Auldius Pais, Mangalore/Mangalore

I agree with the views expressed by Mr. Nelson. The gift of a car is only a publicity stunt. Otherwise where was the need to gift a car again to the same person in 3 years. Or is there a hidden motive in avoiding tax/money laundering? If SRK really wanted celebrate his Birthday, he could have looked at a worthy cuase to donate the money.

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Nelson Lewis, Kingdom of Bahrain

These filmi guys live in a surreal world and take great fancy in loading expensive gifts to each other and also singing praises either in their names or in the names of their cronies. They have to realise that there are many Indians whose contributions to the country are noteworthy, phenomenal and also generate a lot of wealth to the country and employment to many. Nevertheless, they lead simple, low profile lives.

One Indian industrial tycoon of international repute still uses an Ambassador car, while in India and finances the education of thousands of unfortunate youths. There are again two industrial tycoons who can afford to buy their own aircrafts, whether small or big, but still prefer to travel by airlines in economy class, forget about their charitable deeds.

Another tycoon of international repute can afford to stay in a palatial house, but stays in an apartment in a building which is home of others too. This does not make them any smaller and their achievements speak for themselves. When one is a "have" these gifts do not mean much to them - neither the donor or the receiver, other than the hungama generated by the media. However, if people with wealth and affluence are going to spend their money on people who really need it in the form of education, livelihood, employment, etc., then it would do a world of good.

Why people like Sharukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and the ilk like to make a show of their wealth with media hype, when it is not going to alleviate the sufferings of the poor. There are celebrities who lead a low profile life and also do charity without letting the left hand know what the right hand is doing, forget about their good deeds being covered by the media. However, there are those who suffer from inferiority complex or consider themselves, thanks to the ever fawning media and the public, a highly superior breed or aristocrats and indulge in showmanship.

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