Irrfan
Khan's
Wife
Talks
About
Her
Roots
Sutapa
began
her
post
by
writing,
"Who
is
an
outsider/one
who
comes
from
another
state,
city
,
caste,
clan?
What
are
roots
?
It's
grey
the
entire
area.
So
lets
begin
with
me
I
live
in
Mumbai
and
I
come
from
Delhi
(outsider
tick
1)..I
am
a
Bengali
but
I
am
not
born
in
west
Bengal
but
born
in
delhi(tick
2)
my
roots
from
both
the
sides
of
my
parents
are
very
distant
now,
in
Bangladesh
which
is
no
more
a
part
of
INDIA(that's
a
large
tick
of
being
outsider)
I
am
a
hindu
married
to
a
muslim(
I
don't
know
where
all
I
put
the
outsider
tick
for
this)so
who
am
I?"
Sutapa
Sikdar
Explains
Why
She
Need
Not
Become
'Bollywood' To
Practice
Her
Craft
She
continued
in
her
post,
"Do
I
feel
something
in
my
heart
when
I
hear
baul
music
yes
I
do!
is
it
because
my
roots
are
Bengali
I
don't
know
but
Bengali
music
is
very
nostalgic
for
me.
but
I
do
feel
my
heart
swings
to
a
qawaali
too..!!
do
I
remember
only
a
Bengali
song
when
sad
?no
not
any
more..it
could
be
all
you
know
a
hindi
film
song
the
industry
I
belong
to
for
last
thirty
years
which
I
listen
to
when
I
am
sad
"agar
tum
saath
ho"is
my
all
time
go
to
music
.so
with
my
example
I
can
say
I
am
a
sum
total
of
culture
background
atmosphere
upbringing
sensibility
exposure
and
much
more..
What
defines
me
is
what
I
am
now
today
and
not
definitely
my
roots
only
and
hence
I
need
not
become
"Bollywood"
to
practice
my
craft
too.."
Sutapa
Sikdar
Has
A
Message
For
'Messiah
Of
Outsiders'
"I
am
about
myself
!
I
am
unique!
I
am
me!
I
am
indian!
Hence
I
kind
of
feel
you
the
one
who
is
pretending
to
be
the
messiah
of
outsiders
who
most
probably
is
not
even
from
the
industry
is
putting
me
into
a
bracket
and
underlining
for
the
whole
world
to
see
I
am
an
outsider
and
also
hence
pity
me?
I
don't
want
your
patronization.
Did
you
ask
any
"outsiders
"
if
they
want
this
intervention??
Or
you
are
self
appointed
outsiders
association
of
India??
I
eat
Bhakhri
listen
to
Marathi
songs.
Stop
this!
This
inside
outside
theories
it
works
only
in
design
journals,"
Sutapa
wrote
in
her
post.
'Don't
Narrow
The
Concept
Of
Oneness,'
Says
Sutapa
Sikdar
Sutapa
wrote,
"Don't
narrow
the
concept
of
oneness
if
one
would
take
the
regionalism
so
strongly
you
become
a
frog
in
a
small
pond..because
I
look
at
many
sadhus
spiritualist
coming
from
every
region
but
finding
solace
in
Himalayas
..who
owns
Himalayas?
and
when
they
go
their
its
them
they
melt
to
the
region
not
the
people
of
that
region?
It's
their
need
to
go
to
Himalayas
not
those
people
who
are
inhabitants
on
the
foothills
and
no
one
cares
as
its
purely
nirvana.
Neither
the
seeker
nor
the
giver.."
Sutapa
Sikdar
Says
Irrfan
Didn't
Get
Cover
Page
For
Many
Years
But
He
Didn't
Get
Depressed
Talking
about
her
late
hubby,
Sutapa
continued,
"If
you
consider
your
work
a
spiritual
quest
you
won't
be
sad
if
people
didn't
call
you
for
their
"parties" or
did
not
come
for
your
"premiers".
