January , 2009
The Slumdog Debate
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Big B's comments on Slumdog have sparked a debate about the Western media's view of India. The movie actually has everything that symbolises India for the westerners - slums, the Taj, rusty trains, a reference to Bollywood and even a BPO. What more could a westerner want to relate to this story set in modern day India (hence the exclusion of the elephants and the rope trick)? A few of us were discussing the film and its portrayal of India one afternoon and here are our two bits to the debate. One of the questions that came up was that an Indian director should have come up with the idea of adapting Q & A. Turns out Sriram Raghavan had tried to get the rights, but Vikas Swarup had already sold them. And then the debate moved on to whether an Indian film maker would have given a....
More about Kajal Iyer
Kajal Iyer is a senior correspondent with CNN IBN. She is a gold medalist in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Media and communication and got placed from campus. It was the shows like Surabhi, The World This Week and regular reading of Sunday Op-ed pages that prompted her to consider journalism as a career. Prior to CNN IBN, she has also worked for newspapers like Times of India, Midday in Pune and the Gujarati eveninger Sanj Samachar in Rajkot. She covers the civic beat in Mumbai and is interested in the basic bijli, paani, sadak brand of journalism, but also loves to cover the ocassional court room drama. Her biggest assignment till date has been covering Nariman house during 26/11 attacks. Writing is a passion for her and so is old Hindi film music. She is a trivia enthusiast and loves to watch shows on Discovery and the History channel.
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