Latest fad of One cr. for everyone by reknowned actor,
Reason: Prompt
I didnt get even a bit of the topic. 
okay, so I am glad I am not the only one with the same thought!
OK so u were talking about SMJ. No comments there 
I know sm1 who has 7700 crores...atleast 7700 Indians can benefit from him :P
He has joined politics for serving people...he can do this much atleast 
If he were a Chinese citizen, govt would have got the 7,700 cr 
Being a Democratic country anyone can say anything!
But, Rio - When he says so, did he not say why a common man doesn't have 1 cr? Hw would have said some facts on how one can have 1cr?
That's right...people who join politics for serving people...end up making their own wealth double instead of giving away their wealth...He could easily fund hundreds of schools and colleges with his money but he wants to have power, he is not interested in social service.
In NNK's case, he seems to have donated Rs 400 Crores for various charities, he is not completely transformed as a Politicians, Though there are some signs now and then (Wearing a 'Topi/Cap' in Muslim meetings and claiming for reservations in private sector), but what I want to know from Rio is what was the reasons the organizers or aamir said for a common man to have 1 cr!
I have stopped watching Satyamev Jayate for this reason only. I found it giving oversimplified solutions for complex problems, which I was unable to digest. 
Now I sit in balcony and watch birds during SMJ time.
Mr.Actor takes around 3cr to host one episode of SMJ and makes these kind of jokes on national TV
I think Nandan Nilekani
I think Aamir is the only actor who does things out of his own conviction rather than profit and thinks about something for this country. I havent seen this Sundays episode so wont comment on it. But the issues he has raised are being implemented in a small way which can go a long way for the common good of this country. Remember the first episode and the two finger test, well the govt has taken initiatives to ban it. This would not have been possible if Mr.Khan would not have brought it to the National television
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/new-government-guidelines-ban-insensitive-two-finger-tests-on-rape-survivors-491106
Valid point and what I have read he doesn't take money for the social causes and even if he does this is his work and he isn't promoting corruption.
Time to wake up this thread. It shouldn't die out without ample discussions taking place. We all have something to put forth on this front.
Agree with Vijay to an extent. I won't say whether Amir is an actor who's been doing all the good stuff or the others are not, but, yes, I'd agree that his work, and the last season of SMJ did a good job, even though it was a bubble which had to burst because of the government inactivity and deep rooted corruption, but it did a good job, and I hope most of you agree with this.
Maybe, things happening, after the episodes were aired were co-incidences, and the works on the legislations had been in place for long, but, still, the timings of these legislations to come out of the papers and drafts and see the light of the day makes me believe that the episodes have been quite thought provoking like with the last seasons airing of episode on Manual Scavenging, we got law to legally abolish it. Then with the episode regarding the generic drugs, a number of drugs have seen a reduction in their prices, like for example, a Schedule H drug that my dad has been prescribed (missing a single dosage of which is such lethal that it can cause life threatening situation), which he started buying for around Rs. 60-65 when he started it around 25 years ago, the price of which rose to Rs. 265 around 2-3 years back, suddenly declined and came down to only Rs. 150.
Similarly, the first episode of this season, saw abolishing of the much debated two finger test, and adoption of alternative scientific methods for such testing. I won't comment on other episodes this season, because, honestly, I didn't watch any of them because I didn't find the time to watch.
So, as I can comprehend, the episodes and issues brought up by the SMJ team, I believe they are doing a great job with highlighting so many issues we common people face in our everyday lives. I mean, there are hundreds of issues which are there but not all of us know about, so, atleast with the help of this programme, we get to know about these issues. I'd like to ask, how many of us ever knew about the two finger test? Or how many of us ever bothered about the manual scavenging practices that were prevalent even at the New Delhi Railway station around a couple of years back, and we could see people walking in and collecting with their hands, at times bare hands, what we don't even want too see, and we so proudly flush down the western-styled lavatories (as are called by Indian Railways) - we, in our office call it takht-e-ta'oos 
(don't want to piss off any Mughal successors, if any, among us), let alone collect and remove it?
As far as Amir charging Rs. 3 crores for each episode, I believe we don't question this when he takes an amount much higher than this for each film he does, do we? It's his job, and this is what he works for! He isn't there for doing charity, neither did he say or claim so, so, this is a plain sick remark that he's charging 3 crores for each episode. As one of out hindi proverb goes - Ghoda ghaas se dosti karega toh khayega kya? - translators and translitarators are much welcome for translating and transliterating this.
And even if they are giving out oversimplified resolutions for complex world problems, this is not their job. This is what the government, the parliament, the assemblies and the PM, MP's and MLA's, bureaucrats are for. Why are we paying them if we expect some actor to suggest solutions for our complex problems.
now the actor has organized and taken interview of aap leader arvind kejriwal. completely justifies his smj stunts to influence elections.
yes, just saw the link at fb. these are mutual benefit plans that go under the table.
Watched the show...it says don't vote for criminals and corrupt people. I don't think the show or the star has endorsed any party.
@Rio - Read a tweet right now :
Aamir khan said don't vote for corrupt people
Parties saying he is supporting xxx
The punishment is for stealing and it doesn't depend upon how much is the cost of that thing. I can't vouch for others but definitely for myself and people like me.
Common man pays money to get his things done while these corrupt people take bribes.
This is not all the thousands of crores of public money which belong to the people of this country has been looted through various corruptions.
Read #ADR reports you will get all the info.
Rio - There are people who make this system like this to expoilt vulnerable people. Common man had no choice but to give bribe because as you said the whole system was corrupt.
Now if some people are trying to change it, least we can do is to encourage them if not support them.
I'm not talking about party, just google ADR.
I did not see the episode but heard that there was a list of corrupt people/criminals each party is contesting. This list was not available for one of the newly formed parties whose leader is in the run of PM's chair which means that the party has not given tickets to any such person. The irony is that one of the candidates of the party in question has been arrested by Police for the charge of Gang rape. Don't want to comment whether it's deliberate or a mistake; especially when Mr. Perfectionist Khan is the same person who advocates a hung parliament.
@Rio - I think you should read Indian law a little bit, It is already in our law that both bribe giver and taker are held guilty. I know most people don't know this but it's ok.
Secondly, it was found that this clause was becoming a road block in capturing the corrupt hence the sting was allowed where the vigilance dept. had to be informed before giving the bribe.
bribe giver is timid greedy soul
The rickshaw pullers who give bribe to the police
The auto drives to the traffic dept and police
Road side vendors and Shopkeepers to various govt officials
They don't even get proper food to eat and clothes to wear.
Rio - I think you have never been to the villages of UP, bihar and other states in East India. The situation is not that ideal. People are killed and raped if they don't give the bribe. The councilor, administrators/officers and police are all hand in glove. I hope what you said becomes the truth one day but ground reality is not like that my friend.
@Rio - As I said it is already part of our law that both bribe giver and taker are held as guilty.
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