Slumdog children of Mumbai.

[Bbbananas]

Anyone watch this last night on C4? Heartbreaking. How can we moan in this country, eh? I wish they wouldn't refer to them as slumdogs though...

Reading the book Shantaram last year (incidentally - recommended by a user on this site, thank you whoever you were - great book) - I was shocked to discover that the author really did not exaggerate about the Mumbai slums. The poor kids, our kids are beyond riches in comparison.

[Bbbananas]

... and before anyone chips in with saying the parents should be taught about contraception like all those in Africa (a standard response I've heard time & time again, especially since Ethiopia & Live Aid...) - it's hardly the kids' fault for being born is it?

[ummmm]

I watched it. Yes very sad.

[Bbbananas]

That poor little Deepa. Toe eaten off by rats? Jeezus...

[Booldawg]

They should show this in every secondary school to show kids what real poverty is. Lets see if our home grown 'victims of poverty' are so 'ghetto' after watching that.

[ummmm]

I found that bit the saddest. How very noble of her Grandmother.

[Bbbananas]

How can a mother just abandon 3 children, then dump a further baby later on? Those kids would have no-one if it weren't for the grandmother.

And my stomach churned when I watched that creepy Aziz with the false leg -it was obvious to me from the outset what his pervy little game was with the young boys. Thank goodness for the Charity Worker's insight & compassion.

[4getmenot]

people in england take for granted that you can go to a tap, turn it on, and water comes out

[ummmm]

We pay for it though 4get.

[4getmenot]

yes we do but we are lucky we have the facilities to be able to

[hc4361]

And in the UK if you are unable to support yourself, you get benefits to pay for your water.