Wife suggested moving out of India: Aamir on intolerance

November 23, 2015 23:47

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today joined the chorus of intelligentsia against growing intolerance, saying he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country. He also virtually supported those returning their awards, saying one of the ways for creative people to express their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return their awards.

"As an individual, as part of this country as a citizen, we read in the papers what is happening, we see it on the news and certainly, I have been alarmed. I can't deny. I have been alarmed by a number of incidents," he told an audience at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards that included Information & Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley.

The actor said he also feels that the sense of insecurity and fear has been growing in the past six or eight months.

"When I sit at home and talk to Kiran, she says 'Should we move out of India?' That's a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day.

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