Sta“Muslims are not ‘unsafe’ in India,” says the veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher.
The veteran actor was in Bhopal on Monday as a part of ASEAN India Youth Summit held at Jehan Numa Palace. He was at the summit as a motivational speaker. Talking to media perosns, Kher talked about his journey from a small-town lad to one of the greatest actor of Hindi film industry. He also talked on various issues concerning the society.
The actor feels that Muslims in India are doing fine and there is nothing that is threatening them. “I don’t think so that Muslims are feeling threatened or unsafe in India. Even in smaller towns Muslims live peacefully with other communities, celebrate festival together and are happy.” Adding to this he said, “India will only progress when all communities will live and work together.” On asking about his motivational interaction at the ASEAN India Youth Summit, Kher said, “My entire life is motivational. Whenever I go to any stage for a motivational speech I never prepare or write it before hand, because I share my life experiences.” Elaborating further, he said, “My father told me that you don’t have to remember when you are telling the truth and this is what I do.” Kher further said that he always tries to motivate people through his life experiences and this is what he did while addressing ASEAN India Youth Summit. While commenting on the Kashmir issue, Kher said, “In my opinion the removal of Article 370 will solve the Kashmir problem. I think they should also get equally developed infrastructure, better education and all the facilities other States have.”