Irrfan
did
not
get
a
cover
page
of
a
film
magazine
for
many
years
he
did
not
waste
his
time
gossiping
about
people
or
bad
mouthing
nor
did
he
get
depress
,he
chiseled
his
craft
..and
refused
to
be
part
of
it
till
he
got
the
cover
page
and
he
did.(he
got
mostly
depressed
not
clinically
but
sad,
looking
at
the
disparity
in
the
society.)or
once
or
twice
went
to
a
brink
of
breakdown
preparing
for
roles
not
because
so
called
insiders
did
not
call
him
for
holi
parties.
and
yes
no
one
dared
make
fun
of
him
ever
on
any
show
or
any
channel."
'Bollywood
Couldn't
Do
A
Sh*t
About
Irrfan
Getting
Hollywood
Offers,
Says
Late
Actor's
Wife
Sutapa
wrote,
"The
point
is
if
you
are
unable
to
sustain
the
indifference
of
the
power
people
or
understand
the
business
of
film
industry
and
you
want
to
continue
here
then
you
need
help
and
talking
to
a
therapist
is
not
equivalent
to
be
called
mad.
It's
a
simple
thing
no
one
owns
Bollywood
until
or
unless
you
think
there
are
some
people
who
own
this
industry.
The
Bollywood
couldn't
do
a
shit
about
Irrfan
getting
Hollywood
offers.
She
further
wrote,
"I
am
happy!
And
obviously
some
aren't
comfortable
in
their
skin
hence
you
love
shredding
characters
and
strangers
in
pretext
of
being
the
well
wisher
..wish
well
for
yourself
and
the
world
would
be
a
lovely
place
to
be.
In
these
kind
of
crusaders
words
Irrfan
could
be
an
‘outsider'
too.
But
he
wasn't
he
chose
to
be
what
he
was
an
objective
witness
to
this
jamboree
called
Bollywood."
Irrfan
Khan's
Wife
Says
She
Doesn't
Feel
Shattered
If
She
Isn't
A
Part
Of
The
Coterie
Of
Film
Stars/Star
Wives
"Did
he
miss
the
parties
as
some
call
them
imperative
to
attend
to
feel
wanted
and
be
part
of
the
Bollywood?
No
he
didn't
even
feel
to
be
part
of
vacuous
stuff
also
without
being
cynical
he
was
a
great
believer
in
individual
choices.
But
why
would
he
have
felt
left
out??
May
I
know?
In
one
hand
we
call
them
toxic
and
on
the
other
we
are
offended
if
they
don't
include
you.
It's
a
weird
desire
you
are
yourself
giving
them
the
power
by
seeking
for
their
validation," she
wrote
in
her
post.
Sutapa
wrote,
"As
for
me
I
am
not
weak
nor
do
I
feel
shattered
if
I
am
not
part
of
the
coterie
of
film
stars/star
wives
because
I
have
a
life
and
I
don't
give
anyone
to
decide
my
life
style.
I
am
not
ashamed
to
wear
clothes
designed
by
me.
I
don't
give
people
the
permission
to
judge
me
hence
they
can't
judge
me/my
clothes/my
choices/
and
the
same
worked
for
Irrfan.
No
he
did
not
feel
the
victim."
Sutapa
Sikdar
Has
Some
Advice
For
Newcomers
Who
Want
To
Be
Actors
Sutapa
wrote,
"One
advice
to
the
newcomers
who
want
to
be
actors
and
not
only
stars,
give
them
(as
some
people
debate
has
made
it
into
"them" and
"us")
only
due
importance.
the
moment
one
gives
undue
importance
to
any
prevalent
trend
in
film
industry
and
their
lifestyle,
it
becomes
painful
and
pathetic
for
you
.you
are
the
person
who
has
to
evolve
and
what
is
the
point
of
evolving
if
you
can't
ignore
people
who
don't
matter.
How
can
you
be
called
a
victim
unless
someone
forces
you
to
get
sucked
in."
"Stand
tall
and
fight
for
your
rights.
Get
your
priorities
right
Don't
whine
because
you
are
not
inner
circle.
You
can
feel
indifference
towards
them
and
survive
because
the
inner
circle
is
not
worth
you
you
are.
In
the
end
of
the
day
you
choose
to
be
who
you
are
no
one
else
does
it
for
you.
So
your
weaknesses
are
yours,
your
fears
are
yours,your
fight
is
yours.
May
you
survive
in
the
most
dignified
way
because
that
will
determine
what
you
are
made
up
of,"
Sutapa
concluded
her
post.