The Larger Picture

I found a very interesting comment about my article on 'Slumdog Millionaire- A Big Q and no A',which says about the strategy of marketing the poverty in India and selling it to the west.In reaction to that naive viewpoint,the only thought that emanated from my mind is the way negative view points are given preference,when we attempt an analysis.I mean why cant we simply look at the positive side of it ? Why cant we look at the movie as India's answer to the rest of the world, that after years of subjugation by the colonial masters from the west,India has written her own story from ashes to glory ! She has been labelled as an 'Emerging Super Power'. Thats like being a true millionaire from slums ! Being critical about anything and everything is enriching,but the reality in the midst of it shouldnot be glossed over.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - A Big Q and No A !

I have been listening to all sorts of mind-bogling comments and rave reviews about Slumdog Millionaire,which made me feel even i have some thoughts to share.The fantastic thing about India that fascinates me the most is the freedom of speech that we enjoy.Everyone is entitled to an opinion here. And we are free to buy the other's argument or to outrightly reject it.Where does one stand on a particular issue depends upon which lense one uses to zoom in. Was the movie celebrating India or was it marketing the Poverty in India that sells so well in the theatres ? I mean all this hue and cry about the way the film has potrayed poverty in India is apalling according some intellectuals.I would pride myself in saying that i dont belong to that class of the so called intelligentsia.There have been Indian movies made by Indian directors who have taken the leeway to potray the poverty in India even more starkly. Watch AAMIR for example and see the way the dingy bylanes in Mumbai have been shown.That film has won many a critical acclaims abroad.But no one raised any question about that. The world saw the way an average Indian lives in such a claustrophobic environment in that movie. So why all this fuss now ? I mean do we Indians have a copyright on potraying Indian poverty in movies ?