There is good news for all Naseeruddin Shah fans(including me). He will finally go home today.
When I asked him if he was being discharged from the hospital today as he had indicated earlier,Naseer Saab stated, “I am fine. Going home today(Monday).”
This is cause for joy and relief for his family wife Ratna, daughter Heeba, sons Imaad and Vivaan who have been consistently monitoring his health .
On June 30 when I had reached out to Naseer Saab about his health,he had replied, “Patch on the lung, investigations on. Thanks for your good wishes.”
Last year during an interview with me Naseer Saab had spoken about his need to control his temper and the growing intolerance in the country.On being asked if he would like to change anything in his personality Naseer Saab had replied,“I would consciously try to control my temper which runs away with me often .It’s a bad habit I would like to lose but apart from that I wouldn’t change a thing even if it was in my power to do so.”
Speaking of the growing intolerance he had said, “As a nation, we grow more intolerant .Even the lockdown has unlocked new waves of bigotry as Muslims are being blamed for the spread of the virus. We have to learn to cope with whatever life throws at us, but the fact is thoughts of mortality occur more frequently than they used to.To utter the word ‘intolerance’ in India has become blasphemous and moderate, liberal etc have become pejoratives. But what’s happening in the country is tragic and it angers me. IT DOES NOT SCARE ME as some people seem to derive pleasure from repeating. If the people fanning the flames had any idea what their provocations can lead to, maybe they would desist.”
