tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post197257214138001431..comments2023-06-10T13:51:30.811+05:30Comments on *City Lights & Streets Of Gold*: Zarine Mohideenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607175557750910947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post-55419176280454002222009-06-21T06:33:19.748+05:302009-06-21T06:33:19.748+05:30Hey! I just stumbled across your blogs, seems cool...Hey! I just stumbled across your blogs, seems cool.<br /><br />Ya I recently saw Slumdog Millionaire, its crazy. <br /><br />Last summer I went to Pakistan and I saw what you just said, it is true. For India, Pakistan (&Bangladesh?) these are true realities. Its really sad. One of my cousins, he actually lived in a place that was somewhat of a slum, I felt so weird, didn't even have a reaction; He was an older really nice cousin who would always take me places.<br /><br />Anyway, nice blog.<br /><br />check out mine if you ever get the time.<br /><br />themuslimkid.blogspot.com<br /><br />salam.<br /><br />-The Muslim Kid-Fikerzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812796256984782176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post-65134519644228043662009-05-15T15:20:00.000+05:302009-05-15T15:20:00.000+05:30Even if our Government decides to do anything abou...Even if our Government decides to do anything about it, policies or otherwise, implementing it would not be easy. And even if they do, not all of them wanted to be rehabilitated.<br /><br />The slums are the main centers of black market goods and smuggling. It acts as a camouflage for many other problems.<br /><br />Read 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts and you'll know what im talking about.Zarine Mohideenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607175557750910947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post-59553630131317325732009-05-15T06:53:00.000+05:302009-05-15T06:53:00.000+05:30There is no containment policy like in China, but ...There is no containment policy like in China, but do you forsee them creating one?<br /><br />I agree that it's all but impossible to erase poverty. But, just the stories of the kids from Slumdog alone that's parents "considered" selling them are so sad, and indicative of the problem.Yaseminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511727103777114798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post-71298120256364403522009-05-13T22:23:00.000+05:302009-05-13T22:23:00.000+05:30Many people in India refuse to believe what is sho...Many people in India refuse to believe what is shown in Slumdog saying that India isn't actually this way. But unfortunately, it is. The more we try to hide from reality the more obvious it is.<br /><br />There are many homes and destitute centers for people like this. But such an initiative is just not enough. I don't think the poverty issue will ever be solved.Zarine Mohideenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607175557750910947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023351201254806558.post-24191535094048365492009-05-10T11:16:00.000+05:302009-05-10T11:16:00.000+05:30I hate that some people want to say that Slumdog w...I hate that some people want to say that Slumdog was so exaggerated, and children don't live that way. I just figure that even if it was overdone, better. Maybe we can solve the problem with help from the rest of the world.<br /><br />I always hear from friends who visit that children eat trash, and it makes me so sad.<br /><br />I just wondered sweet friend, if you see this as an issue of the caste system? Is it never going to be resolved because that little girl is an untouchable? Lots of love.Yaseminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511727103777114798noreply@blogger.com