Irfan Pathan responds to “internal matter” debate on Twitter over farmers’ protest
New Delhi: Amidst the growing differences between people of the country over the farmers’ protest over three farm laws, former India cricketer Irfan Pathan on Thursday expressed his views after several cricketers and Bollywood stars said it was India’s internal matter and there was no need of external interferences.
Several top personalities including Akshay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajinkya Rahane, and others had on Wednesday tweeted after international music sensation Rihanna and Climate Change activist Greta Thunberg had expressed their solidarity with protesting farmers.
The Indian stars had called for unity among the people of the country adding that the farmers’ protests across the country were the country’s internal matters and international or external interferences were not required. This move had come hours after the Ministry of External Affairs had issued a similar statement calling on people to not rush to conclusions.
On Thursday, Cricketer Irfan Pathan took to his Twitter handle and added that India had “rightly expressed grief” when George Floyd was killed by cops in the USA.
Pathan wrote, “When George Floyd was brutally murdered in the USA by a policeman,our country rightly expressed our grief. #justsaying” (SIC).
When George Floyd was brutally murdered in the USA by a policeman,our country rightly expressed our grief. #justsaying
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 4, 2021
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
