>> Speaking of India, is the picture of Bombay/Mumbai presented in "Slum >> Dog Millionaire" roughly accurate?
Anthony D'Costa wrote: > You know I was in India when this movie was in the news. I haven't seen it > but from the limited pictures of Dharavi slum in the various clips, I would > say yes. I last went to Mumbai in 1999 during the monsoon. I was staying > at an academic outfit, which was an oasis in the middle of scum > (literally). Boy was I depressed! But Mumbai is witnessing massive > projects, from highways to bridges and the like with tens of thousands of > rural workers engaged in this activity.... the latter projects are part of the movie too. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
