Spicezee Bureau
New Delhi: The capital on Sunday evening saw a salutation to India and its integrity in the form of ‘A Nation In Solidarity Against Terror’. Seen hobnobbing were representatives of all walks of life including Bollywood that was significantly represented by Shah Rukh Khan.
Organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a 60-minute event entitled at India Gate hosted by actress/director Nandita Das saw SRK speak his heart out with a somber mood on being an Indian, then Muslim and most importantly being ‘one’.
The actor started by saying how proud he was about 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. 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”, said SRK.
The event was intended to express the nation's solidarity against terror. The date was symbolic, since it was the final day when the siege in Mumbai ended last year.
Various artists, sportspersons and representatives of civil society from across the country came together to share the message of solidarity, courage and resolve to stand up against terrorist violence.
Other prominent persons who participated in the event included 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.
The event was managed by Wizcraft International Entertainment.
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."