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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Sameer said...
  A bit off-topic.
  But this is abt the topic of abuse of India by foreign and foreign-ed desi media and establishment.
  I just watched the movie Slumdog Millionaire (which was also discussed in earlier post.)
  I felt a bit disgusted...
  The name slum-dog, indicating slum-dwellers as dogs, and showing the typical scum which the foreigners esp. Limey and yankee variety likes to see and their co-horts holier-than-thou (Britisher than thou) desi servants like to see... Poor Indians, Hungry Indians and the apple of their eyes, Bad Hindus, killing 'poor' innocent muslims and 'indifferent' and 'partial' police (In actuality police is the one which acts agsinst the hindus), showing the main character as a muslim and not a Hindu which would be representative of the national population distribution (this is an example of biased sampling) and showing a Hindu girl finally eloping with Muslim...
  Well, the story might be 'good' and 'different', but the way this was shown was not good and I heard (and hence not much sure), in te original book (on which the movie is based) t<b>he orphaned hero is raised by kind 'fathers' and hence learns english and education, thus completing the 3M axis.</b>
  From the way my friends described, I thought it would be 'different' and good, but I had my initial suspicions, esp, when there was the bollywood touch (the 'secularism' touch) and the way the story turned out to be..
  felt irritated and thought I'd post abt it here. (Its 3:40 AM IST)
  I can atleast get to sleep properly now (after wasting time watching this movie).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Sameer said...
  A bit off-topic.
  But this is abt the topic of abuse of India by foreign and foreign-ed desi media and establishment.
  I just watched the movie Slumdog Millionaire (which was also discussed in earlier post.)
  I felt a bit disgusted...
  The name slum-dog, indicating slum-dwellers as dogs, and showing the typical scum which the foreigners esp. Limey and yankee variety likes to see and their co-horts holier-than-thou (Britisher than thou) desi servants like to see... Poor Indians, Hungry Indians and the apple of their eyes, Bad Hindus, killing 'poor' innocent muslims and 'indifferent' and 'partial' police (In actuality police is the one which acts agsinst the hindus), showing the main character as a muslim and not a Hindu which would be representative of the national population distribution (this is an example of biased sampling) and showing a Hindu girl finally eloping with Muslim...
  Well, the story might be 'good' and 'different', but the way this was shown was not good and I heard (and hence not much sure), in te original book (on which the movie is based) t<b>he orphaned hero is raised by kind 'fathers' and hence learns english and education, thus completing the 3M axis.</b>
  From the way my friends described, I thought it would be 'different' and good, but I had my initial suspicions, esp, when there was the bollywood touch (the 'secularism' touch) and the way the story turned out to be..
  felt irritated and thought I'd post abt it here. (Its 3:40 AM IST)
  I can atleast get to sleep properly now (after wasting time watching this movie).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->