How Shah Rukh Khan helped 'Timor' rediscover love❤
Timorese, who are greatly influenced by Bollywood, openly admit that superstar Shahrukh Khan taught them how to "love". Have you seen Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor's poster at the back of a taxi? The lure of Bollywood is unstoppable even in the remotest parts of the world and the last place you expect to see this is in Timor-Leste, one of the world's newest nations perched between Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Not many Indians may have heard of this little island natioon, also known as East Timor, but Bollywood has influenced it greatly; so much so that Timorese (they are just 1.15 million of them) openly admit that superstar Shah Rukh Khan taught them how to "love". Ravaged by conflict and struggle for freedom, first from the Portuguese and then the Indonesian rule, the obvious love of this tiny island for anything Bollywood is evident on the streets, the stores, or even the most visited spot- Cristo Rei of Dili, a 88.6-foot-high statue of jesu