Sunday Posts

Rubina Ali is in news. Of course, she is - she was the girl child in Slumdog Millionnaire . That movie which made news, won Oscar and infuriated some of our chatteretti . I recall reading a stunningly insensitive piece written by Arindam Chaudhuri , the education entrepreneur, media owner, movie producer and aspiring politician, somewhat the pinup boy of the shining entrepreneurial India. There, he argued, that Slumdog Millionnaire is a shame, it shows India in a bad light - something the Westerners still love to do - and undermines India's progress. I have read chat room postings - this is not real India - and followed the blog chatter accusing non-residents like me being insensitive to the shame of the slums. I obviously made no secret that I liked the movie immensely, as I did like The White Tiger, Arvind Adiga's Booker Winning effort, both of which were united in celebrating the spirit of the underdog. I did think that the real progress in India is being made as Jamal...