Slumdogs and Millionaires

By Queuebot in Travel on Jan 28, 2009 at 4:22 pm

If the portrait of India in this movie mystifies you, this series of short documentary videos from National Geographic offers some explanations. 

Focussing on the seismic changes coming about as a result of the Golden Quadrilateral, a wildly ambitious superhighway project that will finally link the major cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai, the videos help you understand the pride of a young woman earning her living for the first time, the frustration of poor farmers losing their lands to a new auto plant, the stunning prosperity of families in million-dollar subdivisions, and the loneliness of long-distance truck drivers who describe their jobs as the filthiest in India.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.