tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post6028194853404052069..comments2024-03-21T00:42:18.535-07:00Comments on Koenraad Elst: Slumdog MillionaireKoenraad Elsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503713923882807510noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-19848901159903231392009-11-23T22:38:02.978-08:002009-11-23T22:38:02.978-08:00http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Indian...http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Indian-Summer-based-on-Edwina-Nehru-romance-shelved/articleshow/5146021.cms<br />This link says that the story has been shelved to be made into a movie. <br /><br />A mutilated version of Q& A was allowed to show all lies. Here a fact will not be allowed to be filmed. What a travesity of justice. Mr Konrad Elst please comment on this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080532894969952490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-22883047365778870422009-11-23T18:37:21.484-08:002009-11-23T18:37:21.484-08:00>>>"When people from the so-called T...>>>"<i>When people from the so-called Third World complain about lingering colonial attitudes, I am inclined to yawn, knowing the self-hate and the guilt-trip of Europeans and Euro-Americans that have replaced their colonial-age pride. All these anti-colonial rants sound so anachronistic. But then ...</i>"<br /><br />The apparent self-hate and guilt-trip of Europeans and Americans may be the result of closet communists who masquerade as liberals and control much of media discourse today, not due to any positive change towards respect for the people of third world countries.<br /><br />What is really required is for the Europeans and Americans to start to respect the people of third world countries like those of developed countries and to respect themselves too as human beings, not merely animals on evolutionary path.<br /><br />But the closet communists would not like that, class struggle, created strife, guilt-trips and self-hates being staple diet for increasing their control over society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-26538538413264803582009-11-22T23:45:05.229-08:002009-11-22T23:45:05.229-08:00Deccan Chronicle Aplogises - Hussain Doesn't
...<b><i>Deccan Chronicle Aplogises - Hussain Doesn't</i></b><br /><br />http://www.voxindica.blogspot.com/2009/04/oscar-awards-ceremony-this-year-was.htmlVOXINDICAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166460700565635327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-39330413592278588432009-11-21T21:54:48.123-08:002009-11-21T21:54:48.123-08:00I am a westerner, little of Polish who has been w...I am a westerner, little of Polish who has been with Krishnaconciousness for about 25 yrs. I have lived in many cities in India, including Bombay, now Mumbai. I do not see movies, but this I saw as served food in the slums of Mumbai. I read the book Q& A , the novel about which the movie is made of after seeing the movie. The movie script writer has done gross injustice. Th writer has called the main character in the book as Ram Muhammaed Thomas. Now in the movie the hero, is called Jamal Malik. In slums of Mumbai where I served, about 60% of the children were orphans , who had did not know what their religion was. It was sometimes heartbreaking to see these orphans, but I used to be happy see their stomachs full and their smile it would sure create a thousand paddy fields bloom in the desert sands of Middle East. Now the movie, it is sad that the name Rama Muhammed Thomas was not kept. A name in present times of media and sensless authorities created fear pyschosis means a lot. But this is defintely a bad message given by the producers and directors. This dishonesty and immorality of the West made me a devotee of Hare Krishna. <br /><br />The hero, seeing the Ram Statue and then answering the question was very hurting indeed. This was done in the background of riots. I would have given to the Ram Leelas and the Ramayana television serial, which held India to sway as the background , when the hero is growing up. It is very irrational to show a boy panciking and seeing a idol and then remembering this and answering. Nobody remembers like this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709320463842311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-22383179948857487492009-11-18T02:07:42.561-08:002009-11-18T02:07:42.561-08:00I have not seen the movie and do not care to see i...I have not seen the movie and do not care to see it. But, denigrating Hinduism and Hindus has been typical of movie industry in India. It is essentially anti-Hindu in its outlook. Hindu characters are shown visiting mosques and churches but never other way around. There would be riots if a muslim character were shown to prostrate in Siddhi Vinayaka Temple of Mumbai. You have characters like Mahesh Bhatt who has long ago converted to Islam, but goes around masquarading with a Hindu name, condemning Hindu Interests and India generally.Gururaj B Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964816448433835494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-9795539350158715372009-11-15T04:27:08.149-08:002009-11-15T04:27:08.149-08:00Konraad,
Thank you for the post. It echoes a lot ...Konraad,<br /><br />Thank you for the post. It echoes a lot of what I felt when I watched the movie.<br /><br />If you look at what parts of the book were actually edited and added in by writers Simon Beaufoy and director Danny Boyle, all of them are intended to reinforce the worst Western stereotypes about India.<br /><br />For instance, having little Jamal jump in poop is completely gratuitous and simply reinforces the<br />"Indians are dirty" meme. <br /><br />Likewise, there was no reason to change the character to a Muslim protagonist except to advance the <br />"Muslims are oppressed by Hindus meme."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625424900656406415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-22234456801759078532009-11-14T15:34:10.242-08:002009-11-14T15:34:10.242-08:00@Ronojoy:
You have a point. I've been in Mumb...@Ronojoy: <br />You have a point. I've been in Mumbai a few times, and elsewhere in India I've also seen plenty of breathtaking callousness. A film director has a right to focus on that, if he so chooses. The point is merely that his focus is different from the book he's basing his script on, and that this is not a matter of personal preference but ties in with political factors.Koenraad Elsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503713923882807510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-90528971391485095562009-11-14T08:37:17.329-08:002009-11-14T08:37:17.329-08:00I would agree with you on almost everything except...I would agree with you on almost everything except on Boyle's allegedly incorrect portrayal of poverty and neglect in Mumbai. Mumbai slums do actually look like that and the the filth does exist everywhere. I live in Mumbai and I experience this civic apathy every single day. Pretending it doesn't exist, ignoring it or just being numb to it doesn't make it go away! Since this movie was so popular in the west, it should have been a wake up call for the civic authorities and politicians, with India on a mission to change it's image in the minds of western folk. Before even landing at Mumbai airport, you KNOW what you're in for.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110025161970751565noreply@blogger.com