The name is Khan!

Shah Rukh Khan the king of Bollywood!

If I am not mistaken just couple of months back our former president Mr. Abdul Kalam was stopped for the security check while boarding a flight. This one was an offense because as per the law no one has the right to security check the former presidents (equivalent to a king in real sense); Mr. Kalam could manage to get just day coverage on the new channels and newspapers.

This time Mr. Shah Rukh Khan’s mess with US custom and border personnel absolutely defines how big the King Khan is, he is all over the news channels not only he but all the other Celebes as well, the ones taking in favor or against the incidence.

My mom asked me why is Shah Rukh all over the place from last 4 days (in comparison with Mr. Kalam’s incidence); without taking a second, my brother replies Mom that is ‘the Shah Rukh Khan, the king’ and he is any day more popular.

For a second I thought, yes! That’s true he is more popular and that’s the reason it’s a much bigger hype this time.

It was difficult for any Indian nationalist to believe that US custom were not aware who Shah Rukh Khan is? And it took about two hours at the security check.

He is among the few Indians to have a wax statue at Madam Tussads museum. He is the one who was on cover page of the TIME magazine. He is the one, who has recently made an entry into the list of top 50 most influential people in the world. Irony, but yes he is someone who is more popular than the president himself.

If these Americans were so weak at their general awareness they should have at least googled “Shah Rukh Khan” and found themselves in just 5 minutes; just not who Shah rukh Khan is but how big he is, then wasting so many hours.

One of my colleague very rightly mentioned few days back that these guys are so dumb that if you give them their own country map and ask them to locate their country; they wouldn’t be sure where it is. Loll.

The whole drama happened just because his name is Khan! And he was traveling from South-Asia? Are these the reason which got Shah Rukh into trouble with American authorities? God bless that Indian embassy personnel who vouched for Shah Rukh and finally he was welcomed in America.

Don’t these Custom guys have some kind of online database about the celebrities around the world, at least people who are so influential? Concern in this case was just not security test but identity mess, that to just not Shah Rukh’s but identity of India and entire South-Asia.