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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Open letter to Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez
Dear Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez,
Dear Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez,
It
was probably not your intention to be in the middle of this
embarrassing political controversy. Clearly, all you wanted to do was
visit your old friend Namal and distribute some spectacles in order to
boost your charity. But, I must say, you two… the time you picked for
this was just a little shortsighted.
It’s understandable that as you come from Mumbai (Jacqueline has been
there for all of six years now…) you were ‘not aware of what was
happening here.’ But by now you must know your friend Namal’s dad has
been terribly busy trying to convince the people of Sri Lanka to
re-elect him as president. And, well… things have not been going too
well for him.
However, he must like you very, very much; because, just one week away
from the elections, he and Namal and a whole lot of other people, (who
should rightly be using every waking hour available to them to campaign
for his re-election), actually spent a lot of time and money and
resources helpingyou promote your charity. Bless them all.
Yes, in this light, as you said Salman, Namal’s dad is probably
the ‘most humble person’ you have ever met. We, in our ignorance,
assume that everyone else you know spends millions upon millions of other people’s money lining the streets of India with pictures of themselves.
Anyway, Jaqueline, we are sure that you would rather focus on other
things “rather than this silly circus.” Apologies for inconveniencing
you with our antics. But you are spot on. It is a
bit of a circus here. Our media is rigged, our police is corrupt, our
money is being robbed from us, our journalists are being threatened, our
artistes are being beaten, our minorities are being silenced, our
justice system is a joke, our constitution is an embarrassment and right
now, there are lots and lots of people getting assaulted and
intimidated for exercising their right to vote – and this, with the
right sound track, could be material for a very funny circus scene.
Sorry that this irritates you. But you see, for us it’s a crisis. It’s
been bleeding us to death – and its very important to us that it ends.
Finally, in all fairness to you, you may not have known the extent and
depth of corruption that your friend’s family has unleashed upon this
country, or how fed up, we, as citizens we are of them. But hopefully
now you do. Now you do.
We anticipate that the next country you pick to promote your charity in,
brings you less embarrassment and a little more respect.
Best Wishes,
Ruwanthie de Chickera
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