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Khudai Khidmatgars: India launch Jan 20, 2012

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Tea Server

Faisal Khan (in cap) with Tara Gandhi, giving Khudai Khidmatgar membership to Tanzila. Photo: courtesy TCN

The Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts) movement will be launched in India on Jan 20, 2012, marking the 24th death anniversary of the ‘Sarhadi Gandhi’ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, with a membership drive, and addresses by distinguished peace activists, writers and poets
Date: January 20, 2012
Time: 3.30-5.30 pm,
Place: 5 Tees January Marg New Delhi
Contact: +91-9911292235 and +91-999050543

Speakers include

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: A great and enduring legacy of peace

Prof. V. K. Tripathy, Sadbhav mission, IIT Delhi, Tara Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Bharat Dogra, writer and activist, Manimala, Director, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Majid Menon well known human rights activist and Subbar Rao well known Gandhian and president Sarvoday Samaj. Young activist Faisal, Khan (TCN Person of the Year 2011), who is behind the revival of Khudai Khidmatgar movement in India, will present a brief report.

In an email of Jan 16, 2012, Faisal Khan writes: “On January 20, 2011, at the time of launching Khudai Khidmatgar’s nation-wide membership drive at Birla House, Tees January Marg (the place, where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated), we had not anticipated such an overwhelming response from various sections of society. We had set a difficult target of enrolling 5,000 Khidmatgars (members) by January 20, 2012, i.e., within one year of revival, and started state-wise drive for membership, soon thereafter. We are likely to meet our membership target.

“All Khidmatgars may not be very active right now, but as a Khudai Khidmatgar, each one of us subscribes to, dreams of, and wishes to work towards, a society that is based on justice, empathy, and compassion, and where all-round peace and prosperity reign.

“On 20th January 2012, on the 24th death anniversary of Sarhadi Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Khudai Khidmatgars propose to initiate a wing that will actively work during disasters, man-made (such as communal- and caste- violence) and natural (cyclone etc.), both. It will be a befitting tribute to the sacrifices of Sarhadi Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi, both, and also send out the signal that Khudai Khidmatgars truly stand for the welfare of humanity.”

SOME MEDIA ON THE REVIVAL OF KHUDAI KHIDMATGARS IN INDIA

1. Frontier Gandhi: A forgotten hero – NDTV, Jan 7, 2011

2. ‘Countering communal poison has to be an ongoing process’ -TIMES OF INDIA, March 16, 2011

3. Khudai Khidmatgar revived with fifty members taking oath to serve the humanity – KHYBER WATCH, Feb 4, 2011

4. Khudai Khidmatgars in India to revive movement, INTERNATIONAL The NEWS, Feb 5, 2011

5. Membership drive of Khudai Khidmatgar conducted in 3 states, TwoCircles.net, April 21, 2011

Syndicated from: Journeys to democracy

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The Ugly Ducklings of Bollywood

