Dear all Questioning Big B on Modi is worthwhile as a rhetorical exercise but to have the hope that he will change is like hoping that Modi himself will change.
Apart from his financial corruption, amongst his many ethical and political crimes is the fact that he endorsed Bal Thackeray *even after* the Bombay riots of 1992-1993. We can continue to refer to him as Big B. But let us have our own interpretation of what the 'B' stands for. anand On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Ghulam Muhammed <[email protected]>wrote: > Dr. Saheb, you should ask Amitabh Bachhan, if he has refused any offer of a > job or money proposal in his life. I am sure he will be frank and would > admit that he would have refused some proposals. Now you have to find out > what were the reasons and motivations for his refusals. > > Whether ---- > > 1. it was less money; > > 2. more work than he can take out time or energy for; > > 3. working with people with whom he has fallen out > > 4. Unsuitable to his mood, instinct, lifestyle, calling or beliefs > > 5. he did not wish to displease any third person, family, group of people > > I am sure if he ever had refused offer of money job, as you feel should > justify his cozying up to Narendera Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, and > widely believed to be at the head of the genocidal riots post-Godhra in > Gujarat; then this is ONE step he should have avoided, if he had any human > feelings for the massacre of innocents in Gujarat. He is not standing for > any political position, but on personal level, he has a right to have a > moral standard. And if he has, I am sure, in the eyes of a big majority of > his fans, he has seriously compromised his moral standing. > > Ghulam Muhammed, Mumabai > > > On 2/23/10, Dr.B.K.Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> Fine letter, facts and correct statistics but why write to Amitabh >> Bachchan or isolating him only, why not to take it with Govt. of Gujarat and >> other politicians people in authority, who are responsible for it. Are we >> not wasting our time and energies in doing so? >> >> Amitabh bachchan is an actor and does the acting as paid for as per his >> profession just like every other actor whether it be SRK, Aishwarya, Amir >> Khan etc. etc. That is the fact. Why should they need to refuse to do his >> work or find truth or try every thing for themselves, whatever they are >> asked to act for? 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Just >> ask us.* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ramneek >> *Sent:* 22 February 2010 10:27 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [SPAM] Re: [arkitectindia] Mallika Sarabhai Writes To Amitabh >> Bachchan >> >> >> >> >> A very fine letter indeed, it poses honest questions and presents figures >> that say it all. >> >> It would, though, have been much better if the source from where the >> letter has been taken were given - also, if the letter had made a mention of >> the source from where the figures given therein are taken. >> >> Ramnik >> >> On 22 February 2010 03:41, parvez alam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Mallika Sarabhai Writes To Amitabh >>> Bachchan<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/IndianMuslimsBlog/%7E3/KBU2EAaRO3E/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> >>> >>> Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:24 AM PST >>> >>> My dear Bachchanji, >>> Greetings from a Gujarati. >>> >>> You are indeed a fine actor. You are an intelligent man and a shrewd >>> businessman. But should I believe in your endorsements? >>> >>> Let’s take a brief look at what you proclaim you believe in (albeit for >>> huge sums of money). BPL, ICICI, Parker and Luxor pens,Maruti Versa, Cadbury >>> chocolates. Nerolac paints. Dabur, Emami, Eveready, Sahara City Homes, >>> D’damas, Binani Cement and Reliance. >>> >>> And now Gujarat. >>> >>> I wonder how you decide what to endorse. Is your house built with Binani >>> Cement? Do you really like Cadbury’s chocolates or do you have to resort to >>> Dabar’s hajmola (whose efficacy you have earlier checked) after eating them? >>> And having endorsed two pens, one very upmarket and one rather down, which >>> one do you use? Have you, except perhaps for the shooting of the ad, ever >>> driven or been driven in a Versa? Do you know whether the Nerolac paint in >>> your home ( you do use it don’t you?) has lead in it that can poison you >>> slowly as it does so many people? Or are the decisions entirely monetary? >>> >>> It has been reported that no direct fee will be paid to you for being my >>> Brand Ambassador. So, with no monetary decision to guide you, how did you >>> decide to say yes? Did you check on the state of the State? I doubt it, for >>> the decision and the announcement came from one single meeting. And I >>> somehow doubt that you have been following the news on Gujarat closely. >>> >>> So, as a Gujarati, permit me to introduce my State to you.Everyone knows >>> of our vibrancy, of the billions and trillions pouring into our State >>> through the two yearly jamborees called Vibrant Gujarat. But did you know >>> that by the government’s own admission no more than 23% of these have >>> actually moved beyond the MOU stage? That while huge subsidies are being >>> granted to our richest business houses, over 75000 small and medium >>> businesses have shut down rendering one million more people jobless? >>> >>> You know of Gujarat’s fast paced growth and the FDI pouring in, you have >>> no doubt seen pictures of the Czars of the business world lining up to pour >>> money to develop us. To develop whom? Did you know that our poor are getting >>> poorer? That while the all India reduction in poverty between ’93 and 2005 >>> is 8.5%, in Gujarat it is a mere 2.8%? That we have entire farmer families >>> committing suicide, not just the male head of the household? >>> >>> You have heard of how some mealy mouthed NGO types have been blocking the >>> progress of the Narmada project, how the government has prevailed, and water >>> is pouring down every thirsty mouth and every bit of thirsty land. But did >>> you know that in the 49 years since it was started, and in spite of the >>> Rs.29,000 crores spent on it, only 29% of the work is complete? >>> >>> That the construction is so poor (lots of sand added to the you- know- >>> which cement perhaps) that over the last 9 years there have been 308 >>> breaches, ruining lakhs of farmers whose fields were flooded, ruining the >>> poorest salt farmers whose salt was washed away? That whereas in 1999, 4743 >>> of Gujarat’s villages were without drinking water, within two years that >>> figure had gone up to 11,390 villages ? (I can not even begin to project >>> those figures for today – but do know that the figure has gone up >>> dramatically rather than down.) >>> With our CM, hailed as the CEO of Gujarat, we have once again achieved >>> number one status – in indebtedness. In 2001 the State debt was Rs.14000 >>> crores. This was before the State became a multinational company. Today it >>> stands at Rs.1,05,000 crores. And to service this debt we pay a whopping >>> Rs7000 crores a year, 25% of our annual budget. >>> >>> Meanwhile our spending on education is down, no new public hospitals for >>> the poor are being built, fishermen are going a begging as the seas turn >>> turgid with effluents, more mothers die at birth per thousand than in the >>> rest of India, and our general performance on the Human Development Index is >>> nearly the first – from the bottom. One rape a day, 17 cases of violence >>> against women, and , over the last ten years, 8802 suicides and 18152 >>> “accidental “ deaths of women are officially reported. You can imagine the >>> real figures. >>> >>> You have said that you are our Ambassador because we have Somnath and >>> Gandhi. Somnath was built for people. Gandhiji was a man of the people. Do >>> the people of this State matter to you? If they do, perhaps your decision >>> will be different. 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