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...that most of those objecting to Slumdog, the immensely wealthy who have shown little concern for India’s poor, have virtually no credibility on this issue. Poverty may be far removed from their Indian experiences, but a different world exists not far from their pampered villas. Indeed, Bombay??s own Dharavi slum, home to one million people, is just miles from the Bollywood studios that so regularly exclude any mention of those who have been left behind...
...part skit “The Apprentice in Bombay,” a parody of Donald Trump’s famous (or infamous) television series, provided a fresh perspective on Indian and Indian-American culture, serving up insight as well as laughter. “The Apprentice in Bombay?? pitted a team of Indians against a team of Indian-Americans in a battle for Trump’s affection, and jokes and jabs were served up equally against both teams, along with a number against Trump himself. The extreme nature of both teams served to highlight quirks...
Phelan—who has been to New York and London, but not Bombay??says he included the central Asian time zone for geometric reasons. “If I had used Berlin, where I have been, the hands would have been too similar to the hands on the London clock,” he explains...
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