King Khan: Yes, now you can keep him your role model

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I wonder if any one would bother to read the post when the beefcakes above ogle you at their masculine best. Yes the pictures are for real and Sharukh is shirtless. Well I can and get tempted to write on and on about his new toned body, but this is not what I intend to write about it in this post.

Some time back I found my sixteen year old sister be a part if 'I am proud of Sushmita Sen ' community in Orkut. It disappointed me. Has the world today stooped so low that the youth are unable to find worthy role models to emulate. I immediately picked up a book, “Great Women of 20^th Century” and thrusted it into her hands. The fact that she hasnt flipped a page is a different story.

I never considered film starts to be worthy of being role models. And amongst them, Sushmita Sen????. Can you believe it? But today, there stands out a name among them who rises above the crowd and says. 'Hello! I am there. I am not like the others'. He is Shahrukh Khan. And yes, he is definitely not like the others. For me, a role model is someone who embodies traits that are close to a real hero. Humans are mortals. We all have our own crosses to bear. We all have a feet of clay. We all err. But a role model, in spite of these frailties of life, embodies traits that are close to that mythical hero. And for me Sharukh Khan can qualify to be a role model. And I have no qualms if the youth emulates the spirit behind the man.

Why Shahrukh is close to be a role model:

• He has made it big with his own might without crutches. A la rags to riches story.

Lesson: There are no short cuts to success. The only ladder is perseverance and hard
work.

• Unlike many of his peers who lost it not being able to handle success, Sharukh has maintained that equanimity of his mind. He knows his roots and sticks his foot firmly on the ground.

Lesson: Don’t underestimate the power of humility.

• The way he has conducted himself in public in all these years. I have never seen involved in controversies, open mud slinging, losing steam even though surviving in an industry where every move of yours is under public scrutiny.

Lesson: Learn to be a good human being first. Everything else is secondary

• Unflagging hunger to excel and stay at the top. This is by far the best trait in him in my opinion. It is difficult to reach to the top but it is million times more taxing to maintain that position. Why on earth would he slog at this age to get the six packs that you see in the picture. He is above forty sitting pretty on the top. But no. He still senses that some of the younger actors are a threat to him. He might be childis in saying that the six packs are a gift for his son, but we know you Sharukh. You are too public to hide this.

Lesson: Keep that hunger in your belly alive.