tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post4307742217696560034..comments2023-09-21T16:17:51.838+05:30Comments on Law and Other Things: Slumdog millionaire: some critical perspectivesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348738084817273397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-39242183408970773542009-03-02T08:40:00.000+05:302009-03-02T08:40:00.000+05:30Arundhati Roy has a hard look at slumdog in the Pa...Arundhati Roy has a hard look at slumdog in the Pakistani Newspaper Dawn (1/03/09). The article stems from a justice and politics argument. The point on the slums being used as a landscape and thus de contextualising poverty is especially interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-78442339828849435182009-02-27T21:55:00.000+05:302009-02-27T21:55:00.000+05:30Sudip Mazumdar's article is quite refreshing. I ha...Sudip Mazumdar's article is quite refreshing. I have lived a significant portion of my life in Jamshedpur and have spent many summer vacations in Ranchi and Patna. <BR/><BR/>I have been to these poor areas and saw the unhygenic neighborhoods. But I was never able to comprehend why such situations exist. It was mostly my lack of understanding but used to blame it on the non-hygenic practices of the people.<BR/><BR/>What is interesting in Sudip's piece is a more elaborate description of what slum people face and why they take certain decisions. I liked this para:<BR/><BR/><I>"But it's no such thing. Slum life is a cage. It robs you of confidence in the face of the rich and the advantaged. It steals your pride, deadens your ambition, limits your imagination and psychologically cripples you whenever you step outside the comfort zone of your own neighborhood."</I>Sushant Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122606453459362552noreply@blogger.com