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The Actor aired his views on BBC Radio Shah Rukh Khan has broken his silence over the terror attacks in Mumbai. The actor spoke to the London-based Bollywood show over the phone. Titled Raj and Pablo's Love Bollywood show on the BBC Asian Network, the actor expressed his anguish and views about the terrorism events. In his interaction with the RJs, Shah Rukh said "I've tried to keep away from commenting on this as there are no words to express a situation like this because our feelings are mixed with anger, disbelief and sadness." "Being a Muslim myself, I believe youngsters need to understand Islam and respect the religion in the right way. It's such a huge waste and my appeal to all in these times and in recent years is 'please, can we run what we want in terms of politics, government, jobs and teaching our children with the prime motive of taking communalism out of it. I think no agenda should be attached to any kind of religion." Adding that work...

Though Vivek Oberoi is in Philadelphia while shooting for Karan Johar's next, directed by Rensil D'Silva, he has been blogging since the terrorist attacks. He writes, "Spread the word... 49-O... our power against corrupt politicians. Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and tell the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote for anyone! Such a feature is available, but obviously these leaders have never disclosed it. Why should you go and say "I vote for nobody"? because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received more than 123 '49-O' votes, then that polling will be cancelled. Not only that, the contestants will be removed and they cannot re-contest from there. Parties will have to look for genuine candidates. This would change our whole political system. It's surprising why the elec...

On Monday night, Malaika Arora panicked when she recieved an SMS saying not to send her son Arhaan to school the next day as they feared another terrorist attack. A spooked Malaika admits she only calmed down after she received a message from the Mumbai police, "It said 'False rumours spreading thro SMS reg possible attacks. Mumbai police assures of safety of the city. Please do not panic nor add to rumours.' The last few days have been highly unnerving. Arbaaz is not in town, and my parents are already scared so I had to cope. It's scary for a parent to realise that at such times we become so helpless. Since yesterday, I have been running around trying to organise parent-teacher and principal meetings to bring some kind of security format to Arhaan's school in Juhu." Fear factor Following an SMS from the cops, Malaika sent her son Arhaan to school, "We can't show our fear and paranoia to our children. I can't inflict my fears on my child. He does...