During the recently concluded Rio Olympics, Salman Khan had chanted numerous support for the Indian athletes via his Twitter and Instagram handles, @BeingSalmanKhan. He showered them with praises and words on encouragement before and during the Olympics.
Salman, who was the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent had gone as far as pledging to present each of the athlete with a cheque of Rs 1,01,000 - this is pronounced as One Lakh One Thousand Rupees which is approximately $1,520 or NGN 479,500.
I understand that a lakh is a hundred thousand. What I don't get is the one thousand that is added to it. Why didn't he just give them one lakh, or one lakh and a half, or two lakhs... lol
I heard that he made good of this pledge by asking the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to provide him with the bank details of the athletes in order to transfer the funds directly to them.
The Indian contingent to the Rio Olympics bagged a total of two medals; one silver and one bronze medal in badminton and wrestling respectively. The second picture is one he shared with P.V Sindhu, who won the silver in badminton women's singles at the Rio Olympics.
Will this gesture make the indian public forget that he refused to apologise for the rape comment?! Only time will tell...
Wink!
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