earlier this week
took out a morcha near Dilip Kumar's residence asking him to
return the award. When a Shiv Sena delegation met Dilip Kumar on
Tuesday Dilip Kumar commented that Kapil Dev's statement for
calling off Sahara Cricket Cup was "the wrong way of showing
patriotism."
" Look, Kapil Dev thinks he is right under the present
circumstances to ask for what he did. At this juncture when the
two countries are fighting each other, game like this looks a bit
meaningless. But making a demand for calling off sports contact is
wrong. Sports, arts, cultures are great levelers between the two
countries. These are the mediums through which people communicate.
And such communication is the essence of life," says Dilip
Kumar.
Perhaps Mr. Dilip Kumar is not aware that India is currently being
forced to sacrifice its soldiers on the Kashmir border because of
Pakistan's naked aggression. "Communication" can only be
maintained between two civilized nations of the world. Pakistan's
violation of India's borders, its inhuman torture of Indian
soldiers and massacre of hundreds of Indian civilians, clearly
proves that it is NOT a civilized nation. Perhaps Mr. Dilip Kumar
should go to fight on the Kargil front to understand exactly what
the Pakistani army is "communicating" to our soldiers
everyday with their Stinger missiles.
When pointedly told that it is a bit difficult to digest this
"kind of essence of life" when day in and out bodies of
soldiers who are sons and fathers arrive at their hometown
accompanied by weeping mothers, wives and children, Mr. Dilip
Kumar says "This is indeed a tragic aspect of this age.
Because of overstepping by some persons or some miscalculation, we
are in a war. But this should not be led to the doors of
culture,"
What miscalculation????? Is Mr. Dilip Kumar referring to
miscalculation on India's part or Pakistan's?? Does he mean that
Pakistan miscalculated their attack on India or is he implying
that India miscalculated and is somehow responsible for the
conflict??
The Kargil conflict is NOT the result of a mere
"miscalculation or overstepping" on anyone's part. It is
the result of a cold, calculated, planned murderous strategy of
Pakistan to threaten India's security and throw her in turmoil.
Not only that, Mr. Dilip Kumar commented that the public in India
and Pakistan did not want war. "It's the Hukumats which are
fighting. It's not the war of the people," he felt. He blamed
Pakistan for "initiating" the conflict but also
criticized INDIA for neglecting Jammu and Kashmir. "They (Sharif)
are the authors of war. What has Pakistan done for Kashmir and
what have WE done for it? We are fighting for a patch of barren
land and losing precious lives," he stated. When asked
whether he would visit the wounded soldiers in Kashmir, he
"regretted" that his old age would not allow him to
travel to Drass and Batalik.
To Mr. Dilip Kumar, the holy land of Kashmir may be just "a
piece of barren land" but to the entire Indian nation, it is
an incomparable symbol of our unity and identity. Perhaps Mr.
Dilip Kumar does not know an iota of history, otherwise he would
surely not have insulted our national heritage by asking what has
India done for Kashmir?? This is not the question that deserves to
be asked, the right question for a nationalistic Indian to ask is
what has Kashmir done for India!
Dilip Kumar's actions speak far louder than words. The fact is
that he cherishes a prize from a country which seeks to destroy
our national integrity and culture. His being Muslim and Bal
Thackeray's being Hindu has NOTHING to do with it. Whatever Mr.
Thackeray's political beliefs, he has every right as a patriotic
Indian to question Dilip Kumar's nationalistic tendencies based on
the actions done by him.
Let's see what Mr. Yusuf Khan's actual actions have been to prove
his love for India as opposed to Pakistan.
Mr. Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar is the chairman of Geekay Exim
India Ltd, based in Mumbai. The Air Force and Naval Housing
Board's (AFNHB) primary responsibility is to ensure the
construction of housing units for the personnel and widows of
personnel of the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy on a
no-profit-no-loss basis.
The Housing Board had placed fixed deposits (FDs) to the tune of
Rs. 1 Crore for 12 months in December 1996, with Geekay Exim India
ltd. In December 1997, the Housing Board's Fixed deposit with
Geekay became mature, therefore Geekay was supposed to pay them
with a refund check. The refund check which was presented by
Geekay in December 1997 bounced. Geekay then committed itself to
paying the matured amount which it owed to the Board via a fresh
repayment schedule from February 1998 to December 1998. Even this
promised payback was not fulfilled. Chairman Dilip Kumar and his
company Geekay again changed tactics and demanded that YET ANOTHER
repayment schedule be made available to them starting April 1999,
through November 99.
Even as the matter was taken to the high court and a fresh
schedule was advised, the payments from Dilip Kumar's company did
not commence. Now Geekay is proposing a 50-month schedule
beginning in November 1999 before the Company Law Board (CLB), say
the sources. The company also promised to mortgage certain flats
at Gurgaon in the AFNHB's favour as security, but when the
documents were scrutinized, the flats were not found to belong to
Geekay at all!