Posted on 15 November 2011 by Tea Server

Schools in Dubai have an interesting policy. Some schools only give admission to the kids whose elder siblings are already studying in that school. Similar is the story of Bollywood. If an elder sibling is already a part of the inner circles of Bollywood and is successful, chances are that other siblings get entry rather easily. The likes of a Kareena Kapoor following the success of Karisma Kapoor in style are less and for that you have to be a Kapoor. More often than not, you end up becoming one of the mega failures mentioned in the list below.
Here are top ten not-so-popular siblings of popular successful bollywood stars.
10. Shamita Shetty
You know something is wrong somewhere when you make your debut with Yash Raj in a mega project like Mohabbatein with SRK and Amitabh Bachan and then don’t get another film for two years and even after two years, all you get is ‘Sharara Sharara’ and another item number in ‘Saathiya’. You know something is worse when your ‘infamous’ photo with a Bhatt is more popular than your acting skills. Luckily, your elder sister herself does not have much to her credit except for an arguably perfect figure and a Big Brother UK win. While the elder sister is now running a restaurant business and judging reality shows, younger sister is looking for a career in interior design. Hopefully, the interior designs will not be as disappointing as her career in bollywood.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 55%
Failure Index: 70%
Failure Rating: 63%
9. Ashmit Patel
You get a hit with Murder in your early career, you see the graph of co-actors Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat go up and yours go down. You try the serial kisser approach to Emraan but unfortunately you miscalculate it and do that off-screen and get caught in an MMS. You don’t think that’s enough and try your hands at being an Assistant Director and end up making films like Aaawa Paagal Deewana and Aap Mujhay Achay Lagne Lagay which turn out to be as bad as your acting. You don’t give up and give Pakistani actresses a shot. Your Meera Ji stunt fails but Veena Ji stunt turns out to be quite popular among Pakistanis. What goes wrong in the whole process is that people forget that you actually once were an actor. In words of your own Veena… “Ashmit ji… ye kya baat huee?”
Successful Sibling Success Index: 55%
Failure Index: 75%
Failure Rating: 65%
8. Esha Deol
You are a Deol for heaven’s sake. You are the daughter of Veeru and Basanti, Dammit. You don’t just have a sibling responsibility; you have a daughter’s responsibility too. We understand that ‘Deol Can’t Danace Sala’ but why would you not care and put some effort into acting? Just thank your stars for Dhoom and No Entry, although the credit still goes to several other factors in success of those films. How many launches and re-launches have you had and you still end up making films like Shadi No. 1, Ankahee and Money Hai Tou Honey Hai. And then came your yet another relaunch this time by your own mother Basanti. Its title should have been ‘Don’t Tell Me O Easha’ instead of Tell Me O Khuda. Now before I get hit by that ‘Dhaai Kilo Ka Haath’, I better buzz off.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 65%
Failure Index: 70%
Failure Rating: 68%
7. Rinky Khanna
You are the daughter of Kaka and Dimple. That makes a picturesque pairing, doesn’t it? You get the best debut popular award too like Esha Deol but then you decide to follow her on other things too. Your sister (who is quite pretty by the way) has a unique record of giving flops with both Aamir and Shahrukh. While your sister plays wise and ends up marrying the jackpot, you also tie the knot just in time seeing that your career was going nowhere. To be fair, your films were not all that bad but lacked success factor and were so ineffective that I am struggling to write anything about you. Hope you are having a nice married life, Khushi.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 60%
Failure Index: 80%
Failure Rating: 70%
6. Siddharth Koirala
Your wiki page says you are a film actor. That’s fine but when we look at your films that claim sounds too tall. How can someone with films like Paisa Wasool, Fun and Dekh Bhai Dekh be called an actor. At best you should be called a wannabe actor. Your sister, at one point, the best actress in the industry with three Filmfare awards to her credit and movies like Bombay, Company, Khamoshi and Agni Sakshi but where is she now? Your grand father and both uncles have been Prime Ministers of Nepal. Try your luck in politics maybe?
Successful Sibling Success Index: 70%
Failure Index: 75%
Failure Rating: 73%
5. Sanjay Kapoor
The biggest achievement of your life is marrying Maheep Sandhu. She was quite a hottie at some point. However, your producer brother and actor brother both could not do anything about your career because your acting skills were as good as my cat’s barking skills. Your Prem did not get any prem from the audience just like so many other movies of yours. Raja worked but you had nothing to do with it. It was all Madhuri effect and it’s popularly known as Rani among the educated ones. Are you sure you were not adopted? Because Anil has 6 Filmfare awards to his name and movies you can’t even imagine.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 80%
Failure Index: 70%
Failure Rating: 75%
4. Sohail Khan
Congratulations. You have won the award for The Most Irritating Khan in the industry. Have you tried singing? No? Why not? You have tried acting and writing and you suck at them so why not singing? I recently watched a movie of yours called Hello and I was like HELLLOOO? You were there in a movie called Do Knot Disturb then why did you disturb us with your acting? The only thing you were decent at was direction but you have already quit that field for acting. That’s just awesome. Exactly how many more lousy performances before you decide to call it quits? Fortunately, your brother really cares for you or else.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 90%
Failure Index: 70%
Failure Rating: 80%
3. Tanisha Mukherjee
FML for I saw Neal and Nikki. Kill me. The worst possible excuse of a movie. Your skin show was as horrible as your acting. You are niece of Nutan and Kajol’s sister for God’s sake. Nutan has as many Filmfare Awards as your number of films; eleven. Even your elder sister has 5 Filmfare awards but what was wrong with you? Look, there are several stars whose siblings were not good at acting. They decided to stay away from film line and made a name for themselves in something they were good at. Why on earth did you not do the same?
Successful Sibling Success Index: 85%
Failure Index: 85%
Failure Rating: 85%
2. Uday Chopra
If we ever make a battalion of disappointing star children/siblings, you will be given the command of that force, yes you are that damned good. To set the premise, do you know Yash Chopra? He is your dad. He has made Amitabh Bachan and SRK. Do you know Aditya Chopra? He is your brother. The most powerful man in the industry right now. He created DDLJ. If those guys can do that for the others and they launched you too, did you ever ask them why could they not do that for you? I’m sure you did and that’s why they gave you a shot at everything. Film after film and then even production and writing with ‘Pyar Impossible’ watching which was also impossible. Now dude, stick to Dhoom franchise and do not disturb otherwise. It has been speculated that you are now focusing on film direction studying for it at UCLA? God help us.
Successful Sibling Success Index: 95%
Failure Index: 85%
Failure Rating: 90%
1. Faisal Khan
The world could not see drastically opposite talent under one roof. Born just one year after Aamir Khan, you should be publicly lynched for your acting in Mela and Madhosh. You were so bad that your own family decided not to give you a chance again. If only you were Salman Khan’s brother, you would have worked in many more films but Aamir Khan is (thankfully) different from Salman and has put some mercy on public. There is a bit of your fault in that too though. What were you thinking when you sent threatening letters to Aamir 7 years back? 
Successful Sibling Success Index: 100%
Failure Index: 100%
Failure Rating: 100%
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