And so the improbable but inspiring story of Slumdog Millionaire gets shot to pieces as the father of the little lad who acts in it (and is from a slum himself) gets beaten by his father as he returned home from the Oscars ceremony.
A bleak reminder of how bad things are for young kids and especially how bad things are in India, where a ruthless caste system exists that cements child abuse, abuse of women and of the poor into the society there.
My apologies about the source of course, but more on the slums of India and the caste system can be found here and here.
28 February, 2009 at 6:47 am |
That’s so messed up.
Chris
28 February, 2009 at 4:34 pm |
Yes it is. The worst thing is that the film came and went, had massive publicity and raised public awareness about conditions over there…but nothing has been done about it!