Geekay Exim representatives, will only say this much ``A fresh
schedule was put forth in the High Court, and the payments are
being made slowly. The intentions are clear: We are making the
payment, even if they are slightly delayed.''
Two years is not a "slight delay" to the widows and
children who are being deprived of a roof over their heads thanks
to Dilip Kumar and his company.
Mr. Dilip Kumar and his company have amply proved their patriotism
to the Country with this event. For TWO years the widows and
personnel of the Air Force and Navy who fight valiantly for
India's defense, were CHEATED of the financing that they needed
for housing. Even as the valiant Indian Air Force Pilots are
defending Indian citizens like Mr. Dilip Kumar from the enemy, he
and his company are ensuring that their widows and children do not
get the housing they deserve!
Over and above this Mr. Dilip Kumar is weeping over the fact that
his precious Nishan-E-Pakistan is being questioned!
What has Dilip Kumar's role in national affairs been in the past?
In 1997 he addressed the All India Muslim OBC's Conference and
exhorted the Muslims to "unite and fight for their
rights". He sang praises of the criminal Mulayam Singh Yadav
and Laloo Prasad Yadav, two of the country's most notorious and
harmful criminals. Concerning Laloo Prasad Yadav he said that the
Bihar chief minister was being singled out in the fodder scam.
" So many scams have taken place in the country. But is
anyone bothered about their culprits? From what I have seen, I
have found Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav to be genuinely concerned about
the poor and their welfare," he said.
Yes indeed to Mr. Dilip Kumar the same Laloo Prasad Yadav who has
made Bihar a casteist and social hell is the savior of the Indian
masses!
But Mr. Yusuf Khan did not end his tirade there, he demanded 8.33
per cent reservation for Muslims within the 27 per cent earmarked
for other "backward castes. Apparently Mr. Yusuf Khan would
like the backward and deprived classes of India to be even further
deprived by snatching away their reservations and giving them to
Muslims.
In a hysterical tirade the seventy year old man who has gone as
far as the US, UK and Pakistan without feeling his age, to raise
funds for Bosnian Muslims, displayed his almost psychotic hatred
for Hindu political elements.
" Thackeray says Tum Pakistani ho... they ( the Sainiks)
judge me as if I am being brought out from the jail. In these
circumstances I do think of leaving Mumbai. The entire city of
Mumbai is living under the terror of Sena supremo Bala Saheb
Thackeray. They control not only the film industry but the
government itself. The Bharatiya Janata Party is merely playing
second fiddle to them. The Sena has the whole of filmdom in its
claws. Today within the industry, labor is Shiv Sena's, Cine
artists association is under the Sena. The controversy is because
of Thackeray's hatred for me. Thackeray is fond of me. He can't do
without me. Har waqt mere pichhe pada rahta hai (He is always
after me)! I think he hates my Pakistani connection that I was
born there. But it can't be undone. I was born in India" he
said in delirious tones.
Dilip Kumar letter to Prime Minister Vajpayee was a clear
indicator of this malicious person's intention to politicize the
issue and give it a communal color.
In the letter he had written: "Were you, revered Prime
Minister, to ask me to surrender the award in the larger interests
of the nation, I shall gladly abide by you because my acceptance
of the award enjoyed your consent. However, as submitted earlier,
I cannot get myself to yield to this blind and ill-informed
pressure. However, if I were to hold my ground under the vitiated
circumstances, I cannot do so without your tacit support."
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has told Dilip Kumar to retain
the award.
Yusuf Khan has proved his malicious intent to politicize the issue
by the comments he made after the PM's advice.
" I know that I am being targeted because I belong to the
Muslim community and was born in Pakistan. At this juncture the
Shiv Sainiks should better concentrate on the "real crisis on
the Kargil front".
As we all know the fact that Yusuf Khan is a Muslim had absolutely
NOTHING to do with this controversy. It is Muslims like Yusuf Khan
who give the Muslims of India a bad name.
What is clear to all nationalistic Indians is that Mr. Dilip Kumar
has not donated one Paisa from his considerable wealth to the
Indian defense forces. In contrast he has raised MILLIONS of
Rupees for Imran Khan's hospital in Pakistan and the Bosnian
Muslims of Bosnia.
In addition, Mr. Dilip Kumar has certainly proved his patriotism
to India by the fact that he and his company have deprived the
widows and children of our pilots and naval officers, of a roof
over their heads. Many of the widows who have been deprived
because of him are ALSO MUSLIMS.
Dilip Kumar should definitely keep the Nishan-E-Pakistan. It is
the perfect symbol of this repulsive creature's anti-Indian
loyalties and treasonous character.
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