02-05-2009, 05:36 AM
<b>Slumdog Millionaire distorts Indian reality, conceals India's prosperity</b>
By Aditya Pradhan
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The story of Slumdog Millionaire, on the other hand, encapsulates almost all the dirt and squalor that one could conjure up in the slums of Mumbai. Eyes being gouged out of young children who are introduced into beggary, <b>children dipping into sewage tank (very similar to the scene in Steven Spielbergâs black & white classic Schindlerâs List) </b>and garrulous prostitutes in dingy rooms lining both sides of narrow lanes all make up for picture postcards of Mumbai slums. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
By Aditya Pradhan
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The story of Slumdog Millionaire, on the other hand, encapsulates almost all the dirt and squalor that one could conjure up in the slums of Mumbai. Eyes being gouged out of young children who are introduced into beggary, <b>children dipping into sewage tank (very similar to the scene in Steven Spielbergâs black & white classic Schindlerâs List) </b>and garrulous prostitutes in dingy rooms lining both sides of narrow lanes all make up for picture postcards of Mumbai slums. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->