Ex-President Abdul Kalam was security checked by an US airlines in India. The well known Bollywood actor Sharukh Khan went through secondary security check in Newark airport in US... The latest controversies.
It is understandable that US has every reason to impose security procedures. However, US seems to be either provoking or not so amiable in treating Indians.
Quite often I have seen Indian security officials thoroughly checking foreigners. It is quite a wrong perception that Indian security personnel are liberal with westerners. Westeners are treated amiably by Indian security personnel though. However, western political & business leaders also get more respect from us than given to us.
Being Indians, we go through somewhat not so amiable procedure in some airports. There is "Channel B" in Singapore airport for Chennai bound planes. We need to go through extra security check. A caucacian fellow passenger from Belgium next to us may easily pass through Boston airport immigration, whereas, we, with Indian identity will need to answer lot of questions.
Treating Abdul Kalam same as ordinary citizens is not certainly right. If US wants to impose their security procedure on India's high profile leaders, ofcourse they can do it, but with protocol specific respect. India should ensure that the US provides the right protocol specific treatment for India's leaders.
Sharukh Khan not being a political leader, he need not get any security exemption compared to ordinary citizens. However, his security clearances could have been made easier and not so frustrating for him considering the fact that he is a well known artist from India.
huh.... the weight of a nation outweighs the virtue of individuals... Huh...
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