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Slumdog Millionaire and Prosperity

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by Christopher Sherrod on February 23, 2009

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slumdog millionaire Slumdog Millionaire and ProsperityI wrote this in my notebook after seeing Slumdog Millionaire last week.  It was a deeply moving experience for me.  I just bought the soundtrack after listening to it Saturday at a local store.  I was thrilled the movie has won so many awards.

I’m grateful for my life.  When seeing a movie like Slumdog Millionaire I easily see how much I have to be grateful for.  And it’s not money.  It’s the quality of my life.  My easy and happy childhood.  When I grew up in Alaska we didn’t have door inside, we had sheets stapled up.  The walls were unfinished.  Instead we enjoyed the outdoors.  Now I have doors and I enjoy my life.  It’s been a journey to get here but nothing like Jamal in the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

I think India is great.  It’s the largest democracy in the world.  And some of the greatest contrast.  And it reminds me of America.  We have a similar background.  Kicking the English out, extreme poverty, large democracy.  America is a bit older in our democracy and doesn’t have nearly has much poverty anymore.  India is not far behind because it is growing so fast.  The Internet has changed the amount of time to progress.

I highly recommend seeing Slumdog Millionaire it’ll change your life.

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  • I just watched this. Thanks for the link.

    I think Slumdog Millionaire is just beginning to help bring up these issues. There will be many more people seeing the movie since it is still in theaters here in the USA now that it has won many Oscars. I also sadly believe it these causes will be forgotten by most. But, no fault of the movie, just the short attention span public. Which is why I constantly support VillageBanking.org because I believe entrepreneurs and creating more entrepreneurs is one of the best ways to overcome issues like these.

    Thanks for you comment Ana.
  • Ana
    Chris - have you seen this?

    http://explore.org/explore/india/films/65

    Just a short film about the journey some of the girls in similar circumstances are undergoing to change their life, and the organization that helps them.

    I'm curious if you think Slumdog has succeeded in bringing issues like child poverty and human trafficking to the surface, or if it will soon be forgotten and they will be left solely to the documentary-makers, watchers, and nonprofit junkies.
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