People Need Not Hate Aryan Khan for Mistakes of His Father

 

These days, Aryan Khan, son of movie star Shahrukh Khan is in the news for all wrong reasons. He was arrested in an anti-drug raid by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Ever since his name came out, social media went abuzz with all sort of bad press for Aryan and his father. A large number of people ridiculed Aryan. And a large number simply posted hate.

If we think about it, people do not really have reasons to “hate” Aryan Khan. Most of their hatred is coming to him only because he is son of Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh Khan is hated by many because of his pro-Pakistan stands in the past. Now, why Shahrukh Khan took pro-Pakistan stand is not clear, but it can be seen that he had a lot of fan-following in that country and hence he tried to be in their good books. But then, the counter argument is that why would he lose fans in his own country in order to gain fans in another country? So, his true intentions would be best known to only him and a few close people around him. But Aryan Khan never made any controversial statements in the past. He was rather a camera-shy person and not much was known about him through Indian media till now. Before this drug-case, people, in general did not have any reason to dislike or hate him.

From what I read about this drug-case involving Aryan Khan, I could only feel pity for him. I felt sorry, that a man born in privileges like him could have used that opportunity to make so much positive change in our country and the world, but he simply found his escape in drugs. Is that not tragic?

And if we think about it, what Aryan faced is faced by all young people from the higher income group societies. If you move around in those circles, you are bound to find some friends or some people who take drugs. You need to have a strong character to say no and not to fall into their trap. And how can young folks who are overly protected from childhood expected to grow a strong character? We had seen in many past cases including ones involving Rahul Mahajan or Sushant how youngsters from rich families in are into drugs. It is not only their fault. It is also the fault of their friends, family and our society at large. We have not been able to make an abuse-free society. Most people fall into drugs as an “escape” and we as a society are also responsible for it.

While little is known about Aryan Khan for even me to say whether he is a good or a bad person, looking at the kind of mess he is into, I only feel sad for him. And while throwing all our hatred towards him on social media, we forget how all those can further destroy his self-image and can drag him further towards the wrong path. So much hatred, ridicule and defamation can cause him more harm than benefit. Therefore, we can see that all the people who are posting hatred against him do not really wish him well. They are just enjoying the “few days of fun” while news about him are on the front pages of media.

I wish Aryan Khan survives this crisis and changes his way never to touch such substances again and leads a positive, productive life. He is only 23, has a whole life ahead of him, and if he is able to endure this episode and changes himself for the better, he will only be proud of himself one day.

- Rahul Tiwary