Day 34 - 10 Ka Dum

The contestants on my show come from various walks of life and they belong to different socio-economic groups. I find that for most of them, winning huge sums of money is not been the first and foremost purpose of entering the contest. Yes money does matter to them but they also tell me that the main reason that brings them to participate in the show is that it would give them a chance to chat with me, spend some time with me. Hosting the show has given me new insights and I have realized that love is the greatest motivation. It’s a high for them. For some people it is also a chance to experience and be on Television…just like some people buy tickets to cricket matches at a very exorbitant price because they want to be seen on television…but nothing compares to the high that I experience when I interact with so many loving fans and people who I would never have a chance to meet or get their blessings by… to that I say thank you 10 ka Dum and thank you television!

Day 33 - 10 Ka Dum

Some say that marriage is like Gorilla Warfare… spouses attack each other and hide behind mountains of their pride, prejudice and weakness. They say that observing marriages is what gave ideas of developing Gorilla Warfare techniques. It is said that Marilyn Monroe approached Bernard Shaw for marriage in the hope that their children will have her beauty and his brains. Bernard Shaw declined for fear that the children might end up having his face and her brains! I had a similar fear once about a similar relationship.

My father Salim Khan assured parents of his Hindu beloved that there might be seventeen hundred differences between them but religion shall never be one of them. He did what he said…

Marriage is as old as the hills and equally mysterious also. It is also said that LOVE IS MORAL without marriage but marriage without LOVE is certainly immoral.

Day 32 - 10 Ka Dum

It really amuses me no end that most contestants in the show express their earnest desire of seeing me married. I really respect their love for me but why is everyone concerned about a very individual choice, personal issue? I can understand my married friends being jealous of my single blessedness. I understand that marriage is very important in our social fabric and the oldest popular statement is that ‘Shaadi ka ladoo jo khaye who bhi pachtaye aur joh na khaye who bhi pachtaye’. I don’t like sweets so it doesn’t concern me. Yet another popular belief is that most women marry in the hope that the husband will improve for the better after the wedding and most men believe that wives will not change! Implied meaning is that they will remain charming beloveds and their beauty shall not wither. This hope for change and belief in changelessness leads tying of nuptial knots…