don't kill me mother

three times i was a female prepared to come in this world but each time i died for reasons stereotypical

first time when my mother saw a female beggar on the road beaten and exploited

second time when the society including the inlaws demanded a son because a girl is a burden on the family

and third time when my mother had a miscarriage

the fourth time i came as a boy but this time my mother died

why? the reason is simple

she too is a woman

first time she saw only a weak side of a girl second time she was supressed by the society's conventional psyche

and third time she bore a child for eight months in her womb but lost when it was really needed

atlast she died by giving a son

the moral is how many times a woman has to ascend the gallows .

a woman has been given such beautiful power to give birth to children,children who bring happiness in one's life,be it a boy or a girl.

appreciate the beauty of a woman and her innate power .

killing her is no justice let her live and spread beauty.

Slumdog Millionaire

The very name of the movie speaks loud of its theme and target

slumdog millionaire brings to our mind the slums,the people of slum areas but isin't it oxymoronic that a slum-dog can be a millionaire .

to me the very paradox of the title makes me inquisitive to see the film.

when one see this film one can only have an ambivalent outlook to the movie.

especially our indians because the backdrop of the story is india and many indians beleive that india has been dehumanised and degenerated.

people can see the disgrace with which the things have been portrayed in the film.

however its director DANNY BOYLE or certain individuals or even the actors of the film think that one cannot ignore or overlook the genius behind its making.

India has been taken as a background or setting to show what image west percieve of it and not simply to deteriorate its image .

but the truth is that the director has sharpened its nail on the iron tooth of racism.

nevertheless the story is not about the underdog or third world india or indians or a subordinate nation .

its about a young boy jamal malik who enters into a contest somehow to reach his lover latika and in the midst comes across plethora of questions which he answers out of sheer coincidence taking cue from his own life's experiences.

the host of the game show anil kapoor suspects the contestant , treats him with hostility,but the reality is that jamal is not faking or cheating and whatever he says is to be taken at its face value.

the way the two plots of the film have been connected and the manner in which the sub plots of the film like mafia in the mask of orphange and exploitation in the name of kindness have been delineated seems remarkable.

other than this the hindu-muslim riots seems stark reality .

to qoute amitabh bachchan:-"
if SM projects India as [a] third-world, dirty, underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations."

atlast the film by a westener danny boyle leave an indelible impact on our minds.worthy of oscars and awards slum dog millionaire is a social critique that lays bare the reality of slums by mixing it with some magic of "millions"