I am Indian: Adnan Sami
Published: Feb 27, 2011 22:07 Updated: Feb 27, 2011 22:07
MUMBAI: Singer-composer Adnan Sami is none too pleased by attempts in the Pakistani media to club his case with that of Pakistani singer Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who was arrested in Delhi airport earlier this month for carrying undeclared foreign currency.
Attempts have been made by the Pakistani media to get in touch with Adnan and his family in Pakistan and India.
Says Adnan angrily: "I don't know why the Pakistani media is bringing my name up in Rahat's context. I am doing just fine."
"Yes, I'm in a spot of trouble with the government over a foreign exchange issue. But you can't compare my problem with Rahat's. I had done everything according to official instruction. It was the authorities who did not read the fine print," he adds.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was arrested at the Delhi airport Feb 13 for carrying undeclared foreign currency. He has since been released and returned to his country.
Adnan sidesteps the strong rumours that he is under renewed threat from a regional political party to leave India.
"There will be the party-poopers in every situation. You can't run away and hide just because some people want to get rid of you. Let me make it very clear that Mumbai is my city. This is where I now belong. And no one can drive me out," he said.
Reacting to rumors that he still maintains a Pakistani passport, Adnan sighs: "My application for an Indian passport has almost come through. I'll soon be an Indian citizen."
"Until then, yes, I do hold a Pakistani passport. Does that make me a Pakistani? We've an example of a very important and beloved leader (Sonia Gandhi) coming from Italy," he added.
"How Italian would you consider this beloved leader who is dedicated to Indian politics? Nationality is a state of mind. I am Indian. I dare anyone to prove otherwise," he says.
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JAHANGIR
Feb 28, 2011 21:28
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Feb 28, 2011 22:21
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Feb 28, 2011 22:35
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Report abuseMUHAMMAD ABDUL LATEEF
Feb 28, 2011 22:44
Report abuseOn the pulpit he ( an Islamic scholar of repute erroneously)
sayeth that Millath (Muslim Çommunity) begets from country,
a land, a region. How unaware of the stand of Muhammad of
Arabia ( peace and blessings of Almighty be on him)! IDENTIFY
thyself with MUSTAFA (peace and blessings of Allah be on
him), for he is all that the DEEN is,
If thou art not so made, all else is EVIL!.
On 22nd Nov. 1937 talking to Maulana Abul Hassan Nadvi Iqbal unequivocally asserted that: Pakistan is required so that, Islam as a Deen and not merely as a religion and its culture is preserved in its totality. In a letter to Mr. M.K. Gandhi written by Qauid e Azam Jinnah, vividly describes that in (united) India "Hindus and Muslims are two major nations. " The Muslim 'nation' is a nation on the basis that all its members have one and the same goal. In the Indo-Pakistan sub continent context, the Muslim League's 1940 resolution defines: the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North-Western and Eastern Zones of India should be grouped together to constitute " Independent States", in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign. In a sense, the federation or a confederation of the 'states' would have been informally "Pakistan" since long ; and if it is true then of course, the states combined together or separately were free to adopt socialism, communism, secularism or liberalism as the basis of their respective constitution(s). There was ABSOLUTELY no need whatsoever to involve: (1) Islam (2) Indian Muslims and (3) Urdu ignoring the consequences to bring about formal Pakistan. Millions of Muslim in India were brutally murdered, displaced and lost their properties worth trillions of dollars. As if this was not enough approx. 250 million Muslims in India since 1947 are enduring all sorts of discriminations, atrocities and high handedness of organized and deliberately planning to isolate and crush the originally Indian Muslims by the majority community whether in private capacity or in Govt. Sadly though, British trained and brainwashed indifferent ruling class in Pakistan right from its inception has been ruining the country and already weakened the very edifice on which the "Pakistan" is based hence we have characters like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Adnan Sami.... I for one cannot blame them ... as the saying goes; As you sow, so you reap, this is the law of nature and who can win against the nature
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