INDIA ,THE COUNTRY OF DREAMS FOR MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE RIDING ON THE WAVE OF DEVELOPMENT.THE SO CALLED FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY NEXT ONLY TO CHINA IS THE SUPERPOWER ON MANY COUNTS BUT STILL IF YOU ASK A COMMONER IN THE WEST ONE PICTURE WHICH COMES TO HIS OR HER MIND FOR SURE IS THE POVERTY STRICKEN FACE OF INDIANS.A BIG QUESTION STILL REMAINS UNANSWERED AS TO WHETHER FOR THE WEST INDIA IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS POOR??
INDIA STILL REMAINS STEREOTYPED BY THE WEST.TAKE AWAY SPIRITUALITY AND POVERTY,INDIA TO THE OUTSIDE EYE IS JUST A LARGE COUNTRY WITH DIVERSE TOPOGRAPHY ISNT IT?? OK FINE SOME SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENAURS HAVE MADE IT BIG OVER THERE BUT STILL THE MAJORITY RELATE TO INDIA AS A LAND OF SNAKE CHARMERS AND SLUMS!!!
SO DOES OUR COUNTRY GET IDENTIFIED JUST BY THIS??? THERE REMAINS A BIG QUESTION MARK AND I GUESS I AM NOT THE COMPETANT AUTHORITY TO COMMENT UPON IT.SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT THE WAY THE WEST PERCEIVES OUR COUNTRY HAS TO DO A LOT WITH THE CINEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS WHICH THE US MOVIE INDUSTRY COMES OUT WITH.LIKE YOU CANT SHOW BRAZIL WITOUT THE CARNIVAL OR RUSSIAA WITHOUT KGB OR FOR THAT MATTER A HUGH GRANT SYMBOLISES THE UK! WHAT IS GENERALLY POTRAIED IS GENERALLY THE DARKER PICTURE.THERE IS ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE TO EVERYTHING AS THEY SAY BUT IN THIS CASE FINDING IS ONE TOUGH JOB!! SO IS IT REALLY THERE????
YES OFCOURSE ITS THERE!!! THE SLUMS OF BOMBAY GIVE A COMPLETE NEW MEANING TO LIFE ITSELF.ON THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WE FIND AMBITION THAT NEVER LOOSES ITS WAY AND JOY WHICH COMES KNOWING IN REALITY WHAT IS TRULY PRECIOUS IN LIFE!!!THE PEOPLE OVER THERE GIVE US A SENSE OF FEELING THAT WE ARE LIVING A LIFE WHICH IN REALITY IS MILES ADRIFT FROM REALITY!! AN AURA OF FICTITIOUS THOUGHTS SURROUND OUR MINDS.PEOPLE THERE SEE HOPE OVER THE HORIZON EVERY MORNING WHERE WE FAIL TO TRACE ANYTHING!!AM NOT SAYING THAT THIS WAY OF LIFE IS SOMETHING TO BE FOLLOWED UPON BUT YEAH IT HAS ITS OWN SHADES OF GOODS.
BUT YEAH WE DO THINK ABOUT IT ONLY WHEN ITS TALKED OVER ON THE SILVER SCREEN.FOR A MATTER OF FACT I MYSELF WOULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN THIS IF IT HADNT BEEN FOR THE MOVIE ‘SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE’ GOING GREAT GUNS.AN OSCAR IN THE POCKET??WELL HOW DOES IT HELP ME OR THE SLUMS OF BOMBAY??LIFE STILL REMAINS THE SAME OVER HERE AND WILL I GUESS FOR SOME TIME TO COME. MANY MORE MILLIONAIRES WOULD BE CARVED OUT OF THIS AND THE REAL ONE WOULD NOT GET THEIR SHARE OF THE PIE.SO IT HAS BEEN.....
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE OTHER INDIA BUT THIS IS NOT PRECISELY WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT.THE SLUMS ARE NOT AN ABERRATION BUT IT IS A CONDEMNATION AND A CELEBRATION OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.WE OWN IT SO WE SHOULD ADMIRE IT AND SHOULD STRIVE TO CHANGE IT.
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