S R Khan Crater
Crater S R Khan
Bollywood is big, no doubt about that and its superstars are even bigger. Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and, Shahrukh Khan are nothing short of steller super-humans in the Bollywood community. People revere them and there are incidents of fans building shrines as a tribute to them. However, in the race among these actors about who the bigger star is, Shahrukh Khan has proved who the “King of Bollywood” is. He has become the first Indian actor to reach the Moon.
The International Lunar Geographic Society has named a 7km diameter crater, located at 3.4° North (latitude) and 20.8° East (longitude) on the Earthside of the Moon, in the Arago Crater Group, after the actor. The crater, which was originally known as Arago B was renamed S R Khan crater on the 2nd of November 2009.
Personally, I believe SRK doesn’t deserve this crater. Even if you only think about Indian cinema, there are people who are more deserving than King Khan. Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar instantly come to mind when you think about it. The father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi and other great leaders and visionaries such as APJ Abdul Kalam have contributed much more than what SRK has done in his lifetime.
The only thing going for SRK has been his massive fan following, who petitioned the Society in huge numbers to name this crater for him. I understand why Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam are loosing out. But what about Amitabh Bachchan? His fan following is comparable to SRK’s. Why is he not getting a crater named after him.
Indians are a funny bunch of people. I am pretty sure that after this incident, Big B’s, Aamir Khan’s and Sallu baba’s fans have now gone on a Red Bull induced hyperdrive to name even bigger craters after their respective idols. Soon, we will have Crater A Bachchan, Crater A Khan and so forth… I dread the day when Crater M Sherawat and Crater R Sawant start existing. Craters, cracks and cleavages… What an amazing combination… !!
International Lunar Geographic Society… bad move, buddy!! Here, we come, the Indians…PPSGMN4V2HEC
