An Honest interview by Ms Reham Khan, ex wife of Cricketer
Imran Khan opens up subject which many Asians (cricket playing) ignore. Asians (cricket playing) believe cricketers are
Demi gods / great role models. Ms Reham Khan breaks that false image held by
the fans.
I will share here some of the answers which should be an eye
opener for many especially Indians:
Reham: Whoever it is — be it Nawaz Sharif, Modi, Imran or
Rahul Gandhi. But we don’t think about all this. We just think Imran is a
cricketer- politician and an honest man. How do you know he is an honest man?
In cricket, there is a record of his performance. There is no record of his
performance in politics.
Blog writier: How many Indians know about the performance of
Indian cricketers / actors in matters other than cricket. We believe they i.e.
Cricketers / Actors behave in the same way we see them on field. Which is
incorrect as in cricket field / acting their cricketing talent comes into play not their personal human character.
Reham: Maybe I said that when I was still married. Wahi to
mein kehti hun, pyar andha hot hai. (After all, love is blind.) Actually, that
is his problem. He can never be compassionate. Imran was a celebrity when he
was 21. So much fame, so many girls and so much money at such a young age.
Pakistan is not like India. In India, you have so many celebrities. But in
Pakistan, there is only one celebrity. So he can never be normal. He never
lived a normal life, never had to go to the bank, to an ATM or power supply office.
He does not know what daily chores are. He does not know how to raise children,
his wife did it.
My first meeting with him was when I had gone to interview him. I was told that he would be the next Prime Minister. But, all through the interview, he kept asking me my age. I did not want to be rude, but I did not like it. I told him about the Nirbhaya rape case. He did not know about it. While I was talking about it, he kept asking me for my address in London. I paid no heed to his enquiries and kept asking him about the Delhi rape. And he said he did not have any idea. I explained the gravity of the crime and the global outrage. He replied: ‘Really?’ And he then said it was all because in Bollywood films they make girls wear skimpy skirts and because of that, these crimes happen. I was shocked. What a thing to say!
Blog writier: How many of the Indian celebrities like Sachin
/ Virat / Kapil / Gavaskar / Amitabh / Shah Rukh/ Aamir/ Salman etc. we have seen
them standing in an ATM line or Bank or any other institutions. Many still hold
them as role models without realizing that our fathers / mothers are standing
in queues to ensure basic services are
received i.e. Daily Chores. How many of this celebrities have read a book on a subject
like philosophy / human issues? I think none because you never hear any such
references from any of them about books or daily issues in any of their
interviews.
Reham: He uses multiple drugs. It is an old and
entrenched habit. He never remembers in the morning what he said the previous
night. He even used banned drugs. It is brought to him in a thaili (bag), like
the ones in which you carry sandwiches.
Blog writer: I will refrain speaking about actors as it is
well known (thanks to sanju movie). For cricketers I will not speak for as the
statement from BCCI (Cricket body in India) speaks for itself:
- BCCI rejects National Anti Doping Agency's demand to conduct tests on Indian cricketers. ( https://firstpost.com)
- BCCI rejects NADA demand of testing Indian cricketers (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
- BCCI claims it has robust anti doping mechanism.
Questions:
Why BCCI is opposing outside agency? Whether its
internal anti doping mechanism was audited by outside agency?
Or is there matters with BCCI / Cricketers which should
never be brought outside.
Better read article on Cricketers and Drugs in Outlook
India. I appreciate Indian Cricketers as a family managed to maintain a stoic
silence on Drug abuse. May be time will play a role and a prominent
cricketer will open up on drug use by cricketers sometimes in future.
Reham: On the possibility of Imran being elected Pakistan’s
prime minister in this month’s elections, Reham said it was a scary thought.
Referring to his alleged use of drugs, she said: “He does not remember in the
morning what he said the previous night. So,
it is possible that he will press the nuclear button in the night, and say in the morning that he did not order the nuke strike.”
it is possible that he will press the nuclear button in the night, and say in the morning that he did not order the nuke strike.”
Blog writer: Thank God Indian cricketers never became Chief
Ministers / Prime Ministers. But Actors I think we better look down south we
get the answer.
Learning:
Consider cricketers and actors (in India) as paid performers
and never consider them role models.
Is there any more Reham amongst Indian Cricketers (besides Hasin Jahan)?
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