MUMBAI, India - Saturday, August 15. Independence Day in India. News trickled in that one of India’s most recognizable faces and names had been detained at an international airport in the United States. Questions about individual freedom, independence, liberty, and laws of the land are still being furiously debated in India.

Shah Rukh Khan said he was detained by authorities at the Newark, New Jersey, airport.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan says he was detained by immigration officials in the U.S. for up to two hours and questioned. He says he believes it’s because of his Muslim last name, Khan.

"They kept telling me it's because my name is common and I was too polite to say, common to what?" says Khan.

U.S. officials deny the superstar was held up because of his name and say the whole process took just 66 minutes – and that too, because the airline had misplaced his bags.

Whatever the reason, the incident has kicked up a furore in India. There’s an outpouring of outrage and anger at the way an Indian VIP was treated. Ambika Soni, India's Information and Broadcasting Minister, said of the U.S.: “The way they frisk us, I say we frisk them the same way.”

Is she overreacting?

Among all the support fans are offering Khan, there are those who have little sympathy. Fellow Bollywood actor Salman Khan asks: “What’s the big deal? We all have to go through security.”

Do you agree with him? Has this whole incident been blown out of proportion? One observer said: “No-one is above the law of the land, and the U.S. officials were just doing their job.”

We’d love to know what you think. Should Shah Rukh Khan have not made such a fuss about being detained at Newark airport – or do you understand why he felt slighted?

I've done quite a few stories on the Indian Premier League and always enjoyed doing them - after all, I am Indian. Cricket is in my blood.I have to say, though, that I never saw this one coming - the Indian Premier League, to be played outside India? Like many other cricket fans across the country, I went, "what?"

Did it have to come to this? Could the government and the organizers of the IPL reach no other solution?

The stumbling block is security. The IPL games are scheduled to take place while India holds general elections.

The government says it's not in a position to provide security for both these mammoth events and asked the IPL organizers to reschedule the tournament.

There's too much at stake and too much to lose by doing that, said the IPL folks. The games must go on as scheduled - but with one key difference. They will be held outside India.

The IPL organizers say the government was left with no choice. Are they right? Or do you think the IPL folks should have rescheduled the games so that millions of fans in India could have enjoyed the games here?

Do you think India's government have been more accommodating? Since the IPL is a private event, should the government play a part in providing security at all - or should security be the concern of the IPL only?

Now that the games are going to be held outside India - where do you think they should be held?

Like many cricket fans in India, I am disappointed the games won't be held here. I'll watch them on TV - it wont be the same, but I hope the tournament will be a safe one for players and for fans.

I know cricket enthusiasts around the world have an opinion on the IPL and where it should be held - do write in. I'd love to know what you think!